What's your latest new old camera? (Part 1)
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I got a Kodak Retinette 1B. Seems to be in good condition though I'm not sure if the light meter works.
I just picked up a Nikon F3-HP with a Nikkor AI 50mm F=1.4, it has a pretty filthy K screen in it that I'm tring to get used to but is mint otherwise.
It can't have a filthy screen and be mint. That's not possible.
I know: It's nitpicking, and I'm sort of being a jerk.
I know: It's nitpicking, and I'm sort of being a jerk.
Fortunately F3 screens are plentiful in great condition, good price and easy to change!
Been curious about the Ricoh TLS401 since I first learned about it's unique eye & waist level viewfinder. Instead of an interchangeable type, there is a selector on the side of the prism (1) for eye-level and (2) for waist-level position as well as a sliding cover on the top of the prism for the waist-level viewer.
A canon A-1. Gave me quite a puzzle with all the automatic functions and settings...
A Polaroid SX-70. I've been lusting after one for a while, partly due to nostalgia from barely-remembered 70s and 80s, but also because I've had an attack of classic camera gas. So I decided to finally get one while film was still available. Yes, Impossible film is expensive and, well, you know, not instant (30-40 minutes to develop? Not great for experimenting). But I'm having fun and it's given me ideas for all sorts of creative projects.
Actually a pretty good camera, IMO. Most were sold with the 35-70 zoom, but there's a straight 50, 1.7 that's nice.
Kodak Retina 1a, and a brassy black Nikkormat FT with a Nikkor H 50/2 lens.
Nice camera! I don't see Walz cameras around much any more. I believe that Walz's parent company also made the Zenobaiflex - a TLR with the craziest name ever for a camera.
Kiev 4A, J-8m, both 1959, J-12 from 1961. The Kiev sounds exactly like my Contax II did. 
Took a while to get a lens and panel organised but it works with no light leaks, so now I need to clean it a bit inside...
RR
Granny taken on a Trip
Olympus Trip in near mint condition for 6 squids 50.
Olympus Trip in near mint condition for 6 squids 50.
We used to have a brilliant camera repair man in Sheffield but he is retired now. Where did you get your F1 serviced please?
RR
I picked up an Olympus OM 2n with 50mm 1.4 lens for 7.99 us, yesterday at a Salvation Army store. It looks rough but it meters right on and everything else works. J
Was looking through the local CL and spotted a low priced ad titled Minolta accessories and curiously looked to find a low res shot of what looked like filters and such but buried in it look like possibly an XK finder - or perhaps I was wishing it was. So I arranged to pick up the box of stuff and was pleasantly surprised to see it was an XK Waist Level finder and a High Magnification finder - both with caps. Both look unused outside and inside! It's a great compliment to the AE and AE-S finders I already have.
Adding new finders makes it a new old camera to me . . .
Adding new finders makes it a new old camera to me . . .
Thanks Ben for as you know with these types of cameras, sometimes the accessories cost even more than the bodies!
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