Round up the usual suspects

Round up the usual suspects

Wirgin Edinex and Nikon S2 Black Dial

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Mug shot, front

Mug shot, front

Wirgin Edinex with Kenko Series VI vented hood

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Mug shot, left

Mug shot, left

Wirgin Edinex

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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2011

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Mug shot, right

Mug shot, right

Wirgin Edinex

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Is this a Leica Compur B?

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

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12 Edinex with metal Walz rangefinder, back

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

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11 Edinex with metal Walz rangefinder, front

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

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10 Bottom of dial plate

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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9 Dial plate disassembly notes

9 Dial plate disassembly notes

Here is my notebook with the cleaned up parts from the Walz accessory rangefinder dial...

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8 Copy of hand drawn characters

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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7 Top inscribed with hand drawn characters

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

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6 Bottom

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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5 Eyepiece end

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

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4 Front open

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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3 Prism end

3 Prism end

This shows the adjusting screws for the mirrored prism and they are more or less frozen.

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2 Back open

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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1 Edinex with Plastic Walz rangefinder

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

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Madone, again

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

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