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

DcAnalogue · Jan 16, 2016

I should answer this thread almost every week (if not day....).... 'cause G.A.S. seriously hit me in last months but, as it was some time I don't patecipate to APUG... I can answer again...
Tha last one I bought is AGFA Silette L with Solinar 50mm f/2,8..... The last 35mm I received is Exa Ia with Domiplan 50mm f/2,8... The last M.F. I got is Pentacon Six tl with Biometar 80mm f/2,8......

John_Nikon_F · Jan 17, 2016

Traded my FM2n, 50/1.8 AI, and 35/2 Nikkor-O in on an F5. Found one that was darn near mint at a very cheap price. Also swapped out the "flipper" F and the beater F-36 drive for a fairly decent F that happens to be the right serial range for the blackification project (mostly done - now need a black eyelevel prism shell and a black back). In an hour or two, I'll post a couple pics of the new acquisitions.

-J

Sirius Glass · Jan 17, 2016

J enjoy your new camera.

ronwhit · Jan 17, 2016

Just received an EOS 650 from a gentleman on this forum. This looks like it will be a fun and capable camera, and a nice addition to an A2 I was given about a year ago. Maybe one for B & W and one for color? I'd be interested in your experiences with the EOS 650.

JPorter · Jan 17, 2016

Canon F1

I picked up a 1973 Canon F1 in new condition off eBay last month.

Theo Sulphate · Jan 17, 2016

ronwhit said:
Just received an EOS 650 from a gentleman on this forum. This looks like it will be a fun and capable camera, and a nice addition to an A2 I was given about a year ago. Maybe one for B & W and one for color? I'd be interested in your experiences with the EOS 650.

Congratulations. I saw that when it was for sale; it was a good deal. In 1987 the 650 was the very first EOS camera (followed later by the 620) in the EOS series which continues to this day in digital form. All EF lenses, including those made today, will work perfectly with your 650.

Theo Sulphate · Jan 17, 2016

JPorter said:
I picked up a 1973 Canon F1 in new condition off eBay last month.

Welcome to APUG - your F-1 has a lot of aficionados on this site.

Sirius Glass · Jan 17, 2016

JPorter said:
I picked up a 1973 Canon F1 in new condition off eBay last month.

Welcome to APUG

flavio81 · Jan 18, 2016

AE35 said:
Canon F-1 from 1972 with a broken light meter. That thing is a TANK!

Yes it is!
You can probably fix the light meter. Those meters are so simple, nothing really "breaks".

flavio81 · Jan 18, 2016

ronwhit said:
Just received an EOS 650 from a gentleman on this forum. This looks like it will be a fun and capable camera, and a nice addition to an A2 I was given about a year ago. Maybe one for B & W and one for color? I'd be interested in your experiences with the EOS 650.

Yes i had the EOS 650 and i found it a perfect camera except for one big defect, which was: There was no way to configure the camera so you an AF with one button and then shoot with another. The shutter button also operated the AF, and the only AF point is central, so focusing on an off-central part using AF is very cumbersome.

PS: It is TOUGH; my EOS 650 fell from waist level to the floor and was unscathed, working perfectly afterwards.

Theo Sulphate · Jan 18, 2016

flavio81 said:
Yes i had the EOS 650 and i found it a perfect camera except for one big defect, which was: There was no way to configure the camera so you an AF with one button and then shoot with another. The shutter button also operated the AF, and the only AF point is central, so focusing on an off-central part using AF is very cumbersome.
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Is the release too sensitive to half-press and recompose?

With my Rebel G (or F4) the subject of focus is rarely dead center, so I half-press, recompose, and shoot.

Sirius Glass · Jan 18, 2016

flavio81 said:
Yes i had the EOS 650 and i found it a perfect camera except for one big defect, which was: There was no way to configure the camera so you an AF with one button and then shoot with another. The shutter button also operated the AF, and the only AF point is central, so focusing on an off-central part using AF is very cumbersome.

PS: It is TOUGH; my EOS 650 fell from waist level to the floor and was unscathed, working perfectly afterwards.

Both the F100 and N75 let me get and hold the focus and then frame the composition and then fire the shutter. A little RTFM might help. OR maybe we can finally see that Nikon is vastly superior to Canon. :devil:

chromacomaphoto · Jan 18, 2016

Leica M2 just before Christmas. It was a pretty much Ex+ / almost mint original condition one until somebody did the old 'scratch it with a Leicameter' and its screws all over the top plate thing at some point in recent years. Terrible thing to do to a Leica of this vintage but this actually worked in my favour as without the top plate scars, it would have been too much money.

Also, and I know this sounds stupid but when a camera is truly mint, it makes me feel that I have to handle it with kid gloves on lest I be the first heathen to scratch it up after so many have diligently cared for it before me. Had a black M6 Wetzlar boxed set a couple of years back from a collector in Japan and that was brand new essentially. I just couldn't completely relax when out and about with it. Now I have my M2 in a nice half case and with the top already scratched, I'm actually really just using the thing for what it was meant to do, take pictures!

Malinku · Jan 18, 2016

Picked up a Minolta maxxum 7000 and kit lens (35-70 macro).

