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

flavio81 · Nov 6, 2015

Bought a Canonflex RM and now i'm servicing it. Forgot to clean the underside of the prism - it is dirty!!

Peltigera · Nov 6, 2015

Pentax ME F. Bought it this evening at Lincoln's regular night market. Wasn't intending to buy anything, I was just having a nosey but for £25 for a camera I have actually checked over I couldn't really pass it over.

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Sirius Glass · Nov 6, 2015

Peltigera said:
Pentax ME F. Bought it this evening at Lincoln's regular night market. Wasn't intending to buy anything, I was just having a nosey but for £25 for a camera I have actually checked over I couldn't really pass it over. Sent from my A1-840 using Tapatalk

What is a "£25"?

Theo Sulphate · Nov 6, 2015

Sirius Glass said:
What is a ...?

25 British Pounds.

Drew B. · Nov 6, 2015

Just bought a fuji 6x9 rangefinder...back to 120 film

Theo Sulphate · Nov 6, 2015

Drew B. said:
Just bought a fuji 6x9 rangefinder...back to 120 film

What's the number on the counter? I lucked out: mine's 046 and I know the original owner.

These things were designed for heavy use. Have fun!

elcabezagrande · Nov 7, 2015

DSC_0617 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

dynachrome · Nov 7, 2015

Topcon AM-FL.

walliswizard · Nov 7, 2015

It's not really a "new" old camera as I've had the body for about 3 months now but I picked up an Olympus XA for a total bargain from a flea market. Everything works, though on later inspection the base was broken and the clamshell didn't slide properly. Also as a result I later found the bearing that the clamshell slid on had also gone AWOL.

Anyway, picked up a spares-or-repair version, replaced the base and the bearing, and picked up a working A11 flash for it.

Now testing it out with flash to see what results I get with that. I've already run one film through without using flash and I know the thing works just fine. Lovely little camera, impressive for its size.

Also sold a load of my life to afford a Leica M5 and Voigtlander 50 1.5 ASPH. Waiting for the M5 to come back from the technician who is sorting out a few issues for me. Can't wait to use it.

cb1 · Nov 8, 2015

my friend gave me a Zenit TTL for my birthday. he had it CLA'd . It even has the original manual and "passport" in Russian.

Zenit TTL by Chris Barzyz, on Flickr

Sirius Glass · Nov 9, 2015

Not a camera but a Hasselblad f/8 500mm C lens which when used with the 2X extender will give me a 1,000mm lens which is equivalent to a 624mm 35mm lens.

blockend · Nov 9, 2015

walliswizard said:
Also sold a load of my life to afford a Leica M5 and Voigtlander 50 1.5 ASPH. Waiting for the M5 to come back from the technician who is sorting out a few issues for me. Can't wait to use it.

The only Leica I've ever fancied is an M5, and the itch to buy one is increasing. I remember them coming into the shops new, and thought how interesting they looked at the time. This chap uses one with a Summarit:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/junku-newcleus/

I may finally take the plunge after Christmas!

ThatOverallsGuy · Nov 9, 2015

My latest new "old" camera isn't that old... it was just stupid-cheap on The Bay... a Nikon N75 with a Nikon 28-80D which I paid $14 for SHIPPED.

Don't know what I will do with it yet, but I will find it a good home.

The last camera I bought for myself was EOS 1-N, found it with a power drive for $49 shipped in mint condition... Still fiddling with it.

