What's your latest new old camera? (Part 1)

Ricardo Miranda · Sep 30, 2013

Latest purchases were 3 Nikon EM, a Nikon Series E 50mm f/1.8 1st version and a 2nd version MD-E motor drive. One of the EM is a 1st version that is as new, mint condition.

ZenziFriend · Oct 1, 2013

Pentax MR black, MV1 black, MG for decoration purposes, for use with my DA* lenses I have my Super A...

Ralph Javins · Oct 1, 2013

Good morning;

Something came that I had not expected, nor was I looking for it: A black body Canon EF in fairly nice condition.

This is my first camera with the Copal Square vertically traveling focal plane shutter that goes from 1/1000th of a second clear out to 30 seconds, or a full one-half (1/2) minute.

GRHazelton · Oct 1, 2013

A YashicaMat TLR. It is one of the earlier ones with the Luxamar lens, a Tessar 4 element design, and shutter speeds running in the old progression, 1, 1/2, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, etc. Not a problem! Seems to work properly and is in nice condition. As a KEH "Bargain" camera it has only the smallest cosmetic issues -- a user, not a shelf queen.

GRHazelton · Oct 1, 2013

Oops! I posted my YashicaMat acquisition in the 35mm section. Sorry!

TheToadMen · Oct 1, 2013

GRHazelton said:
Oops! I posted my YashicaMat acquisition in the 35mm section. Sorry!

No problem: just get an adapter set, load some 35 mm film and you're covered
(Nice panorama format too)

pentaxpete · Oct 2, 2013

My latest is this COSINA CT-1 with 50mm f2 Cosinon lens and the bloke also gave me a 135mm f2.8 Vivitar lens -- I have tested both and they both useable at full aperture

Cosina-CT-1 by pentaxpete, on Flickr

Paul Goutiere · Oct 2, 2013

I already had enough 35mm cameras.

But a trip to our local thrift store nets me a Ricoh GR1 and a GR1v. ( odd little cameras )

Then a friend comes by last night and gives me an immaculate Pentax Spotmatic
and near perfect Nikon FM2n.

AlanCole · Oct 2, 2013

Black F2 with DP1. My chrome / DP1 was my first proud camera when I was about 15 in 1975, accompanied me as a sailor and sat characteristically unused with the advent of a new family, my P&S era and the digital era. Our 15-year-old daughter's request that I teach her film was the catalyst for my recent gear acquisition syndrome, including a brand new (to me) bathroom darkroom that I hadn't had since my parents volunteered their second bathroom for darkroom service through most of high school.

Bought her a Nikkormat FT2 as her student camera but noticed how dim the finder is compared with an F2 's while testing some polypan. The black F2, her new student camera, had just been CLA'd and I picked it up on the bay for 105. A work of art the F2 is.

My GAS included everything from Argus AF and C4 to Instamatics and a PermaCube electronic flash I soldered net NiCads into. I shot a roll of old Tri-X the other day in the Yashica MAT-124 my granddad gave me when I was a kid. I even have a SpeedGraphic with a bad shutter that I bought for a photo prop that is destined to be repaired and put into service using xray film. I understand that a Minox C might even appear under the tree. So much to play with and so little free time.

Slowly chronicling our journey into - and back into - film at BathroomDarkroom.com.

Alan

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Truzi · Oct 2, 2013

Konica C35 AF.

My mother is a bit of an hoarder, though not good enough to get on TV. I'd left specific instructions with her and my Aunt (who is enough of an hoarder for TV) to stop bringing me camera equipment unless it was owned by a family member.

Well, today my mom went to a rummage sale and brought me some stuff for $300. An still shrink-wrapped Montgomery Ward slide tray, a tiny metal Kodak canister with empty reel, probably 16mm, a Kodak Instamatic 134 with a bad shutter, an Ansco Ready Flash (620 film), and the Konica C35 AF rangefinder.

The Konica seems to work, so I might as well take it for a spin. It's not much smaller than my SLR, but might be fun.

sangetsu · Oct 2, 2013

I bought a box of "コンパクトカメラ" (compact cameras), and the box arroved in the mail today. Inside were a Canon 7Sz, three Olympus Pen S cameras, and a Pen W. A lucky day...

elcabezagrande · Oct 6, 2013

I bought a couple of black Canons at an estate sale for $80.

Canon F-1 with Canon FD 28/2.8 lens by Greyscale3, on Flickr

Canon A-1 with Canon FD 50/3.5 Macro lens by Greyscale3, on Flickr

Beside the two cameras and lenses in the pictures above, I also got 67mm Vivitar orange and red filters, Hoya +1, +2, and +3 closeup filters, also in 67mm (new), a Tamron aspherical 28~200mm 1:3.8-5.6 zoom (with a 72mm close-up filter), a Vivitar 500mm f8 mirror lens, 2 rolls of FujicolorSuper HGII 20 (36 exp), 1 roll of Ilford HP5 Plus 400, and one roll of Plus X in a re-loadable cassette, various end caps and body cap, spare batteries for both cameras, and the tan canvas bag itself is quite nice.

