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Post by yashica1943 on Mar 2, 2016 9:23:58 GMT -5
'V' is for Various, Voigtlander and Vivitar. I have just bought new glass shelves for displaying some of my favourites. They all work, all are near mint and the Vito B, Bessamatic, Pentax, Olympus have been used, the AE-1 regularly. The SL35's, the Nikon and Konica all have film in ready to be used. The Canon and Bessamatic are going back into storage and the rest will be displayed on the top two shelves. The Bessamatic produces amazing sharp well exposed images. I now have no Yashica cameras now despite my handle and I have some Konica SLR's that are not really in good order. And a 'dead' Kiev Plus a few plastic SLRs and compact cameras, a Minolta Zoom 110 mk 2 (I nearly forgot that one, and a Kershaw. I tend to buy cameras that have significance to me or are 'handsome!' (Apart from the Vivitar and VF135!) For everyday use, I think that I would use the Pentax, or the Nikon, the Canon is too precious to me as it belonged to my brother who died in 1978 and the Rolleiflex SL 35 E is heavy and potentially fragile. The Olympus, is great but I can never get used to the speed control round the lens. And I forgot the Nikon F80 in a camera bag.....
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 24, 2016 9:24:29 GMT -5
Not a camera, not ebay, but I have just found a pair of genuine Leitz binoculars in a shop for £10. Beautifully clear.
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 22, 2016 11:29:19 GMT -5
Thanks for all the information. Mine should be here by the end of the week.
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 22, 2016 8:30:51 GMT -5
This has just appeared as a listing on ebay, I don't know how rare it is, but I feel that the price may be a little high!
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 20, 2016 16:01:55 GMT -5
I have just bought Samoca 35 V from ebay in a lot together with an Agfa Silette, a Yashica Movie camera, a Watameter rangefinder and flashgun. I saw the Samoca and just liked the look of it. I will pass on more info when it arrives. The Samoca arrived today at the same time as a used Fujifilm bridge camera which I bought as it was cheap and I thought that I could make use of a portable 28x zoom for everyday use (I could) and it is excellent. I used it to take the picture of the Samoca. The Samoca is clean, except for the front element of the lens which is hazy, so it will just be a collector piece, I like the look of it, it is almost like industrial art!
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 19, 2016 12:31:11 GMT -5
It is back! On ebay at $370 - somebody has seen the light!
Item number 262297269329
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 19, 2016 9:19:29 GMT -5
This is the picture that I entered. It is about 50% cropped from the centre of the original. You might or might not like it, but the subject was marching up the street surrounded by other musicians with headgear on at a fair rate. Would a formal portrait have been more appropriate???
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 19, 2016 5:51:03 GMT -5
I love the picture of the farm and the shop, I wish that I had taken them. I enter 4 or 5 club competitions every year, the winner is usually a cliche type photo, portrait of pretty girl, wild animals taken on safari, sea birds, desert scenes, interesting architecture, inside or out. Or the current fad, a coastal picture with a castle or rocks in the back ground, a cloud filled colourful sunset type sky and, usually a milky sea. The other popular subjects are frozen waterfalls and ruined castles or churches reflected in pools. And HDR Cathedral interiors. Sometimes, and this really riles me, if it is a themed comp. the winners photo does not fit the brief at all.
This week I tried to get away from the usual with a colourful informal picture of a musician in a parade playing his instrument, in the background it is obvious that there is a lively festival going on. The local press estimated 10,000 people packed into two narrow streets, with food stalls and music stages - total about 500 metres in length. I managed to get a couple of shots off with my camera held overhead. I like the picture, but the judge on that day obviously wasn't into street photography. His comments were rather condescending. 'I think that you could have followed the musician and asked him to pose for you, that sort of person likes that sort of thing'. 'His beard is a bit lacking in detail'. And worst of all 'Keep trying!' A fuzzy picture of a pale sunset taken through the, definitely moving twigs of a bush received more marks than mine. I am putting one really odd picture into the next themed comp together with a cliched one.
I have done a little casual judging at a small club, I know it is difficult and I don't think that I am very good, but they keep asking me to come back!
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 12, 2016 8:54:43 GMT -5
The cover obviously deteriorated with age or sunshine. I sometimes wonder if there is a powder or liquid that can be put on it that will stabilise it permanently. I do not think that it would be possible to scrape it off completely, nor worth it considering the low value of these cameras!
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 12, 2016 6:13:54 GMT -5
Sigma film camera covers are just as bad or actually worse. I bought a working SA-5 just for the lens on it. The body of the camera is just a mess of black rubber stickiness. The covers on Yashicas that I had just broke up and could be stripped off more or less cleanly. Unfortunately the paint on parts of the Sigma lens also feel slightly sticky, so they are both in a freezer bag until I decide what to do with them.
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 11, 2016 2:56:47 GMT -5
I suppose the big question is.......... how much is it worth and how much will it sell for. I guess that it is possibly unique, but without some history, it is not incredibly desirable. Shall we take a guess? '£150 plus or minus a few, but I could be very WRONG!
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 10, 2016 18:27:27 GMT -5
Our club had a lecture from a very good photographer, one of the sections was sharpness, he showed magnified examples of photos taken with the camera on a tripod. The wind (weather!) made a lot of difference and we were encouraged to hang a weight on the centre column hook (if there was one). Also we were advised not to let the camera strap dangle and flap about with the camera on a tripod. I must admit I very rarely use a tripod as I take photos spontaneously and erratically. I have however taken some good photos in the dark leaning against street furniture. Shutter speeds down to about 1/8. (As an old film photographer, the last thing I think of is to wind up the ISO!)
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 10, 2016 8:37:04 GMT -5
Could the split rangefinder arrangement have been borrowed from an Agfa Karat? That is what it reminded me of..
Also the 'Poco Tempo' is Italian, Bencini made some odd looking 35mm cameras.
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 10, 2016 6:56:07 GMT -5
Perhaps the 'P' stands for Poco Tempo in Italian or Poco Tiempo in Spanish. (Short time).
What i notice is that there is not a cross head screw in sight! Is that typical of a prototype camera. Almost looks like some parts were made in a shed or small workshop, but that complicated top cover casting or moulding is a worry!
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Post by yashica1943 on Feb 10, 2016 6:43:30 GMT -5
Thanks for all the input. I am quite pleased that I found something rare that has Puzzled the members.
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