I used to sell these cameras Les when I worked at a professional dealers when they were current, and I know what fine cameras they are, but they unfortunately never really captured their market share of the pro. market that Nikon had the strangle hold on at the time.
What's your latest new old camera? (Part 1)
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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 . . .
Nice score. Only two more finders to get. The P finder, so you can have an eyelevel XK, and the match-needle M finder.
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Fujica ST701 with SMC Takumar f1.2 55mm,
Takumar f3.5 105mm,
Vivitar f3.5 200mm,
Fujica ST705 with Fujinon f1.8 55mm
I bought the Fujica ST705 yesterday for $7.50. It had a smashed lens, won't focus or anything, but I bought it as the shutter works nicely. I've had the ST701 for 6 months or so and it came with the Fujinon 55 and the Vivitar 200mm. I paid $12.50 for the set. The Takumar 55 was $7.50, and I bought the Takumar 105 last week for $9.95. All purchased from local thrift shops. I like the ST705 as it takes modern batteries, meters well, and has a lens lock so you don't over tighten your M42 lenses (newer M42 lenses anyway.)
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And a couple of weeks ago I bought a Canon AE-1 for $20. It had the famous AE-1 shutter squeak which I quickly serviced. This is the first Canon SLR that I've ever owned. Nice camera and as most people know, quite historical as the first camera with CPU control. The shutter works fine. Plan to shoot a test roll whenever it stops snowing around here.
It also came with the original manuals and a POS Dejur 135 lens with a badly bent mount. I took the Dejur apart to use the elements for effects with my digital cameras.
What people refer to as the "famous shutter squeak" of the A series Canon Cameras is very misleading to owners who try and lubricate their camera shutters and ruin them, I asked the technician who services my cameras he told me it's nothing to do with the shutter, but is a dry bearing in the mirror braking mechanism.
Canon's first electronic camera with a C.P.U. was the EF http://www.mikegrigsby.com/html/canon_ef.html, which was I.M.O. was a much better camera than the AE1.
Canon's first electronic camera with a C.P.U. was the EF http://www.mikegrigsby.com/html/canon_ef.html, which was I.M.O. was a much better camera than the AE1.
Yes, it's the mirror return mechanism that commonly squeaks. Anyway, thanks to a YouTube vid, it's fixed now. Sounds and operates like a new camera.
As for the Canon EF, I'd love to own one someday - a very beautiful and well made camera. Still, the article you referenced does not state anywhere that it has a CPU. The EF does have an electronic auto exposure system with shutter priority, and it has an excellent Copal electronic shutter. Plus it has something that I wish all cameras of that era had: a voltage regulator circuit.
The latest new old camera is a Tower lllS that is a high quality Nicca manufactured Leica copy.
I have an EF and the Copal shutter is the only one Canon ever installed that they didn't make themselves, and it's blades are actually made of pure Platinum .
As if I didn't have enough already, word has got out that I like old cameras and whilst I was out, someone dropped off a box full.
The most interesting is a Contessa Nettel from 1921 which I think is quarter plate (3.25" x 4.25") and it has a double plate holder and film sheaths with it which is a bonus.
There is also a Lubitel 2 TLR, a Kodak 66 folder (which might get some use as it takes 120 film - unlike my last one which was 620) a couple of Polaroids, a Ricoh KR10 and a Petri FT EE 35mm SLRs and a boxed Leningrad 7 meter which looks like it has never been used.
There are also a few non-descript 35mm compacts.
Steve.
The most interesting is a Contessa Nettel from 1921 which I think is quarter plate (3.25" x 4.25") and it has a double plate holder and film sheaths with it which is a bonus.
There is also a Lubitel 2 TLR, a Kodak 66 folder (which might get some use as it takes 120 film - unlike my last one which was 620) a couple of Polaroids, a Ricoh KR10 and a Petri FT EE 35mm SLRs and a boxed Leningrad 7 meter which looks like it has never been used.
There are also a few non-descript 35mm compacts.
Steve.
Nice collection! Very generous person! 
BTW, as a curiosity, how's the Petri FT EE? Did it came with a lens?
My first SLR was a Petri FT handed down to me from my father.
BTW, as a curiosity, how's the Petri FT EE? Did it came with a lens?
My first SLR was a Petri FT handed down to me from my father.
The lens is Petri 55mm f1.8
If you want it, it's yours for the price of postage.
I have also found a Brownie 127 and a Coronet 4-4 which is nowhere near as nice as the Coronet 6-6 I bought for £1 a few weeks ago.
Steve.
Wista 45DXII... Sort of a jump into LF. An eBay seller who turned out to be a really nice guy was trying to move his kit for ages and had it priced too high. It's the times we live in for analog gear. Anyway, he sent me his entire kit from the camera, two lenses, a Pentax digital spot meter, gitzo tripod, 10 film holders, loupe, dark cloth, and a few odds and ends for a 1000 bucks
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Canon EOS Rebel S from a local thrift store.
Latest new old camera, Canon FTb.
Jeff
Jeff
Good camera. Mine still has a working mercury battery. Those cloth shuttered, tin bodied, manual cameras will still be going when the rest are landfill.
A Canon A1 with a 50/1.8 lens. And to go with it, a Canonet QL17.
Both are very nice cameras. I've already replaced the seals on the Canonet - that was a huge mess. Next, need to work on the A1.
Both are very nice cameras. I've already replaced the seals on the Canonet - that was a huge mess. Next, need to work on the A1.
RR, I've heard the Real Camera Company in Manchester is good. I've also bought quite a lot of stuff from Mr Cad and Ffordes. The 6.50 Trip was in D.Palmer's in Bridport btw.
That was a steal. Whenever I looked in Palmer's window while on holidays, they always looked a bit pricey.
Already in my possession, a Canonet QL19 with the sticky shutter problem. It was cheap and I kind of got it because I wanted a QL17 III but kept getting out bid. I did not realize it was was stuck and I'd have to spend time fixing it. I am not really the best person to fix these sorts of things. If I have to do more then basics, it ends up broken. lol.
Waiting for it to arrive, a Minolta Hi-Matic F and a Yashica Electro 35 GSN. I don't know if either work but I paid under $20 each shipped.
Waiting for it to arrive, a Minolta Hi-Matic F and a Yashica Electro 35 GSN. I don't know if either work but I paid under $20 each shipped.
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