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

[Pitotshock]

Sinar P2 in 4x5 with a bunch of lenses and accessories, let the large format fun begin!

 

[Sean Mac]

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Sinar P2 in 4x5 with a bunch of lenses and accessories, let the large format fun begin!

I recently bought it's ancestor...

 

[Louie Bunbun]

Clean the battery contacts and if you can, remove the bottom plate and examine the battery holder for corrosion.

The metering and shutter timing circuit are independent. If none of both are working, that would point to a simpler power issue (i.e. corrosion, power not getting to the circuits)

The battery compartments were clean, so it has to be the corroded connections but I'm not qualified to do it so I'll get it fixed to the professional

 

[joelbolden]

Recently purchased this Yashica Lynx 14. Just got the test roll back. That f1.4 lens is impressive!

 

[randoRandy]

minolta x-700. ole trusty!

 

[BobD]

Bought this Tower 32A body from a thrift store. AKA Mamiya Prismat. It's in beautiful condition and working. It's a bare-bones meterless SLR but it has an Exakta lens mount and is fairly uncommon.

Of course, I had just sold my one and only Exakta lens so now I have to find another.

 

[StanMac]

Recently purchased this Yashica Lynx 14. Just got the test roll back. That f1.4 lens is impressive!

I have the 14E version of that Lynx - its a beast for a rangefinder but the lens makes it worth that weight.

Stan

 

[henryvk]

I have a newcomer to what I should by now probably start calling my collection.

It's another Soviet shooter: The BelOMO Vilia 35mm scale-focusing viewfinder camera.

The Vilia was built in the 70s and 80s by BelOMO, Minsk, in the former Byelorussian SSR. I was looking for a Soviet scale-focusing camera but was put off of the popular Smenas by their lack of a "real" viewfinder. The Vilia has a reverse-Galilean finder with reflective framelines which shows the selected aperture... represented by a pictogram ranging from a sun to a dark cloud. The idea is that you can stick with one shutter speed (i.e. the ISO/GOST it "corresponds" to) and then set the appropriate aperture.

There is conflicting information on whether the Vilia's f4/40mm triplet is the same as the Smena's but BelOMO definitely used those a lot, so it's a good guess that it's the same lens.

My Vilia is well fitted, the lens is correctly collimated across the film plane but despite it's simplicity, the overall design definitely has flaws. One glaring shortcoming are the back door's laughably flimsy hinge pins, one of which promptly broke off. Oh, well, I figure it's not lomography unless you have a piece of gaffer tape somehwere on your camera? I opened the top cover and cleaned the viewfinder and shot most of a roll of Kodak Gold on a photo walk this Sunday in bright afternoon light. The camera's controls work well and it only feels marginally flimsy; the layout is mostly intuitive, it's really fun to work with zone-focus and the Vilia is more compact and A LOT lighter than, say, the FED 5. I'm really looking forward to seeing the results.

 

[Donald Qualls]

My Smena 8M arrived over the weekend. A little older/simpler than the BelOMO Vilia, but the lens is said to be pretty decent. The "auto exposure" works opposite the above; film speed dial is on the aperture ring, and the shutter speed has the weather icons. Works out the same, though; you're prompted to an aperture that lets you use maximum (250) shutter in bright sun, and slower in progressively dimmer conditions.

There's a level of optimism here, in that the shutter goes to 1/15 on the weather scale (which would seem to imply an expectation to hand hold that speed, despite presence of tripod socket and cable release threads). Still, maybe a little motion blur is better than not taking a shot because it's too dim?

Looks like the camera can also be operated cassette to cassette. I'll verify that when I finish the first test roll (ORWO DN21, ISO 12, to get the wide/slow testing).

 

[Maris]

Mamiya C220 from January 1972 paired up with a 55mm f4.5 lens set from April 1980. Just developed two test rolls and frame spacing, exposure, and focus look right. This is the poor man's Rolliewide at a tenth of the price and the film doesn't know.

