Your latest Toy camera purchase

[epp]

If you're in the Boston area, go check out Newtonville Camera. I know they're not in downtown but they've been around forever & are reputable. I remember shopping there when I was in high school, and have picked up stuff there occasionally when my travels bring me back to New England.

I recently located another photo developer that is somewhat-local (give or take, 50 miles), who also accepts orders through the mail, including 120 and 127 film. If I send a roll First Class Mail, it should be delivered there the next day, so I am going to give them a try.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

HAHA!! Someone just had an early (metal advance knob) Brownie Hawkeye listed for $19 OBO on eBay.

I submitted an offer of $5 at the 5 hours left mark and they took it! NICE!!

That makes Hawkeye #6!!

 

[McFortner]

That makes Hawkeye #6!!

Wow, and I thought me and my four Yashica Electro 35 GSN cameras was a lot!

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Wow, and I thought me and my four Yashica Electro 35 GSN cameras was a lot!

I can be a bit obsessive. Just a tad.

 

[McFortner]

I can be a bit obsessive. Just a tad.

You say it like it's a bad thing.

Of course, I got two of the 4 I have for my children in case they want their own rangefinder cameras. Right now, my 14 year old son is having fun with his Cosina SLR I found a while back at a thrift store, and my 8 year old daughter likes the fixed focus viewfinder camera she uses, so I still get to keep the extras!

 

[ChristopherCoy]

LOL!!

 

[epp]

The shutter in the Baby Brownie Special that I have, still works. But when I saw the online prices for 127 film...

 

[ChristopherCoy]

good night already.... I just won a Polaroid 100 for $10. I sure hope we rent a big house in Houston..... I think I have an issue.

 

[Denverdad]

HAHA!! Someone just had an early (metal advance knob) Brownie Hawkeye listed for $19 OBO on eBay.

I submitted an offer of $5 at the 5 hours left mark and they took it! NICE!!

That makes Hawkeye #6!!

Good buy! There seems to be a trend of rising prices for older cameras these days on sites like eBay, Etsy, and even Craigslist. I have seen many simple, older, "junk" cameras that used to command prices of no more than $5, going for more like $50! It is truly amazing to see even very ubiquitous models such as the Brownie Hawkeye fetching high prices. Maybe it is a good thing in a way that they are becoming more desireable, but it is certainly frustrating when you're actually in the market for one!

Jeff

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Maybe it is a good thing in a way that they are becoming more desireable, but it is certainly frustrating when you're actually in the market for one!

Jeff

I wont pay more than $15 for one. These things are usually so dirty and beaten that $15 for a nice, clean, good condition one I think is fair. With that said, I've only paid $15 once, and it was for my 1949 mint condition metal advance knob Brownie without so much as a single scuff, and it had a roll of exposed 620 film in it that I plan on getting developed soon.

I'm working on trying to find a boxed set with a metal knobbed hawkeye, the flash holder, all original blue flashbulbs and the original everyready batteries. There is one on Ebay right now for $150 but I've seen some go for as low as $25. When I find that right one I'll jump on it.

 

[Schlapp]

Recesky do-it-yourself TLR. Piece of shit broke during assembly, and was lacking assembly screws.
Don't buy this one.

I've got one of these. Love it. Easy to put together and all works. Lovely snaps too.
Sorry Thomas!

 

[epp]

Latest toy camera purchase:

Holga 135 Panoramic

 

[kb3lms]

kodak X-15 Instamatic (126)

 

[Psyence33]

Recesky do-it-yourself TLR. Piece of shit broke during assembly, and was lacking assembly screws.
Don't buy this one.

I have 4 of these along with other DIY as I love building cameras, learn so much!
They are sturdy and takes awesome shots!

Maybe you got a dud one since all mine had all the right screws.


Latest toy camera well gear is the Diana F with the ringflash and instant back. Fun stuff and better than instax IMO

 

[epp]

I wonder if there would be enough demand for a Holga that takes 127 film, 16 exposures (two red windows on the back)...

 

[Silverhead]

I wonder if there would be enough demand for a Holga that takes 127 film, 16 exposures (two red windows on the back)...

I rather doubt it. 127 has become such a micro-niche that it wouldn't make much sense for someone like Holga to commit the time, money & resources necessary to create a camera they would have to sell (I imagine) tens of thousands of just to break even.

 

[epp]

I rather doubt it. 127 has become such a micro-niche that it wouldn't make much sense for someone like Holga to commit the time, money & resources necessary to create a camera they would have to sell (I imagine) tens of thousands of just to break even.

They have a 110 camera and that film was discontinued by Kodak and Fuji. There is/was one company in Europe that planned to start 110 production, but there have been no new developments for a while now.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

There are developments in 110. People are shooting it already...

http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/5/21/3033251/110-film-lomography-orca-b-w-100

 

[Psyence33]

lomography just released a baby fisheye camera to use with the orca 110. Anyone getting this?

 

[nicholai]

lomography just released a baby fisheye camera to use with the orca 110. Anyone getting this?

No. Enough fisheyes out there. I feel its just a marketing trick again.

On topic: TRU-VIEW Diana clone.

 

[abeku]

Recesky do-it-yourself TLR. Piece of shit broke during assembly, and was lacking assembly screws.
Don't buy this one.

Piece of gem! I've got two of them. No screws lacking and I find them sturdy enough to slip in to my backpack together with my mediumformat camera. They are fun to play around with. I converted one to 24x24mm and replaced the screen with a SLR-screen (old Mamiya). In addition, I also fitted a prism on top of it and it came out very handy and useful.

 

[dpt2014]

I just finished building a Fotodiox DIY TLR (same as Recesky). Luckily, they are about 5 miles up the street from me, so I picked it up from their warehouse.

It was a bit fiddly to built, but I got it done! I may put one roll through it, but I bought it mostly for the experience. Obviously this is an extremely simplified version, but it's cool to have somewhat of a better idea of how TLRs work.

I've also got a LCA+ that I use occasionally. It's a nice pocketable camera, though I would like to replace it with an Olympus XA2.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Only because it can't be focused and the controls are limited: WideLux F7

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Bencini Koroll II and 24s.

 

[snay1345]

I just bought my first holga and await its delivery. I already have a Diana F a Golden Half, and a La Sardina, but after using a holga lens on my sony nex 5n I decided to just go ahead and get a real holga.

I also have one of the Gakkenflex cameras as well.