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

[flatulent1]

I just received an Agfa Clack, bought on a whim. The latching mechanism is broken, leaving it open to some horrific light leaks. The shutter sticks frequently. So naturally I loaded it with slide film to try it out...

 

[cooltouch]

I got me a Minolta Hi-Matic S2 for $10. It's in the mail right now. I don't know anything about any of the Hi-matic cameras, so can anyone tell me what this is? It seems the 7s-II is the most popular model of the Hi-Matic series?

The Hi-Matic Series, is generally speaking a darn-near idiot-proof series of compact P&S cameras. I briefly used a Hi-Matic E that has fewer controls than most of the other Hi-Matics, and its pics were so accurately exposed and focused they were almost boring. I currently own a Hi-Matic AF2 that somebody gave to me. It looks a lot like yours. Its case looks identical to yours. Like the other Hi-Matics, my AF2 is darn near idiot-proof and takes pics that are so accurate they're almost boring. Ultimately it's up to the user to make them less so.

Taken with a Hi-Matic E, Fuji Superia 400 film:

 

[DcAnalogue]

Don't kid yourself, you'll never stop

O.M.G....... the bankrupcy is near....!!!!

Btw I'll steal the aphorisme in your signature.... it's exactly the right answer to the self-named gurus who decide which is good or which is bad.... and pretend to say us what the actual world is....

 

[flavio81]

I just bought a Voigtlander VF 101 yesterday and so far I'm very happy with it. Will create a new thread about very compact 35mm cameras soon.

 

[flavio81]

I just received an Agfa Clack, bought on a whim. The latching mechanism is broken, leaving it open to some horrific light leaks. The shutter sticks frequently. So naturally I loaded it with slide film to try it out...

The camera is very easy to dissasemble, why don't you try fixing the shutter? The shutter is extremely simple.

For dissasembly, if I recall correctly there is a screw around the base of the camera near the lens; removing this screw starts the dissasembly process for the lens front.

I miss my Clack. Mine was modified with a cardboard aperture so the wide open aperture was now about f22. Gave interestingly sharp pictures that way.

 

[TheToadMen]

Fuji GWS690II rangefinder, 65mm f/5.6 lens, 6x9 cm negative.

It's rather large but I like that in a camera. I like the 65 mm wide angle more than the 90 mm of the "normal" Fuji GW690. And the 6x9 cm negative is large enough to even make beautiful (cropped) panorama images and still have a large negative to print - bigger than from a Hasselblad X-pan.

 

[Malinku]

got myself a Pentax kx with a Pentax K 55mm f1.8

 

[elcabezagrande]

Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic SPII by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[elcabezagrande]

Kodak Retina IIa by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[flatulent1]

The camera is very easy to dissasemble, why don't you try fixing the shutter? The shutter is extremely simple.

For dissasembly, if I recall correctly there is a screw around the base of the camera near the lens; removing this screw starts the dissasembly process for the lens front.

I miss my Clack. Mine was modified with a cardboard aperture so the wide open aperture was now about f22. Gave interestingly sharp pictures that way.

Exercising the shutter for several days has loosened it up enough that I think it's back to normal. I think. Yeah, I saw the screws and was tempted. That may be a rainy day project.

 

[TheToadMen]

I miss my Clack. Mine was modified with a cardboard aperture so the wide open aperture was now about f22. Gave interestingly sharp pictures that way.

Modifying the aperture? Never thought of that but it's a nice experiment. Will try this with one of my Clacks.
But how do you calculate the right diameter for a given aperture?
Thanks.

 

[cooltouch]

I found a nice looking Canon EF at the Goodwill auction site, so I bid on it and won the auction. I've had bad luck with EFs recently. They tend to have dead electronics, which results in a perfectly useable meterless camera with shutter speeds ranging from 1/2 second to 1/1000. But I've been after one that works properly. This one was untested, so it was a real gamble. It arrived yesterday and today I stuffed some batteries in it, hoping for the best, and -- voila! -- it works! At last, I have a properly functioning EF. Here's a shot I just took of it. The lens I mounted just for appearances sake -- it didn't come with the camera. It still looks kinda grungy, I haven't cleaned it yet.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Now shoot a roll of film and get some enjoyment for all your efforts!

 

[elcabezagrande]

Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic F by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[cuthbert]

Fujica ST705W with 135 mm f2.5:

With all the family:

 

[4season]

Just completed this one (except maybe for new leatherette covering) General cleanup, replaced cracked resistor, basic de-gunking and re-foaming:

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

This is on its way to me:

OM-1N

 

[TheToadMen]

This is on its way to me: OM-1N

Nice leatherette!

 

[TheToadMen]

Fuji GWS690II rangefinder, 65mm f/5.6 lens, 6x9 cm negative.

It's rather large but I like that in a camera. I like the 65 mm wide angle more than the 90 mm of the "normal" Fuji GW690. And the 6x9 cm negative is large enough to even make beautiful (cropped) panorama images and still have a large negative to print - bigger than from a Hasselblad X-pan.

Finally in my hands today
It is BIG ... and beautiful. Now loaded with Provia 100F and waiting for some good weather to take it out on a test drive.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Bert
That is definitely BIG, big enough for the Medium Format forum.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Nice leatherette!

Thanks!

 

[Uncle Bill]

I got back into shooting Minolta again, I missed my SRT 202 after the great purge, so this showed up on my doorstep a month ago and I got a MC Rokkor 28 f3.5, 135 f2.8 and 200 f3.5 lenses for it.

Minolta SRT 102 by Bill Smith, on Flickr

 

[jeffreythree]

Picked up a Zeiss Ikon Contina IIa with a Novar 1:3.5 f=45mm lens for less than a Jackson at a favorite local antique/junk store. I just need to fix up the leather case a bit, lens cover part cracked into 2 pieces. Plus side is I was looking online for a vintage point and shoot type of a camera with a meter since most of the local old cameras I find are overpriced.

 

[ColColt]

Just scored a super nice black Nikon FTN with an actual working meter!

BlackFTN by David Fincher, on Flickr
FTNTop by David Fincher, on Flickr

 

[Meyer Trioplan]

1955 Exakta VX body. Shutter speeds seem to work pretty well, though the slow speeds have some slowness to them. All in all, a great buy at $40. Awaiting a Meyer 50/3.5 lens to accompany it.