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Post by John Farrell on Feb 27, 2024 15:41:54 GMT -5
Camera collecting is not what it was - too many dealers wanting high prices for ordinary cameras, and very few of the interesting older cameras around, at least here in New Zealand.
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 26, 2024 21:22:26 GMT -5
I reported the post above yours, and 3 others by the same poster, but it appears we have no admins able to control this.
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 16, 2023 18:05:06 GMT -5
In the original posts - but not, unfortunately, under the captions.
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Post by John Farrell on Feb 6, 2023 19:06:37 GMT -5
My own website is now defunct, so I have loaded the pictures here.
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 28, 2022 14:24:51 GMT -5
Well, I've finally bought a standard lens for my Pentamatic - and it comes with a non working camera attached. I expect it to arrive tomorrow.
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Post by John Farrell on Nov 6, 2022 12:25:17 GMT -5
I have a Pentacon D loaded with film, at the moment.
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Post by John Farrell on Oct 13, 2022 19:49:19 GMT -5
I bought an M42 version of the Yashica lens recently - I haven't used it yet, but I've found that it won't mount on an L series Praktica. The camera's mirror touches the lens rear element.
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 9, 2022 1:21:18 GMT -5
I still use a Canon Powershot G12, which works fine, and my main digital camera is a Canon 60D. Both were released in 2010.
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Post by John Farrell on May 28, 2022 1:56:33 GMT -5
The Praktiflex had an "instant return mirror", in 1939...gravity operated.
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Post by John Farrell on Apr 4, 2022 1:35:23 GMT -5
Paul has information about Yashica rangefinders and SLR cameras on his site, as well.
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Post by John Farrell on Mar 27, 2022 20:23:41 GMT -5
Well done. I never see any thing like that where I live (New Zealand). Even scruffy cameras sell at online auctions for silly prices, although I have just bought a Pentacon D with bad shutter curtains for a reasonable price.
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Post by John Farrell on Mar 2, 2022 20:09:36 GMT -5
A Zenit 3m was my first SLR, too - later replaced with a Praktica LLC. I have serviced both 3ms and Es, and the shutter construction is similar on both, and of a similar quality. The mirror mechanism differs - the E has an instant return mirror, driven in a unique way, by a cam - the 3m mechanism is simpler. Physically, the E is a few millimetres taller than the 3m, but other dimensions are almost the same. The squared off shape makes the E look bigger than the 3m.
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Post by John Farrell on Nov 30, 2021 0:04:41 GMT -5
Oh look - we have a spammer.
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Post by John Farrell on Nov 24, 2021 22:01:56 GMT -5
And it comes with the quintessential Leica lens - a Sonnar...
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 31, 2021 1:56:42 GMT -5
One of the worst i've seen in a long time: Not a discreet street shooter...
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