Post by yashica1943 on Dec 23, 2015 4:48:02 GMT -5
Went to my local car boot sale again today. A seller had two big boxes of reasonably clean cameras. I selected a Chinon CP-7 which looked quite clean, but the mirror was in an up position. But it was fitted with a Pentax 50mm f1.7 lens. £5.
Brought it home, the camera is obviously finished, but the lens is nice and clean and bright, with a Hoya UV filter.
Thursday, Christmas Eve. I scanned through loads of K mount bodies from Pentax, (lots of Pentax bodies were for parts or repair) Ricoh, Cosina, etc.
Purpose- partly just idling the afternoon away, but also to look for a clean, working body to put my new Pentax lens on. I decided on a nice clean Vivitar V6000 body at a good price, made by Cosina, so it puts me into a relationship with the Cosina Files! I expect Phil will be along to tell me that it is unreliable!
Anyway. Happy Christmas and New Year.
I have also acquired a Voigtlander VF 135 in mint condition. From the distance it is quite a handsome little compact, get closer and 'built down to a price' is the reality. Nasty cheap wind-on lever and very clunky shutter. The interior seems to be made of a very cheap grade of plastic, just about the worst I have ever seen.. I will put a film through it though because it really is pocket sized.
Edit. The Vivitar V 6000 has arrived, clean, in good working condition with a battery in for a change. It is compact, has a very sensible control layout and the wind-on is smooth and the shutter quiet. (Like my Kiev! Which doesn't work
I would think that it would have been a good buy for a beginner or enthusiast who didn't want the complication that some contemporary 35 mm cameras had.
Brought it home, the camera is obviously finished, but the lens is nice and clean and bright, with a Hoya UV filter.
Thursday, Christmas Eve. I scanned through loads of K mount bodies from Pentax, (lots of Pentax bodies were for parts or repair) Ricoh, Cosina, etc.
Purpose- partly just idling the afternoon away, but also to look for a clean, working body to put my new Pentax lens on. I decided on a nice clean Vivitar V6000 body at a good price, made by Cosina, so it puts me into a relationship with the Cosina Files! I expect Phil will be along to tell me that it is unreliable!
Anyway. Happy Christmas and New Year.
I have also acquired a Voigtlander VF 135 in mint condition. From the distance it is quite a handsome little compact, get closer and 'built down to a price' is the reality. Nasty cheap wind-on lever and very clunky shutter. The interior seems to be made of a very cheap grade of plastic, just about the worst I have ever seen.. I will put a film through it though because it really is pocket sized.
Edit. The Vivitar V 6000 has arrived, clean, in good working condition with a battery in for a change. It is compact, has a very sensible control layout and the wind-on is smooth and the shutter quiet. (Like my Kiev! Which doesn't work
I would think that it would have been a good buy for a beginner or enthusiast who didn't want the complication that some contemporary 35 mm cameras had.