One of the reasons we visited Jim and Katy yesterday was to pick up some camera stuff he had offered me. Two F-mount film bodies, five lenses, two hoods, assorted other stuff such as two polarizing filters, several other filters, a second focusing screen for the Photomic, two hot-shoe mounts, macro mount extender, macro auxiliary lens, owner's manuals, a photography book (now quite "vintage"), and a light-seal replacement kit for the F2. And as we are walking out his workshop he says to me "Need a tripod? Here, take this." Then he handed me a Panfrotto tripod, stronger and more rigid than the two Magnus tripods have. We had agreed that I'd pay him for all this. I didn't expect the tripod.
The lenses, 105mm, 55mm, 50mm 91.4 and 2.0), 28mm.
I had figured some would be redundant to what I already have, 50mm (1.4), 55mm, 105mm. It turns out that his are older and carry slightly different designations. They may be similar but maybe not; they are worth a test. Perhaps in the coming days.
I plan to put my Nikkormat back into service for color negative film, perhaps one or both of these bodies too. It should be a fun adventure. BTW, Jim is keeping another F model, some lenses, and the TLR Rolleiflex he showed me, as well as his Leica M4-P.
These pics (and the downed-tree shots above) were taken with my 35mm f/2.8.
