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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 6, 2014 13:04:06 GMT -5
K for Konika Auto S PHOTOBUCKET, THE TRUSTED GUARDIAN OF OUR PICTURES, IS EITHER STEALING OR DESTROYING THEM. COME ON FELLOW TCC'S. DON'T JUST SIT THERE SILENTLY LIKE A WRAPPED MUMMY. DO SOMETHING. REVOLT ! THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DESTROYING THE CAMERA COLLECTOR !
Read more: cameracollector.proboards.com/thread/8584/cameras?page=5#ixzz5ABXw0p9KMickey
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Post by philbirch on Sept 6, 2014 16:55:35 GMT -5
Nice, the first auto exposure camera using a Cds cell. Does it still work?
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Post by genazzano on Sept 6, 2014 16:58:39 GMT -5
...and L is for the Laack Tropical of 1923 with gold plating. David
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 6, 2014 18:21:30 GMT -5
Nice, the first auto exposure camera using a Cds cell. Does it still work? I haven't tried it. Now I will. I shall report back if I can find a battery. Mickey
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 6, 2014 18:23:33 GMT -5
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Post by genazzano on Sept 7, 2014 1:20:21 GMT -5
I got the Laack on ebay for very little. It was complete but a basket case. The wood was terrible and the rest was covered with years of dirt. To my surprise, after cleaning, it wasn't brass but gold plating with bellows that were beautiful and a lens that is rather rare. The Rulex shutter is also great after basic cleaning with no more than flooding with Zippo fluid.
David
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Post by Peltigera on Sept 7, 2014 4:38:50 GMT -5
Meisupii J by Tougo-do. Takes (or took) Balta film.
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Post by philbirch on Sept 7, 2014 6:19:40 GMT -5
Meisupii J by Tougo-do. Takes (or took) Balta film. Lovely, I had a Meisupii half. A lovely 35mm half frame camera from about 1963. This looks nice too, much earlier probably 1951-1953. Bolta film is unperforated 35mm film with a paper backing - not unlike 828. Unfortunately the two spools were completely different so they werent compatible, the Bolta having square key holes in the spool and the 828 having one end with a protruding ratchet arrangement. I expect 828 could be respooled onto a Bolta spool though. Konishiroku had a similar film but the spool was much wider than the 828 or Bolta and had protruding lugs each end of the spool making it incompatible.
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Post by philbirch on Sept 7, 2014 6:38:47 GMT -5
N for Nikon L35AF, Nikon's first ever compact camera and their first AF. This I've had since about 1984. The lens is a 35mm f2.8 an improved Sonnar design, not designated Nikkor but designed by a Nikon lens designer (who's name escapes me now) and made by them A great little camera to use, noisy but nice and sharp. The covering on the grips is rubbery and comes off easily, I replaced it with 'leather' from a broken Praktica.
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Post by Peltigera on Sept 8, 2014 9:51:52 GMT -5
Olympus Pen EE
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 8, 2014 12:47:34 GMT -5
P for Perfex Forty Four PHOTOBUCKET, THE TRUSTED GUARDIAN OF OUR PICTURES, IS EITHER STEALING OR DESTROYING THEM. COME ON FELLOW TCC'S. DON'T JUST SIT THERE SILENTLY LIKE A WRAPPED MUMMY. DO SOMETHING. REVOLT ! THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DESTROYING THE CAMERA COLLECTOR !
Read more: cameracollector.proboards.com/thread/8584/cameras?page=6#ixzz5ABZIkPggMickey
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Post by philbirch on Sept 8, 2014 13:07:32 GMT -5
Nicer looking than the Contax and Leica of the day, its a pity they settled on a 38mm screw thread (to avoid Leica patents) 41 or 42mm would have been better then Leica lenses could be used with an adapter.
I love the rewind and slow speeds levers on the front. A lovely camera with a design 10 or 12 years before its time.
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Post by philbirch on Sept 8, 2014 13:11:36 GMT -5
Q for Nikkor Q 135mm f3.5 ok a lens but on my camera. Hell, its my thread, why not!
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 8, 2014 14:43:20 GMT -5
Nice, the first auto exposure camera using a Cds cell. Does it still work? Phil, Re; Konika Auto S. Everything functions perfectly. I particularly like the superimposed rangefinder which is very bright. Shutter speeds seem accurate and very smooth, even the self timer. The aperture blades are strange. The parts I can see seem to be cut at 90 degrees as if part of a rectangle. I have never seen that before. Mickey
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Post by genazzano on Sept 8, 2014 15:22:14 GMT -5
OK, M ickey posted his Perfex while I was about to upload mine. I love Perfexes and just got a near perfect Thirty-three. Here's another little simple camera that I like. R is for Ruberg & Renner. David
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