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

[E. von Hoegh]

I totally understand getting something you don't currently have. I even understand getting a backup of something you have an love. But why buy a third example of a camera? (Not trolling, honest question)

One for color, one for B&W/spare, one backup.
For a lot of cameras the only source of parts is an extra body.

 

[fstop]

I totally understand getting something you don't currently have. I even understand getting a backup of something you have an love. But why buy a third example of a camera? (Not trolling, honest question)

I have a couple answers.

1 I like black and chrome versions of each body I chose to add to my collection.
2 I like to replace current bodies with examples in better condition, then the current one either goes for spare parts or for sale.
3 With FM bodies there are varients to consider, 2XXXXXXXX series and 3XXXXXXX series black and chrome etc.
4 sometimes the body comes with lenses or accessories that I want
5 sometimes the price is too good to pass up

and last of all but not least

because we can

 

[Red Tractors]

Good question, and many good answers.

My 2nd chrome FM came along at a good price, and it is cleaner and newer than my first chrome FM. 34XXXX vs 21XXXX serial numbers. I have one loaded with AGFA 400 and one with PX at the moment.

The black one last night I probably paid too much for, but I've wanted a black FM since I was fifteen, so....what the heck. Hopefully the meter works and I didn't just waste $39 + shipping. But, if it's shot, then I have spare parts.

 

[ArtO]

I have a couple answers.

1 I like black and chrome versions of each body I chose to add to my collection.
2 I like to replace current bodies with examples in better condition, then the current one either goes for spare parts or for sale.
3 With FM bodies there are varients to consider, 2XXXXXXXX series and 3XXXXXXX series black and chrome etc.
4 sometimes the body comes with lenses or accessories that I want
5 sometimes the price is too good to pass up

and last of all but not least

because we can

YES! YES! YES! I 100% agree and I haven't started to build a set of both black and chrome bodies yet. I have a variety but someday will start to close that gap.

 

[MattKrull]

All good answers, thanks folks.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

My new old camera is another 1936 Zeiss Contax II with 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar. Looks a little dusty, but should clean up well enough

 

[ronwhit]

Black Canon Ftbn to join my 40 year old Ftb (Chrome) which still works well and is blessed with a very accurate meter. Now need to see if the newer one can compete with its older brother.

 

[ambaker]

I just picked up an ANSCO Agfa Viking, made in the US Sector of Germany.


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[Ralph Javins]

The Continuing Saga of the Confessional Booth Ramblings

One good thing about rain on a Saturday morning is that the line for the Confessional Booth is not very long. This will not take too much time before it is my turn.

. . . .

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.

Yes, Father, I know that it has been a while, but I really have not transgressed in a long time. No boxes from KEH for months now. But that John has been telling me for a long time that I should have a Nikon F3HP and that I would appreciate and understand why it was considered to be an outstanding example of its type and a true working camera when it was the current model being offered to the professional photographer community. Now that I have one with the MD-4 Motor Drive attached to the bottom of the F3HP, I think that I do understand why this solid feeling camera was considered to be an excellent work-horse camera for the active working photographer, who was also young and strong. You really do notice it on a neck strap.

Well, it did come with a couple of short zoom lenses, and a NIKKOR 105mm f:2.5 and a 300mm f:4.5 lenses also, so it seemed like a very nice package kit.

Oh. Well, yes, Father, you are right. I did make the decision to buy the camera, didn't I? And, yes, John was not reaching into my wallet and pulling the money out for me. Yes, I actually did it. So, yes, Father, I will contritely accept my penance.

Thank you, Father. See you next week.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.

Confession is good for the soul. Go and sin some more. :devil:

 

[fstop]

One good thing about rain on a Saturday morning is that the line for the Confessional Booth is not very long. This will not take too much time before it is my turn.

. . . .

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.

Yes, Father, I know that it has been a while, but I really have not transgressed in a long time. No boxes from KEH for months now. But that John has been telling me for a long time that I should have a Nikon F3HP and that I would appreciate and understand why it was considered to be an outstanding example of its type and a true working camera when it was the current model being offered to the professional photographer community. Now that I have one with the MD-4 Motor Drive attached to the bottom of the F3HP, I think that I do understand why this solid feeling camera was considered to be an excellent work-horse camera for the active working photographer, who was also young and strong. You really do notice it on a neck strap.

Well, it did come with a couple of short zoom lenses, and a NIKKOR 105mm f:2.5 and a 300mm f:4.5 lenses also, so it seemed like a very nice package kit.

Oh. Well, yes, Father, you are right. I did make the decision to buy the camera, didn't I? And, yes, John was not reaching into my wallet and pulling the money out for me. Yes, I actually did it. So, yes, Father, I will contritely accept my penance.

