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Condition is very good used. The shutter is working, but has not been timed, and is sluggish in the lower speeds. The rangefinder images are aligned well. The light meter is just barely reactive to a flashlight. Cosmetically, the camera covering is complete and intact with some small wear spots. The camera shows evidence of use, and will most likely need a CLA before reliable use. The Skopar lens is in clean condition with no marks on the glass, no fungus or haze, and light dust.

The camera comes as-is, as photographed with the original leather case.

Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Nickel Heliar Leica Screw Mount - with M Adapter! Announced 8/28/09 This is a new version of the 50mm f/3.5 Heliar sold with the Voigtlander 101st Heliar Anniversary Sets of 2001. This is a new collapsible Leica screw mount lens version in NICKEL finish, sold with the screw mount adapter for Cosina's 50th Anniversary and the new Bessa's 10th Anniversary. Limited production of ONLY 600 units worldwide! I believe these are the first NICKEL finish Leica screw mount lenses produced since Leica's original screw mount lenses of the 1930's! The 10th Anniversary of the Cosina Voigtlander collaboration happily coincides with the 50th Anniversary of Cosina.

To commemorate both events, Cosina's CEO Mr. Kobayashi issued two special vintage style nickel Voigtlander Leica screw mount lenses, the 50mm f/3.5 Heliar and the 50mm f/2 Heliar. Only 600 of each of the nickel 50mm f/3.5's and 50/2's were produced worldwide -- each issued in presentation boxes with a screw mount adapter. These are the first nickel Leica screw mount 50mm lenses since the 1930's! Each nickel Heliar has its own unique serial number. Free Download Bolt Browser For Nokia 2690 here. The 2009 Nickel Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar is a new version of the 2001 50mm f/3.5 Voigtlander Heliar which tested out as the sharpest lens EVER tested by Popular Photography!

Only 2000 were made for the 101st Anniversary sets, but only 600 in the 2nd edition. • Classic style collapsible 50mm f/3.5 Leica Screw Mount lens with infinity lock • Double Boxed Presentation Set with lens caps, lens hood, and screw mount to M adapter • Special NICKEL (not chrome) plating. I believe these are the first nickel plated production Leica screw mount lenses since the very first interchangeable Leica lenses of the early 1930's • Same super sharp optical formula as the legendary 101st Anniversary 50mm f/3.5 Heliar of 2001 • f/3.5 to f/22, click stopped every half stop • Special Serial Number: 600 each of the nickel Heliar 50mm f/3.5 and 50/2 were produced. The serial numbers are divided up into 6 groups starting with H, E, L, I, A or R.

Distant Worlds Shadows Serial Number. Numbers ranges from 001 to 100. The lens above is A024. • Five optical elements in 3 groups • Ten Aperture Leaves • Close focus 1 meter • Filter size 27mm • Optional Voigtlander 27mm UV filter $39 • Weight 147g • Length 23.2mm collapsed, 42.2 extended • Included is your choice of a Type I or Type II Screw Mount to M Bayonet adapter!

• NEWBIES: Collapsible lenses are pulled outward from the camera body, then turned towards the viewfinder eyepiece to lock the lens into shooting position. Fail to do this and you will get very out of focus images. When not shooting, you can collapse the lens into the camera body to 1st unlocking it by turning it in the opposite direction, and then pushing the lens barrel into the camera body. RANGEFINDER NEWBIES: This is a Leica Screw Mount Lens. It will work perfectly and rangefinder couple to all classic Leica Screw Mount cameras, including all Leica Screw Mounts (II, III, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIIf, IIIg), Voigtlander Bessa R, Canon Screw Mount rangefinders -- to name a few. IN ADDITION just add a 50mm screw mount to Leica M adapter, and the lens will mount and rangefinder focus on all Leica M mount cameras.

COLLAPSIBLE NOTE for Leica M8, M8.2, M9, M5, CL: On my sample cameras, the Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar Leica mount lens collapsed safely into the camera bodies of the Leica CL, M9, M8 and 8.2, but not the M5! Note that there are most likely unknown production variations in both the lenses and cameras. So proceed with caution before you inadvertently jam or damage your camera. Popular Photography on the earlier 101st Anniversary Voigtlander Heliar of 2001 In the March 2002 issue of the American Photography magazine Popular Photography, you will find a hands on report of the 101 Heliar set on page 48. Herbert Keppler, camera reviewer extraordinaire, reported ' This wild but fascinating super classically styled camera comes in four delicious flavors and has what may be the best lens we have ever tested.'

'Exquisite lens mount.' 'We were very impressed with the immaculate finish of all parts of the Bessa-T Heliar 101 Years camera, lens, and trigger winder -- certainly a future collector's item.' The 50mm f/3.5 Heliar lens test on page 74 was extraordinary. 'Superb, all-metal, high-precision collapsible-tube lens mount.'

'SQF results were excellent -- on a par with the best lenses we have ever tested.' 'A handy, high-precision, magnificent lens to treasure. It's doubtful that any other commercially made lens will produce superior results.' Shown above is the 2009 10th Anniversary nickel Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar besides the chrome 2001 50mm f/3.5 101st Anniversary Heliar.

Do you see that funny looking knob on the right hand side of the lenses? Those are infinity locks. What's an infinity lock you ask? The first interchangeable 50mm f/3.5 lenses introduced on the (same year as the fabulous 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games) had infinity locks.

This was to conveniently keep the lens focused at infinity, since the experienced photographers of the time knew most of their shots would be of faraway objects. Push down on the knob (or inward towards the camera body) to unlock the infinity lock and focus at closer than infinity distances. Bring the lens back to infinity and the lock will automatically engage for your shooting convenience, just like Oskar Barnack (inventor of the Leica camera) and Ernst Leitz II (owner of the Leica factory) liked it. Cosina's CEO Mr. Kobayashi styled his modern Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliars in homage to the history of 35mm Photography. Coincidentally the original vintage 1932 50mm f/3.5 lenses for the Leica II just happened to be nickel plated, not chrome.

Nickel Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar black paint Leica 8.2 Nickel Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar on Voigtlander 250th Anniversary R2M with Voigtlander deluxe camera strap Nickel Voigtlander 50mm f/3.5 Heliar on grey Leica M9.