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on Oct 21, 2019 22:14:58 GMT
Last Edit: Oct 21, 2019 22:19:29 GMT by xkaes
As to the Braun SR2000 mentioned above, it actually appeared in three versions/models -- see www.subclub.org/minchin/braun.htm -- if you happen to be looking for a rabbit hole to go down. One version, the Braun SR2000 MD, anyway, is the exact same camera as the Phenix DC901 and DC20 and, in fact, the Braun SR2000 was made for the Phenix Optical Co., LTD by it's parent company -- the Jiangxi Optical Instrument General Factory, as also mentioned above. See www.subclub.org/minchin/phenix.htm |
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on Oct 21, 2019 22:30:49 GMT
Posted: Oct 21, 2019 22:30:49 GMT
It's probably utterly irrelevant, but my FX-3 Super 2000 says 'Japan 751xxxx' on the base plate and has the all-silver Kyocera name tag. Since you, lumiworx, brought up the China angle--some sources claim, as you know, that later specimens of this camera were China-made (Phenix Optical?)--another layman's question: Would it have been mandatory to label China-made cameras accordingly as '[Made in] China' or is that no reliable clue either?
Some would say I've got too many Chinese-made cameras. I won't argue that point, but only some are marked "China" in one way or another. And I don't see any correlation to the decade of production -- from the '60's to the '90's.
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on Oct 22, 2019 2:09:11 GMT
Posted: Oct 22, 2019 2:09:11 GMT
You clearly need to reduce that 'stack'. I would still think any camera with an abnormally high serial has probably had the base plate changed. I've seen it before and I guess that any base plates left over after production ceased got used/sold as spare parts. They may have even continued making them if their was sufficient demand. I had a 139 recently with a serial number above any others I had seen but, as soon as I removed the base plate, I could see the camera didn't deserve such a high number so it must have been replaced. I try not to change base plates (or any part that carries the serial number) but, if I do, then I record the original serial number in some way. Sometimes I write it inside the base plate along with my name and date that I put in all cameras I work on. Maybe take the base plate off yours to see if there is anything inside. I've seen other repairer's names and dates inside cameras so you never know. Looks like it had never been off before. Pretty clean too. I don't think the camera got much use before I wound up with it, and it's been around here for years.
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on Apr 26, 2022 23:47:36 GMT
Posted: Apr 26, 2022 23:47:36 GMT
I have the opportunity to buy one FX-3 Super 2000, and it has the characteristics of the Chinese version. It really makes a difference? I mean, for using the camera, it's the less quality materials a thing or not? They are less reliable or not?
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on Apr 27, 2022 14:41:18 GMT
Posted: Apr 27, 2022 14:41:18 GMT
I have the opportunity to buy one FX-3 Super 2000, and it has the characteristics of the Chinese version. It really makes a difference? I mean, for using the camera, it's the less quality materials a thing or not? They are less reliable or not? What 'characteristics' are you referring to? Does it make a difference - no. Is the quality different - no. Are they less reliable - no. |
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