RETINA IIICSUPERB MINT CRYSTAL CLEAN LENS FULLY REVISED

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This camera has been totally serviced by me:The shutter has been entirely cleaned up,new springs installed,lubricated,calibrated,it purs beautifully and gives correct speeds.The lens is immaculate and really crystal clean and clear.The mechanism has been revised,lubricated,calibrated with a new winding wrack.All this gives a very smooth operation and focussing.The viewfinder is outstandingly crystal clean brigth,the telemeter is very clean and well adjusted giving a very precise focussing.The lightmeter works fine and delivers correct readings.The leather is like new. As usual I give a full three months warranty on everything I sell on ebay and I want my logo to be synonymous of quality and honesty!!!Hope the future buyer will be gratefull enough to send me a peace of cake for next X-MAS THIS IS A RARE MINT CAMERA TO FIND IN THIS SHAPE at a VERY DECENT PRICE Special Thanks To: Rosana Cristina Dos Santos for her patience! She had to put up with all the cameras boxes which were all over the place at home. D r Edward W. Douglas DC, who has been my best friend for more than 50 years and who helped me so much in my life and with my project. He gatd all the cameras I bought in the States. George Bodnar of Australia, (Kodak specialist who spent all his life fixing Retinas) for his precious advice and for supplying me with many Retina parts. To the late Alfonse Cornellis, who worked 35 years on the Kodak plant in Belgium, who gave me his technical knowledge and a lot of special tools for the repair of all Retinas. Chris Scherlock of New Zealand, excellent Retina specialist for his advice and the parts supplied ( Chris's Web Site ). Contact us: Dr Jacques Decooman DC 10 rue Comte de Meeus 1428 LILLOIS BELGIUM E-Mail: Description: KODAK RETINA III BIG C Schneider - Kreuznach Retina - Xenon C f : 2.0/50mm General description: THIS DESCRIPTION IS GOOD FOR ALL CAMERAS I PRESENT ON eBay! All cameras presented on eBay have been completely checked... and rechecked! Every single component has been ultrasonically washed and all defective parts have been replaced by genuine Kodak ones. All shutters have been ultrasonically washed, lubricated, and recalibrated with new springs included the Synchro-compur main spring. All coupled rangefinders (telemeters) have been thoroughly cleaned up and adjusted, giving you a very precise and bright view finder. All the old cords which synchronize the light meter with aperture and speed rings have been replaced by a new unbreakable Dacron one. For the Retina IIa, IIc, II Big C, IIIc and III Big C new winding racks have been installed. Like I said the telemeters have been cleaned up, giving a very bright and contrasty crystal clear view. All mechanical parts have been freed from the 50 years old grease and replaced with new better performing synthetic grease giving you a silky sensation of operating smoothness. All shutters are guaranteed to have an exact timing! For the Retina Reflexes Original, S, III and IV: all cameras that had a bad prism have been provided with a new one giving you a perfect viewfinder with a crystal clean view. Note for the Voigtländer Bessamatic lovers: many of the retina reflex III, IV and S have been modified so that you may use all Voigtländer lenses as well. All light meters have been rechecked and give accurate readings. For the the rangefinders IIc, II Big C, IIIc, III Big C and Reflex Original all the lenses are perfectly matched with same numbers. All the lenses and this goes as well for every camera I sell have been cleaned and guaranteed to be crystal clear with no scratches, no fungus marks and no haze! In fact 50 years ago these lenses were permitting to take very sharp pictures with the poor quality of films available in those days… Put a modern film in the camera and look at the outstanding pictures you will get now and compare the results with a digital camera and you won't believe what you see! Cosmetically, all the cameras look clean... read more

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