What's your latest new old camera ? (Part 2)

[Ariston]

I bought a Nikon FM in "as is" condition. The meter doesn't work, but it is in pretty nice condition otherwise. If only there were a way to shoot photography with a meterless camera!

 

[one90guy]

Just received a Nikon F2, works well and looks fine.

David

 

[Europan]

A 1951 Cine ELMO 8

 

[bgate]

This thread has been so popular, the old one is broken, so let's start a new one.

What's your latest new old camera?

 

[bgate]

CONTAX RX w/Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.7, Zeiss 28mm f2.8, zeiss 80-200 f4.5

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

This thread still seems to be working. If it ain’t broke...

 

[MNM]

Appears I have an Agfa Isolette III on the way. We'll see how it looks but if relatively intact it'll get turned right around for CLA and likely bellows.

 

[cooltouch]

The Isolette III is a great camera (I have one). But as part of the CLA, hopefully your repair tech will be prepared to unfreeze both the focusing helical and rangefinder wheel. Almost all Isolettes have this problem. If your tech hasn't dealt with this problem before, I recommend you make sure s/he researches the topic before beginning the CLA.

 

[AgX]

I sold the eye level finder on ebay and already made more than I paid. Now, if my wife gives me the "You bought another camera?" look, I can say it was essentially free.

Likely she will argue that stuff is piling up nonetheless...

 

[Jon Shumpert]

I joke about it, but she is usually fine with my collection. If there is something I really want, I usually will sell something I am not using to offset the cost. For example, I just bought a Nikon PB-4 bellows that I have been wanting. The accessories and one lens from the F2 kit I bought sold for more than the F2 and bellows combined. Essentially, I have a free F2 and bellows.

 

[MNM]

The Isolette III is a great camera (I have one). But as part of the CLA, hopefully your repair tech will be prepared to unfreeze both the focusing helical and rangefinder wheel. Almost all Isolettes have this problem. If your tech hasn't dealt with this problem before, I recommend you make sure s/he researches the topic before beginning the CLA.

Planning to send it to Jurgen Kreckel (certo6) unless someone identifies a better person for the job.

Also have another Isolette with a Solinar lens but no rangefinder. Plan to send that in as well. Wonder if the two can be combined? The Isolette III with a Solinar lens should be useful.

 

[Pentode]

A few weeks ago a Contax IIIa.
More recently an Exakta VX IIa.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

A few weeks ago a Contax IIIa.
More recently an Exakta VX IIa.

Welcome fellow Contax IIIa and Exakta user!

Perhaps you're already aware of this excellent site:

https://www.wrotniak.net/photo/exakta/index.html

 

[Pentode]

Welcome fellow Contax IIIa and Exakta user!

Perhaps you're already aware of this excellent site:

https://www.wrotniak.net/photo/exakta/index.html

I know it well! I already have a VX and a few lenses that I’ve been using for a while. I learned a lot from that site!

As for the Contax, it’s a graduation from the Kiev 4a I’ve used for over 10 years. It was time to step up.

 

[Jon Shumpert]

I just bought another classic older camera with the intention of selling it, but want to keep it now. I was at an estate sale this morning and found a Canon AE-1 with 50mm f1.4 lens. It seems to work well at all shutter speeds and the meter works fine. It surprisingly doesn't have the "squeal" I have heard in many AE-1 shutters. The only issue is the lens. If you look through it, there doesn't appear to be any fungus, but at the edges of the glass there are reflections from inside the lens that make it appear as if the inside of the barrel is scratched. I am including a photo of it. If anyone has thoughts on what that could be, let me know.

 

[Kino]

I just bought another classic older camera with the intention of selling it, but want to keep it now. I was at an estate sale this morning and found a Canon AE-1 with 50mm f1.4 lens. It seems to work well at all shutter speeds and the meter works fine. It surprisingly doesn't have the "squeal" I have heard in many AE-1 shutters. The only issue is the lens. If you look through it, there doesn't appear to be any fungus, but at the edges of the glass there are reflections from inside the lens that make it appear as if the inside of the barrel is scratched. I am including a photo of it. If anyone has thoughts on what that could be, let me know.

It does look like scratches. Maybe someone took the lens apart and scratched the inner barrel somehow or that is the start of the front element separating.

Hard to tell from the photo...

 

[Jon Shumpert]

Hi Kino, I looked at it with a light and magnifier and it is hard to tell. Looking directly from the front, the glass looks great. I do think it is scratches inside the lens. This kind of does away with my plans to re-sell it to fund other things. I only spent $25 on it, so I will keep it and see how the images look with it.

 

[Gato Diablo]

Stopped at a garage sale advertising tools today. Walked away with a Canon AE-1 Program with 50mm f/1.8. Camera and lens are clean, but I need to get a battery to check functions. Also came with a Sears FD mount 135mm f/2.8 that has fungus (might be a good intro to disassembling lenses). Five bucks.

 

[Kino]

A 16mm Cine Ansco Model B camera for $2. Built like a tank; sounds like a tank running.

 

[markjwyatt]

I had these two Retina lenses (S-K 50mm f1.9 Xenon and S-K 35mm f2.8 Curtagon) for a while. I researched and finally figured out that they were not labeled as Retina lenses nor did they have the rangefinder cam. I am still not sure exactly what camera they did go on, but I did pick up a Retina IV, which required a $50 repair to the advancement mechanism (Ross Yerkes), and now works well. I am mainly shooting color film with it until I get some filters (at least a Med Y). The Curtagon is my favorite lens and requires a 42mm slip-on filter. The Zeiss 42 mm slip-ons I have are a little loose, so I need to figure out a reliable way to tighten them up a bit.


Kodak Retina Reflex IV by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[Jon Shumpert]

I like the Retina lenses. I have a Retina Reflex S with 28mm f4, 35mm f2.8, 50mm f2.8, 85mm f4 and 135mm f4 although I don't use them as often as I would like. A couple years ago I bought a DKL to Nikon mount adapter and can use the lenses on my Nikon Df. They actually perform well. I do have a problem in resisting buying vintage lenses. I already had a 135mm f4 for my Retina, but found an excellent condition one at an antique store for $5. As far as my AE-1 is concerned, I may end up keeping it due to the lens issue. The day won't be a total loss as far as re-selling stuff goes, because I got a Canon 24mm f2.8 EF autofocus lens for an additional $25. I will definitely sell that to offset the costs of both the camera and the 24mm.

 

[viridari]

Through an amazingly generous gift, I now own my first Leica, an M2 with Summicron 50mm F2 Dual Range.

While going to the camera shop to pick up some D76 to process my first rolls of Tri-X out of the thing, I saw a very minty looking Pentax Spotmatic and the price was right so it came home, too (meter doesn’t work, but does that even matter?) My existing Super Takumar 35mm f3.5 will likely be glued to that body.

 

[Jon Shumpert]

I have had several Spotmatics. They are built like tanks, much like many slr's from that era. I once joked with my wife that if someone tried to steal it from me, I could knock them out with it and still use the camera to take a picture of the person. I am jealous of the Leica. I don't know anyone who gifts like that.

 

[viridari]

I’ve had amazing fortune with cameras. It was under similar circumstances that I ended up with a couple of Mamiya C330’s, which I’ve done quite a bit of shooting with.

 

[MattKing]

I am still not sure exactly what camera they did go on

I'm wondering if they might have been intended/labelled as lenses for the Instamatic Reflex.