BiggJawn
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Sun Oct-03-04 12:05 AM
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This has been a month for old cameras... |
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Edited on Sun Oct-03-04 12:05 AM by BiggJawn
Earlier, our hero picks up a Petrie 7 (RF 35mm from the 60's) and a Canonette QL (another '60's RF) And the obligitory Argus C-4 (50's RF, Cintagon lens), all for $10. AND that included an old GE light meter and bag.
Then at a yard sale today, I see a Fujica STX-1 (made in '80) with a 50mm, 1.6 lens. Shutter doesn't work. Film in camera. Film stuck to guide rails, remove film, shutter works now. Not too shabby for $5...
Much better than the Canonette, which required disassembly and Freon to get its shutter working again...
These old 35's, just can't seem to get away from them... No, I don't want an old Argus C-3, I already have 13 of 'em....:-)
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Sun Oct-03-04 12:09 AM
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1. I used to collect old movie cameras |
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Don't do it much any more, but I remember the thrill of the search. It's a fun hobby.
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Rabrrrrrr
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Sun Oct-03-04 12:12 AM
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2. Dammit, how come whenever I go to yard sales |
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all they have is shit?
I've yet to go to one in which I found anything.
Especially not cameras - I'd love to be able to pick up some good ones for cheap like that!
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BiggJawn
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Sun Oct-03-04 08:36 AM
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7. Yeah, but what I was REALLY looking for was a Peugot or a Herse... |
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Or maybe a Schwinn "Paramount" for $10.....:-) I'm going to a Flea this morning, looking for bicycles, but I'll prolly find more camraes....
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Sun Oct-03-04 12:13 AM
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3. do you have a minolta 101? |
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my area has kinda dried up on used 35mm,all i`ve seen in the last few months are crap plastic cameras or old polariods. i`m trying to find a good working super 8 had a chance to get a couple but they wanted way to much money..i`ll keep looking.
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BiggJawn
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Sun Oct-03-04 08:30 AM
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5. No, I have its cheaper brother... |
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The SRT-SC II, Which I bought new in 1978. Last year, I found a Canon AE-1 for $20 and an Argus/Cosina STL ( I think one of the last "real" cameras to have the Argus name) for $10...
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Sun Oct-03-04 12:18 AM
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Edited on Sun Oct-03-04 12:19 AM by Wilber_Stool
1966 Topcon Super D with 58mm Auto Topcor. Get it cleaned and lubed every five years(or so). The guy sez it will last couple of hundred years.
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BiggJawn
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Sun Oct-03-04 08:33 AM
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6. My favourite Argus C-3 isolder than me... |
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Judging from the serial number, I guesstimate it round 1940.The lens is SO good, I've had photos from it exhibited at the State Fair. I go through the pile and snap the shutters and wind the winders a coupla times a year, just to keep everybody happy.
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Sun Oct-03-04 09:59 AM
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9. lol, the Topcon Super D's were great camera's havent heard |
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Sun Oct-03-04 09:57 AM
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8. focus on the old german ones, my favorite was a Ziess Super Ikonta |
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120 film , but I got drunk in a bar in Mombasa and lost it.
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Sun Oct-03-04 10:00 AM
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Sun Oct-03-04 10:32 AM
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11. I have one, awsome zuiko four element lens, the xa3's and twos were |
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ok but the 4 had a 28mm lens
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Sun Oct-03-04 11:42 AM
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12. 1970 Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic... |
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Sun Oct-03-04 11:59 AM
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13. I have my Dad's Argus C-3 and Gramps C-4 |
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Still take beautiful pictures, and I have their old Argus Slide projector and Argus slide viewer and Flashbulb holders, etc.
I love the old brown leather cases too!
RL
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Sun Oct-03-04 01:10 PM
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14. I love my old cameras. |
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These days I am mostly digital, probably because my wife and I take a lot of snapshots and we were running out of places to store them all.
I have a few 35mm cameras, and it's nice that I can take 35mm film to the drugstore and get a CD back with the prints. I then consolodate all the "keeper" pictures onto CD's I burn myself.
I used to develop and print B&W pictures, but I haven't done that for years. Every once in awhile I'll get an itch to use one of my 120 or 620 film cameras, and now that I've read this thread I hear some of my old camera's calling me...
I've never collected high-end cameras. Mostly I enjoy various old "mass market" cameras, the kind you buy in junk stores for a dollar. You can take "artistic" pictures with anything if you understand the equipment's limitations.
I've been very tempted to buy one of those very inexpensive digital cameras just to see what I can make it do.
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Sun Oct-03-04 10:14 PM
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15. My daughter specializes in "toy" cameras... |
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"Diana" and Holga-type cameras. Cheap platice 120's with plasyic lenses and light leaks galore. She actually gets some "arty" stuff with them...
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