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Lenny
Posted - Feb 12 2015 : 3:15:55 PM Like today, when 2 cameras arrived, I check first how they work. Later when the cameras are at room temperature I take the lenses away and let the cameras breath and try them again. And then it's always the same. When I shoot without lens I recognize a special smell. It's really always the same. A smell like graphite. Did they use graphite for lubrication back in the days? I'm sure Luiz knows
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Lenny
Posted - Feb 13 2015 : 5:16:53 PM Thank you Luiz, always interesting to hear something about the past.
Luiz Paracampo
Posted - Feb 13 2015 : 2:42:34 PM Sure "Graphite Collodium" as they said at those times were in use in Germany since the 1920 years or pehaps earlier. This was a standard procedure in 1956 when I first staged Zeiss in Brazil, although difficult to obtain.
