29 Nov
2014
29 Nov
'14
10:57 p.m.
When my best friend was alive, he stored his
camera stuff in airtight
cases in foam.
After his death, I went through what was left of his stuff.
One case had a Visoflex, bellows, and a Leitz Tele-Elmarit 180mm M
Visoflex mount lens. 250 of those were made. One in decent shape goes
for $2K. His was brand-new, quite possibly the last, and only one in
perfect shape. The foam ATE into the barrel of the lens, destroying all
collector value.
You really know how to hurt a person, don't you? I use both film and digital Leica
M's, including the Visoflex
bellows and lenses, so this is a seriously painful story. That is one of the rarest
Leica lenses around.