Must be my lucky day...

[M Carter]

Being more of a tele shooter with my RB, found I needed a 65mm for an upcoming project. SOL on KEH, let's try eBay. Lots of from-Japan glass with minor fungus - guess its humid there? US estate-sale guy with zero photo knowledge had a 65 and a 127 (another hole in my lineup), untested but looked clean. $100 for the pair… oh, the suspense.

I'll be damned - after all the fogged-black vintage lith paper I've bought on eBay, these babies purr like new. The 65 had some tiny tendrils of fungus towards one edge - pulled the elements and they cleaned right out, no etching on the glass. Aperture & shutter blades look like new.

See, miracles do happen.

 

[480sparky]

 

[Alan Gales]

Go buy a lottery ticket while your luck is holding!

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Nice catch for little money. RB cameras and lenses are the best buys in medium format today.

 

[480sparky]

Go buy a lottery ticket while your luck is holding!

Buy one for every APUG'er!

 

[Sirius Glass]

This is your day! Enjoy!!

 

[M Carter]

Go buy a lottery ticket while your luck is holding!

No sh*t!!! I thought I used up all my good luck on a nice, sane wife and some really nice kids!!! (OK, wife #2, but she's out of warranty now and I'm keeping her - she'll even do the occasional nude if I'm shooting film!)

 

[pbromaghin]

No sh*t!!! I thought I used up all my good luck on a nice, sane wife and some really nice kids!!! (OK, wife #2, but she's out of warranty now and I'm keeping her - she'll even do the occasional nude if I'm shooting film!)

Pictures or it didn't happen.

 

[M Carter]

 

[paul ron]

yes sir, you've really lucked out twice.

enjoy your luck while it lasts.

 

[M Carter]

Hey Paul, I dug out my notes from your RB 180 teardown coaching to open these new lenses up. Pulling the elements let me get that bit of fungus and get everything shiny-clean. In fact, they came out so clear (shining a penlight through the lens showed almost no specks), I pulled out all my other RB glass and had a cleaning day. VERY satisfying!!!

So thanks again for your help, the gift that keeps on giving!!

 

[Bipin]

A tiny bit of fungus, a tiny bit of money, but a lot of lens! Nice bang for your buck!

 

[mweintraub]

Being more of a tele shooter with my RB, found I needed a 65mm for an upcoming project. SOL on KEH, let's try eBay. Lots of from-Japan glass with minor fungus - guess its humid there? US estate-sale guy with zero photo knowledge had a 65 and a 127 (another hole in my lineup), untested but looked clean. $100 for the pair… oh, the suspense.

SO!, you were the one who bought that kit! They looked like C or Pre-C lenses that I couldn't' use so I skipped it.