P3D Realist 35A

[Rod Sage <rsage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Greetings all;
>A while back at a flea market I found a Realist camera I'd never seen >before.
>I wonder if anyone could shed a bit of light on it...  perhaps when it >was
>made, what it sold for, what its value might be now?  It's a model 35A, >made
>in Germany, written on lens ring: Steinheil Munchen Cassar 1:2.8/45mm. >Shutter
>speeds B, 25, 50, 100, 200; f-stops 2.8 to 16.  I've got film in it >now; seems
>to work fine. Thanks for any comments!
>Andy Burr
>Winter Park, FL

What you have is the rare version of the Realist 45. Most Realist 45's
come with 3.5 Cassars. I don't know where the 35A comes from. I've only
heard of one other with 2.8 lenses for sale through Dalia Millers
auctions. I believe they sell for 3-4 times what a 3.5 sells for. I have
a 45 with 3.5s which I like using if I don't think I need slow shutter
speeds. They never got as much respect as the original Realists. They
were made for Realist by Iloca. Same as the Iloca Rapid. I belive the
2.8 were more common on the Iloca.
RDS


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