For Sale FS: Olympus Chrome Six Folding 6x6 Rangefinder Camera

[B.S.Kumar]

For sale is an Olympus Chrome Six 6x6 camera in good condition. This folding pocket camera was one of Olympus' first cameras, and had a number of interesting features. It can be used for 6x4.5 images also, though this particular camera does not have the mask. You could probably make one out of a thin sheet of aluminum. The winding lever is to the left, and after focusing, the distance is read out and transferred to the lens. The Copal shutter works properly. There are a few very minute scratches on the lens, and the body paint is scraped off in a couple of places.

Price: 15,300 JPY / ~150 USD, including worldwide EMS shipping. Payment is in Japanese Yen, payable via Paypal invoice or bank transfer through TransferWise.

If you are buying from me for the first time, please give me your full name, Paypal email, verified street address and phone number and I will send you an invoice. If you would like to use TransferWise, please give me this information, and I will send you an invoice and instructions for making the transfer.

Thanks for looking,
Kumar

 

[B.S.Kumar]

Price update: 13,500 JPY / ~127 USD, including worldwide EMS shipping.

 

[Inayat Noor]

Hi Mr Kumar,

Is the lens coated?

Thanks

Jim

 

[macfred]

Hi Mr Kumar,

Is the lens coated?

Thanks

Jim

From the manual for the Olympus Chrome Six Model V folder with ZUIKO F.C." lens 1:3.5, f=75mm, 4 elements in 3 groups :

"Excellent definition with full coated Zuiko …
Perfect elimination of all kinds of aberrations ... curvature of field, astigmatism, coma, Spherical and chromatic aberration would assure you with the best pictures of both black-and-white and color with always crisp definition …''

 

[B.S.Kumar]

Thanks, macfred.

Indeed, the F.C. in the name stands for Full Coated...

Kumar

 

[B.S.Kumar]

SOLD!

Thanks,
Kumar