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

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It sort of funny, the timeliness of this topic on model rockets, as I just found a tiny Estes rocket kit I've had for decades but I never assembled it, the flights or find need replacing before starting.

Now, I guess I'll keep an eye out for a camera Estes in good shape, for those viewpoints Google overlooks.

As for igniters, many years ago, I used the heavy short green fuses from "smoke bomb" fireworks and it worked great, if you don't mind getting that close to ignite the engine.

Post pics as able.
 

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Just received my scans from my test roll of 127 format Porta400 shot in my newly acquired Yashica LM44. The camera is in mint condition and the onboard light meter was used for exposure adjustments. I'll be doing a lot more shooting with this little gem.
 

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As for igniters, many years ago, I used the heavy short green fuses from "smoke bomb" fireworks and it worked great, if you don't mind getting that close to ignite the engine.
FWIW, you can buy that fuse in long coils and cut to whatever length you need. The folks that mess around with canons use it.

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Just received my scans from my test roll of 127 format Porta400 shot in my newly acquired Yashica LM44. The camera is in mint condition and the onboard light meter was used for exposure adjustments. I'll be doing a lot more shooting with this little gem.

Reflx Lab just released their Pro 100 color film in 127 format a couple weeks ago (here: https://reflxlab.com/products/reflx-lab-pro100-color-negative-127-film). It's $14.99 a roll, but still, its fresh film 😈😈
 

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It sort of funny, the timeliness of this topic on model rockets, as I just found a tiny Estes rocket kit I've had for decades but I never assembled it, the flights or find need replacing before starting.

Now, I guess I'll keep an eye out for a camera Estes in good shape, for those viewpoints Google overlooks.

As for igniters, many years ago, I used the heavy short green fuses from "smoke bomb" fireworks and it worked great, if you don't mind getting that close to ignite the engine.

Post pics as able.

I always used the key and battery with gator clips. More dramatic and NASA feeling. Push button, wooosh!
 

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When I was a kid I had a Estes Astrocam. Took round cut film supplied by Estes. There was a Cineroc movie camera, that was dreamy.

They moved digital a while back but someone found me a 110 version. 'Only an idiot would use this, have fun'
 

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many years ago, I used the heavy short green fuses from "smoke bomb" fireworks and it worked great,

This is undesirable, because what if your range conditions change to "I don't want to launch now" while the fuse is burning (kid runs onto the field, for instance)? With correct electric igniters (come with the motors, but you need a controller), you can abort launch right up until you press the button.
 

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This is undesirable, because what if your range conditions change to "I don't want to launch now" while the fuse is burning (kid runs onto the field, for instance)? With correct electric igniters (come with the motors, but you need a controller), you can abort launch right up until you press the button.

Do what you do when you light fireworks. Take the same precautions.
 

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That is so cool. Would you mind taking a picture through the viewfinder?

Sorry, not the easiest thing to photograph, but you get the picture (ahem). The small lines in the bottom left and right corners are the 6x4.5 frame guides (there are two corresponding ones across the top of course).

I replaced the half-silvered rangefinder "mirror" a couple of weeks ago as the central RF patch was not really visible. It's had the added benefit of making the frame lines clearer too.

In spite of a unit focussing lens, coupled RF and framelines, the winding mechanism is as basic as it gets. There's not even an exposure indicator or shutter interlock. So, better get into a proper routine unless you like random double exposures!

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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?

Leica MD 262 with a Summicron 50mm Rigid.
Showing a gray hair…📷
 

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Picked up a vintage Nikon for $35. Been debating if I need to wipe her down before I run a roll through it...

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EDIT: A couple of hours with some cleaner and a lens ring tool... Bingo. Hard to kill these tanks...

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Sorry, not the easiest thing to photograph, but you get the picture (ahem). The small lines in the bottom left and right corners are the 6x4.5 frame guides (there are two corresponding ones across the top of course).

I replaced the half-silvered rangefinder "mirror" a couple of weeks ago as the central RF patch was not really visible. It's had the added benefit of making the frame lines clearer too.

In spite of a unit focussing lens, coupled RF and framelines, the winding mechanism is as basic as it gets. There's not even an exposure indicator or shutter interlock. So, better get into a proper routine unless you like random double exposures!

Thanks for sharing this! Especially since it's a relatively rare beast.

Too bad the Viceroy doesn't have auto-advance. I do appreciate having framelines over a plain galilean finder but I'd rather take the Super Ikonta III's film advance *and* Tessar lens.

I see that the Viceroy probably copies the Super Ikonta's linkage for the focusing system, maybe someone could marry the two cameras 😂
 

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Found 2 XD-11s in a drawer that I had forgotten about, so its kind of new to me ...again.🤪

Waiting for my ebay score to show up.
 

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I picked up a Minolta XK with 50/1.4 a few months back. Minolta's competitor to the Nikon F2 and Canon F-1. An interesting, but flawed camera. I need to use it more, but I always grab the Nikon or Canon before I grab the Minolta.

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Well I'm hoping for some help. I am doing some research in preparation to liquidate some things of my neighbor, which my wife is guardian and POA, as she will be going to a full-time facility to handle her dimentia. I came across a sealed box with photography equipment and this appears to be the oldest. From what I can find it is a 1935 Leica I, #161135. It has a Wollensak 127mm f4.5 Raptar lense and what I do not know is what is the lense attached too? looks like an extension tube with a srew hole for? Any help would be appreciated.

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I see that the Viceroy probably copies the Super Ikonta's linkage for the focusing system, maybe someone could marry the two cameras 😂
The focussing system is more akin to that of the Super Fujica 6, Iskra and Super Isolette in that it is unit focussing (The Super Ikonta's is front cell focussing).

You can see the linkage on the bottom right - the threaded hole has a screw in it for the inifinity adjustement.
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