Vintage camera - Black Corfield Periflex 1 with original lens and accessories

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On offer is a nice old black Corfield Periflex 1 camera from an old collection, with original lens and accessories. I have to sell untested with film as I haven't put a film through it, but everything seems to work as it should. Cosmetically it is very nice, with a just a few tiny places where the fabric has started to lift at the edges, but no missing pieces whatsoever, and could easily be stuck down to make 100% again. No dents or dings, the black paint is in very good condition. Someone has touched up the top front edge carefully in two small places with black enamel paint, but these are invisible unless you look very closely. Serial number is an early one of 2492. The lens is clean and clear with no haze or fungus, and is the original one. The aperture moves smoothly. It is a Leica M39 mount, so with an adapter you may well be able to use it as a macro lens on a DSLR. It won't focus to infinity though. The shutter cutains of the camera are in good condition and the shutter fires at all its speeds down to 1/30th second (remember you have to wind on both the film advance knob and the shutter speed knob for the shutter to fire). The periscope viewfinder is working, and has the accessory which fits on the top of the viewfinder so that you can view the image from a horizontal position (right-angle viewfinder). The viewfinder could read more

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