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Frank Fremerey

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http://www.thephotoforum.com/threads/large-camera-collection-for-sale.418901/#post-3804844

I have just seen that in my other forum. I guess this is interesting for a lot of you...
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Re: Huge Camera collection for sale ... Leica ... Nikon ... Rare items
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2017, 16:05:06 »
...  I guess this is interesting for a lot of you...

Not really, for me at least. But I might be a deviation in this regard?

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Re: Huge Camera collection for sale ... Leica ... Nikon ... Rare items
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2017, 00:49:56 »
Not so interested in the collection. But it was interesting to see Gary posting, I miss him around here.
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Re: Huge Camera collection for sale ... Leica ... Nikon ... Rare items
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2017, 02:29:13 »
Unfortunately, I don't really see any rare stuff at least in terms of the lenses.  One of the major problems of Leica lenses at least made in the 80s and before (I don't know anything about the ones made in the 90s and later) is that they are easy to fog.  The majority of the used Leica lenses sold in Japan are fogged to various extents.  The fog is difficult or impossible to clean.  The soft internal coatings are scratched easily.  Many of the unusually clean sample have the elements re-ground and re-coated.
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Re: Huge Camera collection for sale ... Leica ... Nikon ... Rare items
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2017, 04:26:55 »
But it was interesting to see Gary posting, I miss him around here.

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I had noticed he wasn't posting here too.

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Re: Huge Camera collection for sale ... Leica ... Nikon ... Rare items
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2017, 05:42:18 »
I'm not a fan of soft German coatings. I had a 75/5.6 Super Angulon with such. The owner of Lee-Mac Camera made a minor Mark on the lens. It was superficial so I still bought the lens.

I scratched a collapsible 50/2.0 something for a Leica G III. I treated like a late '70s Nikkor. I didn't think I was rough or carless.

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