ANNUAL CHARITY SALE: -- ASTONISHING HULCHER SEQUENCE CAMERA!!!
This amazingly rare camera kicks off my annual charity sale -- every penny raised goes to the Food Bank in Ogden, Utah run by Catholic Community Services, so buy early and often!
DETAILS: The Hulcher 35 was an amazing machine, capable of shooting up to 100 frames per second on 35mm film, which means it could run through 100 feet of film is about 10 seconds. Until the rise of digital it was a premier tool for special effects, action sports and scientific use. LIFE Magazine used them. They originally sold for upwards of $4,000 and were pretty much hand-made in Virginia, USA.
Now, of course, they cost a LOT less. How much less?
Would you believe $275? I'm basing that on ebay asking prices for similar machines and some sanity here. That includes shipping in the USA. Please don't ask me to ship this overseas.
This particular camera, Serial No. 44, is a unique opportunity. That said, it's also a bit of a project.
WHAT YOU GET: Complete camera body comes with lens boards for both Leica R and Leica M lenses, the proper power pack to run it, a beat-up hand grip to hold it. There is also an original owner's manual, a couple of brochures from the Hulcher company, and some interesting correspondence from its owner in 1979, Rudi Niedzielski of something called FRAME ONE in Los Angeles. The camera was used professionally and looks it, although it has no dents or dings.
There's a letter to Rudi signed by Charles Hulcher, the builder/inventor, himself, thanking Rudi for asking about the camera.
WHAT YOU DON'T GET: You will need a cord to connect the power pack to the camera. Looks like a common-type cord. These also used a battery that clipped onto the bottom, and I don't have one of those. That means that while I see no reason why this camera would not work, but I have no way to test it. Caveat Emptor, What you see is what you get and help me feed the hungry.
Pictures!!!!!
First money to paypal gets it: summicron12000@yahoo.com is both my email AND my paypal address. You send me money, I send you the camera, I cut a check to CCS for the exact amount you send me, I pay the shipping out of my own pocket, my share of the effort.
Questions? Charlie Trentelman, Ogden Utah. If you pick up locally I'll even buy you lunch on Ogden's notorious Two-Bit Street.
This amazingly rare camera kicks off my annual charity sale -- every penny raised goes to the Food Bank in Ogden, Utah run by Catholic Community Services, so buy early and often!
DETAILS: The Hulcher 35 was an amazing machine, capable of shooting up to 100 frames per second on 35mm film, which means it could run through 100 feet of film is about 10 seconds. Until the rise of digital it was a premier tool for special effects, action sports and scientific use. LIFE Magazine used them. They originally sold for upwards of $4,000 and were pretty much hand-made in Virginia, USA.
Now, of course, they cost a LOT less. How much less?
Would you believe $275? I'm basing that on ebay asking prices for similar machines and some sanity here. That includes shipping in the USA. Please don't ask me to ship this overseas.
This particular camera, Serial No. 44, is a unique opportunity. That said, it's also a bit of a project.
WHAT YOU GET: Complete camera body comes with lens boards for both Leica R and Leica M lenses, the proper power pack to run it, a beat-up hand grip to hold it. There is also an original owner's manual, a couple of brochures from the Hulcher company, and some interesting correspondence from its owner in 1979, Rudi Niedzielski of something called FRAME ONE in Los Angeles. The camera was used professionally and looks it, although it has no dents or dings.
There's a letter to Rudi signed by Charles Hulcher, the builder/inventor, himself, thanking Rudi for asking about the camera.
WHAT YOU DON'T GET: You will need a cord to connect the power pack to the camera. Looks like a common-type cord. These also used a battery that clipped onto the bottom, and I don't have one of those. That means that while I see no reason why this camera would not work, but I have no way to test it. Caveat Emptor, What you see is what you get and help me feed the hungry.
Pictures!!!!!
First money to paypal gets it: summicron12000@yahoo.com is both my email AND my paypal address. You send me money, I send you the camera, I cut a check to CCS for the exact amount you send me, I pay the shipping out of my own pocket, my share of the effort.
Questions? Charlie Trentelman, Ogden Utah. If you pick up locally I'll even buy you lunch on Ogden's notorious Two-Bit Street.
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