 

[Cholentpot]

Ran a roll through a Univex Mercury CC I picked up on here. Pain to load but it works. Shutter needed some help and greased what needed to be greased. Negatives look good. Odd duck the format. It's larger than traditional half frame and the framing is 8x10 rather than the regular 5x7 I get from other half frames.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Mamiya C220 from January 1972 paired up with a 55mm f4.5 lens set from April 1980. Just developed two test rolls and frame spacing, exposure, and focus look right. This is the poor man's Rolliewide at a tenth of the price and the film doesn't know.

shhhh. Film may heard you Great camera. Congratz and enjoy.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Mamiya C220 from January 1972 paired up with a 55mm f4.5 lens set from April 1980. Just developed two test rolls and frame spacing, exposure, and focus look right. This is the poor man's Rolliewide at a tenth of the price and the film doesn't know.

By the way, how do you date the Mamiyas Cs serie?

Marcelo

 

[KerrKid]

I just bought my FOURTH Nikon N75. Yep, it's a sickness. This one came with two lenses - a 28-80mm and 70-300mm, plus a camera bag and a nice strap.

All for the princely sum of $35.

 

[KerrKid]

Bought this Tower 32A body from a thrift store. AKA Mamiya Prismat. It's in beautiful condition and working. It's a bare-bones meterless SLR but it has an Exakta lens mount and is fairly uncommon.

Of course, I had just sold my one and only Exakta lens so now I have to find another.

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Wow. What a nice camera. I never would have known what that was.

 

[Cholentpot]

Here's the camera

Hp5+ expired @ 200, HC-110 dilB 5min.

 

[henryvk]

Here's the camera

*snip*

Hp5+ expired @ 200, HC-110 dilB 5min.

*snip*

Holy smokes, that's pretty good for half-frame!

 

[KerrKid]

Here's the camera

Hp5+ expired @ 200, HC-110 dilB 5min.

Awesome camera! I would be happy just to hold it and look at it.

 

[Cholentpot]

Holy smokes, that's pretty good for half-frame!

That's half-frame and expired 400 speed film. It seems the Univex is slightly larger than regular half frame. Just a tiny bit.

Awesome camera! I would be happy just to hold it and look at it.

I read somewhere that it was called the 'ugliest camera ever made'

That's like, their opinion man. I think the thing is a beaut. I just cut some 120 backing paper down to 00 Univex size and I'm going to try to make the first 00 rolls in almost 80 years.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Another Hawkeye, and Six-20

 

[KerrKid]

That's half-frame and expired 400 speed film. It seems the Univex is slightly larger than regular half frame. Just a tiny bit.

I read somewhere that it was called the 'ugliest camera ever made'

That's like, their opinion man. I think the thing is a beaut. I just cut some 120 backing paper down to 00 Univex size and I'm going to try to make the first 00 rolls in almost 80 years.

Some people have no taste. That thing is out of my league, but wonderful. I like the whole "Mickey Mouse" front face and the "Rising Sun" plate on the top. Too cool.

 

[Cholentpot]

Some people have no taste. That thing is out of my league, but wonderful. I like the whole "Mickey Mouse" front face and the "Rising Sun" plate on the top. Too cool.

Art Deco is how I've heard it described. Bear in mind, the updated version was made of an alloy that is almost always corroded. But the II version does take standard 35mm film.

 

[choiliefan]

The Mercury has a rotary shutter, no?

 

[Paul Howell]

Yep, rotary, the hump is due the 1/1000 shutter. Very odd camera, a II with working shutter and clean lens makes a nice shooter.

 

[Bronson Dugnutt]

Re: the Univex, hopefully it offers some sort of flash sync capability. If its anything like the Pen FT series, I'd expect the rotary shutter to sync at the max speed of 1/1000s and have better reliability than leaf shutters of the same vintage. Being neuvo stylish doesn't hurt either.

I've stopped buying gear as of late, but my last series of purchases were all various incarnations of the King Regula Picca (CLK, Picca-mat). A cheap (<$20 once upon a time) 35mm plastic compact viewfinder camera with a fixed lens. Some models even have a coupled meter or a version of 'program' auto exposure due to the shutter speed and aperture being linked. I actually prefer the models w/o auto exposure functionality due to the MUCH shorter throw of the shutter release.

IME the simple construction facilitates reliability and straightforward servicing. Of the 3 cameras I acquired, one had a sluggish shutter which was easily remedied by a drop of lubricant on an easily accessible gear under the top plate. It's progenitor, the Sprinty, is at least as handsome but I'm superstitious they aren't as reliable (or light) as the Piccas.