{"product_id":"hansa-self-timer-mod-ii-mechanical-rangefinder","title":"Hansa Mod. II Mechanical Self Timer","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT CONDITION THE CONDITION IS IN: 88-Day Confirmed Operation Warranty. This mechanical self timer is in near perfect condition and comes with its original case. Keep scrolling for the full story or skip to the one picture (it was a busy day and we ran out of time).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis Hansa Self Timer Mod. II is a 60mm chrome cylinder from Tokyo's Ōmiya Photo Supply Co. that likely exists, because someone in 1950s Japan decided that photographers weren't already burdened by their own neuroses and needed a clockwork device to add seconds of existential anticipation to shooting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduced during Japan's extraordinary post-war industrial renaissance, when precision craftsmanship was both a point of national pride and an economic lifeline, this spring-driven contraption offers a 10-to-15-second delay via mechanics so overbuilt it sneers at disposability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat sets it apart from the crowd of universal pin-style timers is its so-called \"Leica nipple\" bell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecollar, a wide, internally-threaded mount that screws directly over the external shutter release collars of Barnack-style Leicas, early Nikon S bodies, and some Canon rangefinders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe all-metal chassis is overbuilt to the point of vanity, the winding arm sports a red dot because even Japanese engineers had a flair for the dramatic, and yes, the arm bends if mishandled, which is simply what happens when you're that refined in a world that isn't.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat rhythmic ticking, once wound, is less a mechanical sound than a tiny oath, a promise that the photo will be taken, that you'll be in it, that the moment was worth the ritual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the primary solution for rangefinders lacking internal cable release threading, the Mod. II wasn't just a clever workaround; it was, for its era, the workaround. The Mod. II is an artifact of Japan's post-war precision era that solved a problem nobody else bothered to solve elegantly, and if that's not immortality, it's at least a very good excuse to be in the photograph.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hansa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274270159035,"sku":"35MM-HANS-100230","price":58.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/6960\/6331\/files\/download_25de282c-08fd-409f-88a8-fb37442ad078.jpg?v=1787244065","url":"https:\/\/www.foxandtalbot.com\/products\/hansa-self-timer-mod-ii-mechanical-rangefinder","provider":"Fox and Talbot Cameras","version":"1.0","type":"link"}