dosilverhalide · Nov 9, 2015

sad Nikkormat EL

Just bought a very sad Nikkormat El. Paid 30 dollars for it, more than I usually spend at the flea market. I got it for the 50mm 1.4, sc lens on it, It had green corrosion on the top plate, the speed dial would not turn and the mirror lock up switch was stuck. Did I mention it was a little dirty. It fired only on one speed. I put a new battery in it, once I figured out where the battery went. This got the meter needle to react to light but nothing else. I pitched the body in the trash after reading on the internet the camera was very difficult to repair. The lens cleaned up very nicely. The lens is very smooth in movement, almost like it had very little use. This morning when I was taking the trash out, I dug the camera out. I had no other cameras to mount the lens on. So I thought I'd give it a try even with just one speed. But first I took the shutter speed dial off, held on by two rusty screws, pressed the dial release button with the pliers tip, it moved and the shutter speed dial was working. Using the same pliers I moved the mlu switch and it worked. I then removed as much dirt/crud from both switches and put a microscoptic dab of oil on both switches. The camera now seems? to fire at all shutter speed on manual as well as on automatic. I shooting a roll of Kentmere 400 in it now, and adding camera repairman to my resume. J The roll of 400 is done, metering is spot on. yea

ColColt · Nov 9, 2015

The only Leica I've ever fancied is an M5, and the itch to buy one is increasing.

I felt the same way about the M2. I had George go over the MR-4 meter and it now reads spot on with my F2A. I'm having visions of going to Paris with it.

_1DF3977aq by David Fincher, on Flickr

Sirius Glass · Nov 9, 2015

Not a new camera but a new to me lens. I just bought a Hasselblad C f/8 500mm lens from KEH. With the 2X extender that gives me a 1,000 mm MF lens which is equivalent to a 634 mm lens for a 35 mm camera.

ColColt · Nov 9, 2015

Is it for bird watching or voyeurism?

wiltw · Nov 9, 2015

When I was 15, I lusted with all the vigor of a teenage boy for one of these (far left) ...it cost the equivalent of 1360 gallons of gas, so was quite unaffordable. Instead, we owned the one on the far right, it only cost 515 gallons of gas. Even the one in the middle was an object of lust back then, at 870 gallons of gas.

I finally owned one at the age of 62. It cost me today's equivalent of 7 gallons of gas, for a perfectly working camera! Stricken by the need to fulfill 50 years of lust, I bought the one in the middle at age 62 as well, also fully functioning, for today's equivalent of 14 gallons of gas. The camera on the right was owned at age 15.
In fact, in the above photo I now own the entire family and shot the family portrait, just like the Beseler magazine ads of the mid-1960's.

Sirius Glass · Nov 9, 2015

Sirius Glass said:
Not a new camera but a new to me lens. I just bought a Hasselblad C f/8 500mm lens from KEH. With the 2X extender that gives me a 1,000 mm MF lens which is equivalent to a 634 mm lens for a 35 mm camera.

ColColt said:
Is it for bird watching or voyeurism?

Voyeurism? If I cannot touch it, why bother?

Wildlife. Like this I saw in October in Moab Utah.

ColColt · Nov 9, 2015

Desert Big Horn? Rocky Mountain Big Horns are majestic animals but of course, I've only seen pictures/videos.

Sirius Glass · Nov 9, 2015

My girlfriend saw it and we were able to slowly drive up to be twenty feet away. We watched it for about fifteen minutes and then v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y drove away.

ColColt · Nov 9, 2015

Most unusual. I remember many moons ago reading Outdoor Life and the shooting editor, Jack O'Connor, talked about how wary sheep were. I'm surprised you got half that close.

Sirius Glass · Nov 9, 2015

Normally I can spot them on the ridges over 1,000 to 2,000 feet above me. This one was on White Rim trail just north of Musselman Arch.

I know where a major migratory Big Horn Sheep route is in the Moab area. There I came up on a herd of them. We stopped the Jeeps before the rise and crept up to look over the rise and watched the herd for a half hour.

These were taken with a 300mm lens on a 35mm Nikon N-75.

ColColt · Nov 9, 2015

Looks like one in the bunch has been tagged-wonder why he got singled out?

Sirius Glass · Nov 9, 2015

The wind shifted and the dominant male stood his ground until the rest of the herd was well away from us, then he left. The last two photographs are the dominant male leaving.

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

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