I just ordered an Olympus XA and hope to take delivery of it tomorrow
The Olympus Quickmatic was a gift from my youngest daughter who shoots film with a Olympus Zoom camera. It's an EES that shoots 126 film which is getting harder to find "fresher" film. First cartridge no images. Second one with a vintage of 1996 was much better. A little color cast but at least I know the meter works and the lens is plenty sharp.
I'm intensely jealous. I had a IIf or whatever (fixed lens with built in mini bulb flash) with a nonfunctional meter. It was one of the most fun cameras I ever had until something broke off inside and ruined the gearing for the shutter cocking mechanism. Still, it had been $15! One reason I like my new Mamiya is that it vaguely reminds me of the Retina.Picked up a working Retina IIc last weekend. Fun little camera.
After getting it home I thought "I think I have another lens for this." Sure enough I found the 35mm f4 that I picked up long ago. I just sourced the optional 35/80mm finder and it is waiting to be taken out and put through it's paces.I'm intensely jealous. I had a IIf or whatever (fixed lens with built in mini bulb flash) with a nonfunctional meter. It was one of the most fun cameras I ever had until something broke off inside and ruined the gearing for the shutter cocking mechanism. Still, it had been $15! One reason I like my new Mamiya is that it vaguely reminds me of the Retina.
Over here it is where people can take wht they consider rubbish, and it is sorted though by Acorn, who employ people with learning difficulty's, they have been trained to sort the items, check them out for problems, make sure every works, check electrical items for safety, and have a big out of town shop where they sell these items on, they have everything you could want, all saved from distruction, as far as photography goes I have bought many items over the last year, which is the time they have been open, I found a 4 blade 12/16 LPL easel for £12, a lbarnack leica, in almost immaculate condition, for £50, plus lenses for many of my camera's, it is one of those places tahat is worth going to, you ever know what ypo might find, and it is amazing what people throw away as uselessWhat is a "local recycle center" ?
Sounds like my kind of place!Over here it is where people can take wht they consider rubbish, and it is sorted though by Acorn, who employ people with learning difficulty's, they have been trained to sort the items, check them out for problems, make sure every works, check electrical items for safety, and have a big out of town shop where they sell these items on, they have everything you could want, all saved from distruction, as far as photography goes I have bought many items over the last year, which is the time they have been open, I found a 4 blade 12/16 LPL easel for £12, a lbarnack leica, in almost immaculate condition, for £50, plus lenses for many of my camera's, it is one of those places tahat is worth going to, you ever know what ypo might find, and it is amazing what people throw away as useless
Richard
That is the general idea over here, we are a small island, just 45 square miles, and re cycling is the best way to save on burning rubbish, it is amazing what people will throw away as useless, and if an outfit like Acorn can re sell it and give work to handicaped people who would otherwise just sit at home feeling useless, then good for our Goverment,Over here there still is lack of the idea of reuse (fleamarkets, thrift store etc. aside).
Some municipalities even claim ownership on everything put on streets on bulk waste days. Anyone taking such stuff for private use acts illegal to their mind. Despite re-using or even just salvaging for parts is better than incinerating for heat or melting down for metals...
Great place, and all of it is either thrown out or donated to Acorn, why anybody would throw out something like a Barnack Leica, or a complete Minolta outfit like I got today is beyond me, it is so obviously bee n well loved and looked after,all in a fitted metal outfit case, but maybe it is because there are no photography stores over here, no one except Boots, a store chain, sells film, and they only seel a very few rolls of 120 and 35mm at greatly inflated prices, $7.99 per roll, which is twice as much as any where else in the UK, but it's good for the Film Shooters left over here, and for £150 for 2 SRT 101 camera's with 55mm 1'7 lenses, plus a Minolta 200 prime, a 35mm prime and the 70 to 210 Vivitar series 1,(The Kiron version) on as new condition, flash filters, I was not going to leave it thereSounds like my kind of place!
Nice... they have one with the cameras for sale at my lab, but I think the selenium is dead.Aquired a nice little Olympus XA.
Can't wait to see the images from this litttle magical box.
Check out the FakMatic 135 --> 126 adapters:
https://filmphotographystore.com/pr...mm-to-126-adapter?_pos=2&_sid=30171711f&_ss=r
OMG! At first glance the lens shade looked like the lens cover/shade on my Werra! And I was right. Too late for this guy to be really alert. How do you like your Werra? And the Pearl is true to its name.Got a Konishiroku (Konica) Pearl II 645 rangefinder yesterday Loaded with FP4 now for initial testing. The lens hood is borrowed from my Werra for the moment... ..
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