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Post by camerastoomany on Jul 30, 2007 4:54:09 GMT -5
A year or two back, I bought a Canon FTb QL for no other reason than I thought my FT QL needed company. The Ebay seller didn't mention a previous owner's name was engraved on the back, however, I wasn't peeved as it provided provenance.
[glow=red,2,300]"Provo P.D.
Detective Div."[/glow]
I was using the camera the other day when it occurred to me I had not heard of Provo until buying the camera (no big deal since I live in Australia and am not a student of American geography, etc). Off to Google. Provo City is apparently a rather high-tech city of 465,000 people and was placed no. 2 on Forbes magazine's 2007 list of "best places for businesses and careers". None of which has anything to do with my reason for this post.
As a former police officer I can well imagine some of the subjects my FTb has focussed on in the past but never will in my hands. However the thought which passed through my tiny mind whilst using it, was that a country the size of the USA must have hundreds of police forces which are disposing/have disposed of their film equipment to upgrade to digital.
An extensive collection of ex-police department cameras would be quite feasible.
Whether anyone would be bothered is another matter.
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Post by kiev4a on Jul 30, 2007 8:19:47 GMT -5
Most of the local departments switched to digital years ago. Mostof the film equipment is long gone. A firend of ours works in the county crime lab.
You must be talking about Provo, Utah--not far from Salt Lake City.
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Post by Randy on Jul 30, 2007 14:00:04 GMT -5
One of my black Spotmatics has a decal on the back of the inside door that says "PROPERTY OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION".
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Post by doubs43 on Jul 30, 2007 15:26:47 GMT -5
I once bought several bulk film loaders that were marked as being the property of a police depatment. I'm at work now and can't recall the specifics but I'll check later this evening.
Walker
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Post by camerastoomany on Jul 31, 2007 3:39:02 GMT -5
Hi Wayne,
Yes, that is the Provo in question.
Of course, when you say the equipment is long gone, I guess it still exists out in the community of camera collectors, perhaps, also, in the hands of collectors of police memorabilia and not just camera nuts.
So that makes three of us possessing ex-police gear.
Hey Ron, if my FTb is stolen property, do you reckon the Provo P.D. would apply to have me extradited to stand trial? It's the only way I'll make it to the USA in the forseeable future.
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Post by Dan Vincent on Aug 14, 2007 16:57:38 GMT -5
Oh No, sounds like there is a new field of collecting opening up here.
Ex Police Cameras.
How about a CIA spy camera?
I'll send my Olympus XA over to the engraver in the morning.
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Post by kiev4a on Aug 14, 2007 17:26:38 GMT -5
A few years ago on Ebay every FSU camera seller claimed every small still camera they offered was an ex "spy" camera.
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Post by herron on Aug 15, 2007 8:24:59 GMT -5
A few years ago on Ebay every FSU camera seller claimed every small still camera they offered was an ex "spy" camera. And that included the one marked "Boris Badenov"! * * With apologies to "Rocky & Bullwinkle"  ;D |
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Post by herron on Aug 15, 2007 8:29:15 GMT -5
Speaking of police equipment...here's an interesting site (I can't read Japanese, but I know the first image is a Mamiya "police special" camera)..... www9.plala.or.jp/vintage/pistol.html |
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Post by Reiska on Aug 15, 2007 12:08:33 GMT -5
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Post by herron on Aug 15, 2007 12:29:35 GMT -5
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