Theo Sulphate · Jan 19, 2016

Malinku said:
Picked up a Minolta maxxum 7000 and kit lens (35-70 macro).

That lens is extremely sharp. I was so impressed with the photos I got from it, that I examined the negatives with one of the Leica MZ6 stereomicroscopes at work - my chosen point of focus was tack-sharp every time. I could've enlarged my prints to 16x20 and they'd look great.

TheToadMen · Jan 19, 2016

chromacomaphoto said:
Leica M2 just before Christmas. It was a pretty much Ex+ / almost mint original condition one until somebody did the old 'scratch it with a Leicameter' and its screws all over the top plate thing at some point in recent years. Terrible thing to do to a Leica of this vintage but this actually worked in my favour as without the top plate scars, it would have been too much money.

Also, and I know this sounds stupid but when a camera is truly mint, it makes me feel that I have to handle it with kid gloves on lest I be the first heathen to scratch it up after so many have diligently cared for it before me. Had a black M6 Wetzlar boxed set a couple of years back from a collector in Japan and that was brand new essentially. I just couldn't completely relax when out and about with it. Now I have my M2 in a nice half case and with the top already scratched, I'm actually really just using the thing for what it was meant to do, take pictures!

Enjoy!!
And I know how you feel about mint cameras. I have a near-mint black Nikon FTn with three lenses in their cases. I believe the previous owner never used it at all. I never dared to use it - so now I'm thinking of selling the set to someone to put it in a nice display or so. I want to use my cameras and this one is too beautiful to use .... and I recently got me a nice Nikon F from the same age: a good user.

Europan · Jan 19, 2016

My latest new old camera is Paillard-Bolex H-8 Reflex, Nr. 215955, that I’m giving a fresh life now. Complete disassembly, cleaning, lubing, checking all specifications, and changing the side-guide system so it will be back to the original idea of the reference edge being the one closer to the image.

It is a enigma to me why Paillard altered the lateral guidance of the film when they introduced the new claw movement in 1954. While all Paillard-Bolex pocket cameras have the usual side guidance, the younger H-8 don’t. Almost all projectors for 8-mm. film push the strip on its primary-cut edge, not the one from slitting. I want my H-8 to conform with projectors.

It may make only a small difference but—I’m a technician.

Theo Sulphate · Jan 19, 2016

i has Nikkormat FT2!

Andrew O'Neill · Jan 19, 2016

A friend of mine gave me a Pentax Super ME. Very nice little camera!

chromacomaphoto · Jan 19, 2016

TheToadMen said:
Enjoy!!
And I know how you feel about mint cameras. I have a near-mint black Nikon FTn with three lenses in their cases. I believe the previous owner never used it at all. I never dared to use it - so now I'm thinking of selling the set to someone to put it in a nice display or so. I want to use my cameras and this one is too beautiful to use .... and I recently got me a nice Nikon F from the same age: a good user.

Thanks, enjoying it I certainly am. Mint collector style sets are hard to part with, I feel your pain. In the end though, I think one has to ask oneself "Am I collector of these things or am I a photographer?". The lines get blurred when you try to do both, I used to be in the first camp more than I was prepared to admit to myself and managed to trim down my collection a lot. Now I just have basic, decent kit in three different formats. I really appreciate things of mechanical beauty and so really beautiful film cameras without any marks or wear can be distracting in this regard. This is one area where digital cameras perhaps have some advantage, they just need to be used as often as possible within the first few years of purchase and I've never felt any real emotional attachment to any of the things.

There's also the possibility that super low mileage mint cameras are sometimes less likely to be as mechanically perfect as you would expect based on their appearance. Not having been regularly used isn't a good thing, my concours d'Elegance Wetzlar M6 would sometimes refuse to take a picture when I pressed the shutter. A clean and pretty user is a nice compromise.

Theo Sulphate · Jan 19, 2016

There is a marketing opportunity here! New cameras with a pre-worn look!

You open that smooth lovely Leica box (as I have) and there, nestled in the felt, is not a deep black unblemished jewel, but rather a new camera simulating a well worn black and brass body with a few small dents at the edges: exactly what you'd expect a no-nonsense photojournalist would own. No need to put this baby behind a glass cabinet - attach your lens, load some film, and hit the streets! #justmakephotos By the way, don't forget to mail the warranty card.

chromacomaphoto · Jan 20, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
There is a marketing opportunity here! New cameras with a pre-worn look!

You open that smooth lovely Leica box (as I have) and there, nestled in the felt, is not a deep black unblemished jewel, but rather a new camera simulating a well worn black and brass body with a few small dents at the edges: exactly what you'd expect a no-nonsense photojournalist would own. No need to put this baby behind a glass cabinet - attach your lens, load some film, and hit the streets! #justmakephotos By the way, don't forget to mail the warranty card.

Brilliant! Somebody should get on this, can you say 'kickstarter' ha!

anfenglin · Jan 20, 2016

I found a very nice Zorki-3 with Jupiter 8 for 85,- Euros here at a local photo shop. So far I love it!

John_Nikon_F · Jan 21, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
i has Nikkormat FT2!

Nice score. Photo taken with the same kit:

-J

flavio81 · Jan 21, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
i has Nikkormat FT2!

You can has pre-AI lenses caturday!

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