Both cameras are in excellent mechanical condition, and cosmetically, the F-1 is perfect, while the A-1 only shows tiny specks of brassing from the strap lugs. I think that I done good on this purchase.

Xmas · Oct 6, 2013

Truzi said:
Konica C35 AF.

My mother is a bit of an hoarder, though not good enough to get on TV. I'd left specific instructions with her and my Aunt (who is enough of an hoarder for TV) to stop bringing me camera equipment unless it was owned by a family member.

Well, today my mom went to a rummage sale and brought me some stuff for $300. An still shrink-wrapped Montgomery Ward slide tray, a tiny metal Kodak canister with empty reel, probably 16mm, a Kodak Instamatic 134 with a bad shutter, an Ansco Ready Flash (620 film), and the Konica C35 AF rangefinder.

The Konica seems to work, so I might as well take it for a spin. It's not much smaller than my SLR, but might be fun.

send mum on photog workshop

elcabezagrande · Oct 6, 2013

Truzi said:
Konica C35 AF.

... and the Konica C35 AF rangefinder.

The Konica seems to work, so I might as well take it for a spin. It's not much smaller than my SLR, but might be fun.

The C35 AF is not a rangefinder, but, as the first commercially-marketed auto-focus camera, it is not without historical significance. Have fun with it, and feel like Andy Warhol (an early-adopter of plastic fantastic AF technology) when you do. Like all Konicas of the time, it has a superb Hexanon lens, and will surprise you with the quality of images that it can produce.

Truzi · Oct 6, 2013

elcabezagrande said:
The C35 AF is not a rangefinder

Oops, that was silly of me, lol. I've loaded some Delta 400 to experiment with, and will probably finish it and develop in a week or two (I've been very busy).

ArtO · Oct 6, 2013

I got a very nice Sears KS Super II SR2000 with a 50mm f2.0 lens and a Sears 70-210mm f4 lens as a birthday gift from my grandson. Shot some film today and everything felt great. It's off for development later this week. I understand the camera is actually a Ricoh KR5 or something like that.

Charles Wass · Oct 7, 2013

Just bought an RZ67 with 65mm and 110mm lenses from a guy in my area, but it may not count as old as the shutter speeds depend on a battery.

Gareth Jones · Oct 7, 2013

Having shot with digital for the last 8 years I have been given 3 35mm cameras which I will use exclusively from now on with the digital format only used when quick images are required:

cameras:

minolta srt 100x
minolta srt 101
praktica mtl 50

not sure on how these will work but I am testing with a roll of film in each, they all seem in good condition but what do I know )

John_Nikon_F · Oct 7, 2013

^ You'll probably need to have the light seals replaced, if they haven't been done yet. Other than that, I suspect that they'll be in working condition (at least the Minoltas - the Praktica might not be 100%, being an east german camera, IIRC)...

-J

Red Tractors · Oct 7, 2013

Looks like I just bought a black Nikon FE.

Weird turn of fate for a long-time Pentaxian.

Marc Akemann · Oct 7, 2013

Zeiss Ikon Contessa 35 (533/24). I thought I was done purchasing 35mm cameras but I couldn't resist this one. Everything works just fine except for the meter and the camera looks great, inside and out. The original camera case it came with is very nice, too. The spring-loaded clips of the ever-ready case that grab the camera eyelets (for the neck strap) is clever. The serial number is interesting but probably not significant. It's W95000.

-Marc

dugrant153 · Oct 8, 2013

Olympus OM1 that was CLA-ed in 2007 by the one and only Camtex (John H).
A little stiff here and there... but wow, John H does amazing work.

Dennis S · Oct 8, 2013

Picked up the black version Canon FTbn. Great looking with a touch of brassing. Very sexy looking with a lens with a black hood. Bit of cleaning, light seals and mirror bumper it's good to go. The pic (not mine) doesn't due the camera justice: Probably why I got it for $20

John_Nikon_F · Oct 8, 2013

Red Tractors said:
Looks like I just bought a black Nikon FE.

Weird turn of fate for a long-time Pentaxian.

You may find that you like it. Lenses mount backward, but, at least the focusing ring and aperture ring turn the same way as on most Pentax lenses.

-J

MattKrull · Oct 8, 2013

ArtO said:
I got a very nice Sears KS Super II SR2000 with a 50mm f2.0 lens ...

I just picked up a Sears KSX-P. I'm pretty impressed with it. I'm used to the post-Walmart world where a store-branded product is cheap crap. This looks like Sears had some pride in their photographic offerings. Looking over the owner manual, I think the Sears was actually nicer than the Chinon CP-5 it was rebranded from. The Chinon's markings aren't as intuitive as the Sear's ("L" vs "Off" - I know which one is more obvious to me).

I also got a Ricoh 50mm F2 lens. Plastic body, but good damping and darned near pancake depth. So far it seems like a fun little camera.

What's your latest new old camera? (Part 1)

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