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

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MattKing

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dotyj said:
Is that medium format?

I know could just look it up.
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Yes - with a "sensor" size of 6 cm x 9 cm (approximately) (assuming you are referring to the Fuji).
 

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Canon AE-1 came with 3 lenses and a Tele Converter. Like new condition. I just had to replace the gummy light seals. I got it from a Elderly lady who's eyes are getting bad and she could no longer focus it.
 
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Picked up a "barn fresh" Miranda F at the flea market a few weeks ago, just got around to replacing the light seals and bumper today. Its dirty, dented, missing almost all the tiny little screw in thumb stubs for things like the prism lock, apeture prevue, and one more I can't remember which one. Apeture blades were sluggish and some grime inside the lense, so I disassembled it and cleaned it out. CLA throughout the body and this thing is woking like a champ now! Not too bad for $10 and a Tuesday afternoon. And yes, I am going to leave it all dirty on the outside.




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Didn't think I'd do this, since I've been turned off by the meter readout, but, I have another F3HP. They're so cheap these days, that I can get one, and, if it sits on the shelf, no biggie.

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Hah!

I found one in a dumpster a few years ago. It was painted in a camouflage pattern with acrylics, had a Soligor 350/ 5.6 lens, and was mounted on one of those shoulder stock thingys.
Ammonia removed the paint, the stock went back into the same dumpster, and as a bonus, the lens is a T-mount so I can use it on the Pentax H1a I picked up a few months ago. The Soligor lens is surprisingly good.
 

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Lol, what were you doing in the dumpster in the first place?!

Yeah, the soligor lens is bright and quite nice. A bonus is that they unscrew very easily so you can clean them up yourself. I've taken mine apart twice now.


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Fast14riot said:
Lol, what were you doing in the dumpster in the first place?!
Yeah, the soligor lens is bright and quite nice. A bonus is that they unscrew very easily so you can clean them up yourself. I've taken mine apart twice now.


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I wasn't in the dumpster, I was standing next to it preparing to insert my trash. Around here, it's prudent to look in the dumpster before tossing. It could be occupied...
 

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I finally did some proper film shots of my latest pre-AI bodies, all acquired since March except for the "F", which I've had for a while...... The shots were taken with my other new body, a Nikon FM, on Ilford HP5 plus.

The F2SB I bought with a DP-1 finder. Sover Wong has finished refurbishing the original DP-3 and it should be back soon. Based on the pics of the internals he sent me it definitely needed a rebuild....... Looking forward to getting it back.


F2 Photomic:


Nikkormat FT2:


F Photomic FTn:
 

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Took delivery of an Ihagee Exakta Varex IIb today. Has a shutter problem (second curtain does not move very far) but I am hoping that dry firing the shutter a lot of times will cure this. Works on other cameras I have that have not been used for 20/30 years.
 

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My latest is a Kodak No. 2 box Brownie model E (Canadian Kodak) which I paid £1 for last week. It needed a good clean and some work on the shutter to get it going again.


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E. von Hoegh said:
Around here, it's prudent to look in the dumpster before tossing. It could be occupied...
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This reminds me of a lesson I once learned the hard way.

Cats hate having bags of garbage land on top of them.
 

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Picked up a Pentax ME Super in good user contrition today with an M50 1.7, an A28 2.8, an AF200s flash, a couple of hippy straps, a junk tripod, and a vivitar 85-210 zoom for $50. The meter and shutter seem accurate. Pentax prime lenses are in great shape but there's a pretty good 1/4" scratch on the front element of that zoom. Doesn't seem to be worth anything anyway though. Just e mailed Jon Goodman for a seal kit.
 

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Condition not contrition. Contrition is what I have to show my wife for bringing yet another camera home.
 

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A really minty Nikon FM2n. I bought it because 1) I've always wanted one, 2) I have some nice, fast, wide AI-S primes to use with it, and 3) I'm trying to not buy a Leica M4-P.

Still kinda really want an M4-P though.
 

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Burke and James 4x5 press camera. A guy in the local photographic I belong to gave it to me. After I showed it to my professor, he gave me two other lenses that fit it.
 

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Third one in a week. First F3HP had a meter that was overexposing by a stop, second F3HP had an extra zero appearing behind the indicated shutter speed in the LCD. This one doesn't have either. It's also as new as my F4 body is.



*edit* yes, there's a chunk of filter ring missing. Lens came that way last year.

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elekm said:
Nice Pentax K1000 with an f/2.0 50mm lens for $30.
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If it is working well, an excellent price! Here in the Atlanta area the students at Savannah College of Arts and Design need such for their photo classes, and that drives prices up to ridiculous levels.
 

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Got this setup finally. The original Zone VI (Tachihara cherry wood with nickel) with tripod and the SChneider 90mm f/8 SA all for $750 from a buddy. Hard to pass up on that one!

 

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An F3HP body with all the original paperwork and packaging. Now to decide whether I should hunt for an MD4 for this one or let it go motorless...
 

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MD-4's are cheap. Maybe go ahead and grab one... Kenmore Camera has a pretty decent one for $19.50.

-J
 

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I picked up a Oly OM-1n with case and 50mm 1.8 lens in EX condition for $20 at a Thrift Store. I put in a fresh battery and everything worked. The only issue was the advance lever wouldn't return on it's own, but after working it a few times it start to slowly return. I continued to exercise it and soon it was working like new again.
 
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