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

[elcabezagrande]

What a beauty.

 

[elcabezagrande]

$10 estate sale pickup


Pentax K1000 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Cholentpot]

I'm dating this old girl, a Bronica Zensa S2. It functions but needs some work. If I can pick it up for a song it'll run with it. I've already fallen in love with the viewfinder...

 

[TheToadMen]

Not exactly a camera, but a nice tool for testing these old cameras to see if the shutter is (somewhat) accurate - before I buy it.
It's the Dead Link Removed on Kickstarter, see:
Dead Link Removed
and
www.phochronxa.com

I tried an iphone app and a gadget for my iphone before, but it didn't work for me. So I'm getting me a proper tool now.
This Kickstarter project got funded very fast and has now 26 hours left.

 

[DrTang]

Mom

 

[elcabezagrande]

Rollei SL35 with HFT Planar 50/1.8 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Cholentpot]

Mom

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Hi Mom!

 

[Toyo]

Zorki 4 ..... It's like a.....

 

[Theo Sulphate]

A nice Minolta rangefinder from 1977:

Focus is easy, the meter works, the shutter and aperture works in manual and shutter priority mode, the self-timer works, and it's in great shape cosmetically.

Dead Link Removed

https://www.cameraquest.com/min7s2.htm

 

[sabredog]

Oh nice. That is one on my "to get because I want one" list.

 

[frank]

A nice Minolta rangefinder from 1977:

Focus is easy, the meter works, the shutter and aperture works in manual and shutter priority mode, the self-timer works, and it's in great shape cosmetically.

One of the best of this type. Congrats.

 

[R.Gould]

Mint Vitessa t, plus turnit 3 viewfinder with the mask for 135mm lens

 

[elcabezagrande]

Just this screw-mount Olympus

 

[jeheikki]

A Kodak 4A Speed.

 

[elcabezagrande]

And this...

 

[ckuwajima]

Rediscovered a bunch cameras I stored in drawers many years ago.
Konica C35 EF "Pikkari" and Yashica Zoomate 70 are looking amazingly fresh. Put film and having a ride for test.


Esquecidos e Re-encontrados by Celso Kuwajima, on Flickr

 

[flavio81]

Just this screw-mount Olympus

This is the Olympus i would love to have. Although nobody seems to know who really designed it, and if the lenses were actually made by Olympus.

 

[elcabezagrande]

This is the Olympus i would love to have. Although nobody seems to know who really designed it, and if the lenses were actually made by Olympus.

I think that the consensus is that it was designed by a third party and built by Olympus, and that the lenses were made by Olympus. I don't know if that third party was Yashica, or if it was Minolta, which are the usual suspects.

 

[John Wiegerink]

I think that the consensus is that it was designed by a third party and built by Olympus, and that the lenses were made by Olympus. I don't know if that third party was Yashica, or if it was Minolta, which are the usual suspects.

I had one for a short time and it was a very good camera, but in M42 mount I always prefer the Pentax Spotmatic. Mine went the way of eBay several years back and I really don't miss it. To me it always had a slight resemblance to the Minolta SRT line of cameras.

 

[elcabezagrande]

I had one for a short time and it was a very good camera, but in M42 mount I always prefer the Pentax Spotmatic. Mine went the way of eBay several years back and I really don't miss it. To me it always had a slight resemblance to the Minolta SRT line of cameras.

If it is indeed a Minolta design, then it would have the distinction of being the only M42 mount camera from both Minolta and Olympus.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

Hi Everyone, I bought another Rolleiflex 3.5E with Xenotar lens to replace a Rollei that I should have never sold 6 or 7 years ago (you know how it goes with regretting dumb decisions). But this one appears to have an exceptional lens. I took some photographs at the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland that, I thought, worked well with black and white: http://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-heart-of-evil-birkenau.html
and here: http://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-heart-of-darkness-auschwitz.html.
I also visited the Jewish cemetery in Łódź, which survived World War II largely undamaged: http://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/11/tragic-memories-jewish-cemetery-of-odz.html

 

[elcabezagrande]

Hi Everyone, I bought another Rolleiflex 3.5E with Xenotar lens to replace a Rollei that I should have never sold 6 or 7 years ago (you know how it goes with regretting dumb decisions). But this one appears to have an exceptional lens. I took some photographs at the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland that, I thought, worked well with black and white: http://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-heart-of-evil-birkenau.html
and here: http://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-heart-of-darkness-auschwitz.html.
I also visited the Jewish cemetery in Łódź, which survived World War II largely undamaged: http://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2016/11/tragic-memories-jewish-cemetery-of-odz.html

Excellent photos and essays, thank you for sharing. I have a pair of 3.5f Rolleiflexes, one Xenotar, and one Planar. Both lenses are equally fine, and I doubt that anyone could make any distinction between photos made with either. Maybe a bench test would show some difference, but even that could be attributable to sample difference.

 

[dynachrome]

A chrome Topcon Super D. It came with a Beseler Topcon 6.5X finder and a 28/2.8 Carenar EET.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

A chrome Topcon Super D. It came with a Beseler Topcon 6.5X finder and a 28/2.8 Carenar EET.

The chrome Super D is nice - congratulations. I have an M42 mount 28mm Carenar that I found and used on my Pentax - generally it was ok but for some reason there was extreme distortion on the right side of the frame - I suspect the front element isn't seated properly. Hope yours is better.

 

[Helios 1984]

I bought a Praktica L in working order, apparently. If I say ''Apparently'' it's because it was sold As-is for parts, the seller told me that the shutter release was stuck. After a closer look, I found out that the Shutter Release was simply Locked . (A feature on Prakticas prior 1975). Now I tested the shutter speeds and they are all within tolerances, aside from a missing screw and the need of new light seals, this camera is a 100% operational.