M7 Nikon N75 was not free. I bought it because my girl friend won a new 28mmm to 30mm AF zoom lens for it.
When life gives you N80, even with cheapest lens there is, even if it's plastic, you never refuse. Because how can one refuse to get one of the softest shutters among the SLR? And especially when it's all for free.
Wish my spouse were interested in photography a bit more than hanging my photos on the wall.M7 Nikon N75 was not free. I bought it because my girl friend won a new 28mmm to 30mm AF zoom lens for it.
Probably the best mass market camera ever made. Hand built mechanical perfection, producing a camera of this quality today would cost a few thousand.Nikomat FT-N.
I 100% agree with you.Probably the best mass market camera ever made. Hand built mechanical perfection, producing a camera of this quality today would cost a few thousand.
It cost around 270$ with 50 mm f/2 lens back when it was released. Considering the inflation from 1968 until today and adjusting the price will give you 1992$. Let's say the body only would cost 1500$ or so.Probably the best mass market camera ever made. Hand built mechanical perfection, producing a camera of this quality today would cost a few thousand.
Yes, you are probably right about that.It cost around 270$ with 50 mm f/2 lens back when it was released. Considering the inflation from 1968 until today and adjusting the price will give you 1992$. Let's say the body only would cost 1500$ or so.
I wonder if contemporary cameras will last that long.Yes, you are probably right about that.
Today they can be found regularly for $15.
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I'm not sure what the equivalent would be today, but the Nikkormat was considered a photography student and keen amateur camera. The Nikkormat and 50 f2 was a little more expensive than my OM1 and 50 1.8. The point is the kind of quality engineering Japan did so well in the 1970s is solely the preserve of bespoke products with prices to match. Then we took mechanical excellence for granted, now its a rich man's indulgence.It cost around 270$ with 50 mm f/2 lens back when it was released. Considering the inflation from 1968 until today and adjusting the price will give you 1992$. Let's say the body only would cost 1500$ or so.
I wonder if contemporary cameras will last that long.
If you're talking about a certain brands starting on 'L', 'H' and 'R', then they were almost always like that. An old mechanical camera is just as good as a brand new, since it's mechanical and it's pretty affordable to. Well, except the old one will live a shorter life just because it's already old and worn.I'm not sure what the equivalent would be today, but the Nikkormat was considered a photography student and keen amateur camera. The Nikkormat and 50 f2 was a little more expensive than my OM1 and 50 1.8. The point is the kind of quality engineering Japan did so well in the 1970s is solely the preserve of bespoke products with prices to match. Then we took mechanical excellence for granted, now its a rich man's indulgence.
I won't be holding my breathI wonder if contemporary cameras will last that long.
M7 Nikon N75 was not free. I bought it because my girl friend won a new 28mmm to 30mm AF zoom lens for it.
Wish my spouse were interested in photography a bit more than hanging my photos on the wall.
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Glasnost-era USSR (1990) Zenit 122 ...
Those look nice. What are they like to use?
I think 122K also accepts K-mount lenses instead of M42 which is an improvement, unless one wants to use screwmount lenses specifically.For my purposes, the newer (122K) camera is actually nicer to use: Increased use of plastic, but it weighs a bit less as a result, and it has a 3-LED Red-Green-Red finder display versus 2 red LEDs for the older camera, and the taller shutter speed dial is easier to grasp. 122 and newer Zenits that I've tried have much improved viewfinder brightness versus older cameras like the Zenit 12, EM et al.
Prinz was a brand of UK camera store chain Dixons.Last Friday at Brentwood Photographic Club I was given a Chinon TTL marked 'Prinzflex'
Last Friday at Brentwood Photographic Club I was given a Chinon TTL marked 'Prinzflex' M42 fit lens and it's a F1.4 !! The donater had fitted a replacement battery BUT it needs the now-illegal 1.35 V Mercury one so will have to test readings --- I cleaned lens -- just in time as there were some Fungus flecks and renewed the back light seal strips so back door shuts better. I also took off baseplate and lubricated all the cogs and pivots i could see with minute amount of sewing machine oil -- Now the delayed action is so QUIET you can hardly hear it !
It has shutter speeds 1 sec - 1/1000th, 'X' and 'M' flash synch plugs .
Chinon TTL Prinzflex by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
That is interesting as I never heard of Reflecta taking lenses (the brand was not registered by Tomioka in Germany).My father's is equipped with a Super Reflecta 55mm f:1,4, which only lately surfaced was made by Tomioka and sold under their "Reflecta" trademark.
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