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Round up the usual suspects
Mug shot, front
Is this a Leica Compur B?
Or, Why pay more? This c.1938 Wirgin Edinex, Compur Shutter, Schneider-Kreuznach f2 (f2!) 4.5cm...
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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2011
12 Edinex with metal Walz rangefinder, back
Here’s the photographer’s eye view of the camera and rangefinder. After all that work taking it...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
11 Edinex with metal Walz rangefinder, front
And here is the Walz pre-war Japanese accessory rangefinder put back together and posing with my...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
10 Bottom of dial plate
Here is the same page in my notebook with the parts turned upside down so you can see the brass...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
9 Dial plate disassembly notes
Here is my notebook with the cleaned up parts from the Walz accessory rangefinder dial...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
8 Copy of hand drawn characters
I copied the Japanese Kanji writing scratched into the top of this Walz accessory rangefinder and...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
7 Top inscribed with hand drawn characters
The bump at the left is the other end of the pivot on which the prism rotates but what’s really...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
6 Bottom
The bump at the left is one end of the pivot on which the prism rotates. I left the pivot...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
5 Eyepiece end
Even with the three screws removed, top, bottom, and front, the angled glass assembly is frozen and wouldn’t come out.
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
4 Front open
Here is the front of the Walz accessory rangefinder. Through the right lens opening you can see the...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
3 Prism end
This shows the adjusting screws for the mirrored prism and they are more or less frozen.
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
2 Back open
A metal Walz accessory rangefinder that I purchased at an online auction had a frozen dial and I...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
1 Edinex with Plastic Walz rangefinder
A question often asked about early Wirgin Edinex cameras is, “What is that tube on the top?” and I...
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Uploaded on Mar 9, 2010
Madone, again
Flickr user Richard Masoner snapped me riding home in 2008. With a secure bike locker available at...
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Uploaded on Apr 30, 2009
Wirgin Edinex
Wirgin Edinex with Walz...
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