Thank you, Father. See you next week.

Congratulations!

I loved the F3 since the day it was introduced.(got 3 myself 2 HPs and a DE-2) Some are put off by its size and heft. But that is part of what I like, with a long lens a heavier body is more stable.
Size wise seems down right compact when you spend time shooting with a DSLR like a D300.

(the HP finder is not really a necessity, I prefer the smaller and more view finder coverage of the DE-2.If you shoot with sunglasses you are an idiot, if you wear correction lenses you could use diopters)

But I think you'll like the F3.

 

[one90guy]

I finally replaced my Nikon F4s, sold mine several years for something that I just had to have. And of course I can not remember what I got Never again! Been having major GAS pains passed few weeks, wife looked at bank account today

David

 

[jerrybro]

I used an F3HP with a 2.8 micro back in the day, company camera. I've recently been lusting after one again to keep my brace of FMs company. That and I do not have a 35mm lens. Or the 300 EDIF. Of course, the F2AS has always.....

 

[John_Nikon_F]

I used an F3HP with a 2.8 micro back in the day, company camera. I've recently been lusting after one again to keep my brace of FMs company. That and I do not have a 35mm lens. Or the 300 EDIF. Of course, the F2AS has always.....

Jerry, maybe this will help...



300 EDIF is next to the F2 on the left, and 35 is mounted to the F3...

:devil:

-J

 

[dynachrome]

Mamiya M645 with right hand power motor/winder.

 

[BradleyK]

Not a camera, but an MD-4 for F3HP number three, picked up on that site for $6.41 USD. Judging by the pictures supplied, the drive looks to be in very nice shape.

 

[MrBrowning]

I have 2:

Newest Old Camera: Polaroid CU-5.

Slightly Older Newest Old Camera: Yashica Mat-124

 

[jerrybro]

Jerry, maybe this will help...



300 EDIF is next to the F2 on the left, and 35 is mounted to the F3...

:devil:

-J

At least now I know where they all are.

 

[Fixcinater]

I've been very good lately, haven't bought anything but film and paper for quite a while. Well, except for this morning when a Sigma 135mm f/1.8 was calling to me. It needed to be rescued, you see?

 

[Allan Swindles]

Yet another Olympus OM-4Ti body, I now have three, the king, an heir and a spare as well as numerous 1, 2's, and 2n bodies.

 

[TheToadMen]

Two cameras: Agfa Karat 36, two different models, but both with a Scnheider-Kreuznach Xenon 1:2/50 mm lens.
On one camera the shutter works fine but sometimes refuses (stuck open whil cocking). Could this be easily fixed by myself?
The other seems fully functional. I loaded a test film.

Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

 

[barbirolli]

Petri 7s. Bought yesterday for £15. Described as fully functional I soon discovered the frame counter was kaput. Never mind, I tend to shoot films by the roll rather than the frame! Not processed the HP5+ I ran through it, so I haven't proved yet my feeling the meter is consistently underestimating the light. It is a little beauty to handle, though, and I got two expressions of "cool camera" out of the folk on the streets of Manchester!

 

[John_Nikon_F]

Sold my black Nikomat FTn and chrome FT2 at the PSPCS swap meet today. Alas, temptation was too much, (yes, Steve, :devil: ) and I replaced both with a pretty clean black FT2 that was being sold for $60, but was able to get it for $45. Next new old camera is going to be an old-new-old camera. Owned it in 2009, but had been kicking myself for selling it for the past five years. Black FT3. It needs some minor work, but still has a smoothly functioning meter. Will be picking it up from the current owner on Friday. It'll probably be the last camera to go in for servicing, behind the second F2AS, which is headed to Sover Wong, the pair of FT2's (one of which is waiting for pickup), the FM2n, and the F. It's useable as is, but the slow speeds are dead. Got a working shutter from a junked FT2 that I can provide Camera Clinic with, when they overhaul it.

-J

 

[AstroZon]

Jeez, where do I start? Last week I bought 4 cameras from local thrift stores:

Polaroid 104 with original case and 2 Model 268 flash units - $5.

Pentax ZX-7 with 28-80 lens, manual, and case - $15. My wife likes it.

Sony Mavica MVC-FD88 - $6.50. I know it's digital, but it records on 3.5 floppys which was just too funky for me to pass up. It came with a battery but no charger, so I ordered one from eBay.

And my big score: Canon FT with Canon 55mm f1.2, Vivitar 24mm wide angle, and a Vivitar 90-230 telephoto zoom (which I'll likely never use.) $33 for the whole set.

 

[aRolleiBrujo]

This!

Lovely PENTACON :devil:SIX, with Carl Zeiss back in my life once more, via the Carl Zeiss Jena (CZJ), Biometar 80mm f/2.8, in zebra!


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