Alpa SLR Mod.6 Information
Aug 17, 2015 15:24:22 #
Forty years bak, I went on a pawn shop expedition with a friend who repaired cameras as a hobby. Joe was a big time executive, but I admired his gifts as a precision machinist and photographer. He had the greatest Leica collection I have ever seen in private hands. We hit a pawn shop in Bakersfield, CA to droop off some cameras. There I saw win intriguing SLR: it was an Alps (made in Switzerland) with a 45 degree angled eyepiece instead of a straight shot type.
The lens is a KERN-Switar 1: 1.8/50 mm Apochromat lens. THe aperture range is f1.8 to f22 and it focuses down to 10 inches with the prime lens. It has a cloth focal plane shutter with speeds of B to 1/1000. I used it a lot, even though it had no built in meter and have kept it out of affection for its fine lens and quirkiness. It cost me all of $60.
Any information about this camera would be gratefully received!
The lens is a KERN-Switar 1: 1.8/50 mm Apochromat lens. THe aperture range is f1.8 to f22 and it focuses down to 10 inches with the prime lens. It has a cloth focal plane shutter with speeds of B to 1/1000. I used it a lot, even though it had no built in meter and have kept it out of affection for its fine lens and quirkiness. It cost me all of $60.
Any information about this camera would be gratefully received!
Aug 17, 2015 16:13:47 #
Leitz
Loc: Solms
adamsg wrote:
Forty years bak, I went on a pawn shop expedition ... (show quote)
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Aug 18, 2015 08:08:52 #
adamsg wrote:
Forty years bak, I went on a pawn shop expedition ... (show quote)
I owned an Alpa 6 and through the years a graduated to the 11d model which had straight through viewfinder; great cameras and what a magnificent lens, the Macro Switar! This lens was once tested as being the sharpest ever, exceeding the standard resolution charts which is the reason it still commands a $1,000+ price on EBay. To my knowledge, because of its stop-down/preview mechanism, there are not adapters available to other cameras.
Aug 18, 2015 08:09:40 #
adamsg wrote:
Forty years bak, I went on a pawn shop expedition ... (show quote)
I owned an Alpa 6 and through the years a graduated to the 11d model which had straight through viewfinder; great cameras and what a magnificent lens, the Macro Switar! This lens was once tested as being the sharpest ever, exceeding the standard resolution charts which is the reason it still commands a $1,000+ price on EBay. To my knowledge, because of its stop-down/preview mechanism, there are not adapters available to other cameras.
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