Ye Olde Gaudy-Tacky Camera Appreciation Thread

abruzzi

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my eyes...


...note the dial is set to black and white, because if you have color film loaded, the light reflected off the camera would illuminate your subject in strange colors.
 

choiliefan

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There's also an Urushi 2.8 TLR as well as this Royal version of the 35:
 

Craig75

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someone found all the paperwork in a swiss office so you can see how many of each model in each colour and any special bespoke cameras were made - like half frame models or whatever.

it was all reprinted in alpa complete collectors guide book but my copy is in storage - however you can see exactly how many of the very flamboyant gold ones were made in the book.

however, the gold ones can be a bit dodgy as when alpa went bust, the spare gold top plates etc ended up on secondary market so people converted normal alpas into gold ones - so there are more gold ones than listed.

why i know all that useless garbage i dont know but i do
 
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