casualcollector
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Post by casualcollector on Aug 3, 2008 14:35:26 GMT -5
Saw the movie Mama Mia last night. Seemed an obvious pun for this group photo. Guess which one is the real Mamiya!  Bill |
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Post by herron on Aug 3, 2008 21:50:27 GMT -5
Must be one of those "trick" questions, Bill. They all are!  |
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Post by Randy on Aug 3, 2008 22:55:38 GMT -5
The swartze one.
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Post by casualcollector on Aug 4, 2008 4:25:54 GMT -5
Must be one of those "trick" questions, Bill. They all are! Right for ten points, Ron! |
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Post by aceroadholder on Aug 4, 2008 18:58:17 GMT -5
And now for the bonus round:
The Sears, Tower, and Argus are Mamiya Prismat cameras. If you look closely they appear identical except for the rebadge plates. The speed coupled light meter perched on the Argus works perfectly on both of the other cameras.
However, the cameras are not identical. Why?
Orlin in SC/USA
ps: the Prismat is my favorite 35mm camera.
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Post by herron on Aug 6, 2008 12:47:27 GMT -5
C'mon! Someone must know this besides me.  |
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Post by herron on Aug 6, 2008 16:45:01 GMT -5
Guess not.  The Sears 32B has 2 synch posts on the left side of the lens, a film reminder under the rewind knob, and the exposure counter is rectangular .... The Prismat and the Tower (also sold by Sears) have synch posts on the left side of the top plate, and an arc-shaped counter window. |
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Post by alexkerhead on Aug 6, 2008 17:26:11 GMT -5
I was just about to post that.  |
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Post by casualcollector on Aug 6, 2008 21:01:46 GMT -5
The Prismat and Tower have an oval shaped body casting. The Sears 32B has a moresquare casting like the CWP and TL/DTL cameras.
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Post by aceroadholder on Aug 7, 2008 20:25:52 GMT -5
Very good!.... but you don't get ALL the extra points.
Look carefully at the lens on the cameras. The Sears and Tower have a large button on the left hand side of the lens, while the Argus has a very small button to the lower right of the lens. The lenses on the Sears and Tower won't fit the Argus. The Sears and Tower are Exacta mounts with the actuation bolt like the Mamiya flavored Prismat, but the Argus is bayonet mount (special to this ONE camera as best anyone can tell) with a small unlock button on the front. There are mechanical differences in the camera's front ends to allow for the different types of mounts.
Now... everybody go get a life!! We know entirely too much about extraordinarily obscure topics.... but you never can tell.. maybe 'Know your Prismats' will be a category on Jepardy next week!
Orlin "I'll take 'Prismats' for $800, Alex" Pettit
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Post by herron on Aug 7, 2008 22:55:39 GMT -5
Very good!.... but you don't get ALL the extra points. Look carefully at the lens on the cameras. The Sears and Tower have a large button on the left hand side of the lens, while the Argus has a very small button to the lower right of the lens. The lenses on the Sears and Tower won't fit the Argus. The Sears and Tower are Exacta mounts with the actuation bolt like the Mamiya flavored Prismat, but the Argus is bayonet mount (special to this ONE camera as best anyone can tell) with a small unlock button on the front. There are mechanical differences in the camera's front ends to allow for the different types of mounts. Now... everybody go get a life!! We know entirely too much about extraordinarily obscure topics.... but you never can tell.. maybe 'Know your Prismats' will be a category on Jepardy next week! Orlin "I'll take 'Prismats' for $800, Alex" Pettit ;D Very, very good! If you check my Prismat page, you'll find the reference to the Argus and its unique bayonet mount at the bottom of the Prismat NP column! A Mamiya guru, if there ever was one! |
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Post by drako on Aug 11, 2008 13:49:49 GMT -5
When we were teen camera geeks in the 70's, my best friend had a Mamiya DSX-1000. He's now a music composer, but he used to sing this little ditty:
Ma-ma-ma-maya
Ma-ma-ma-maya
Ma-ma-ma-maya Sekor DSX-1000.
It has spot meter metering
And averaging
And a non-slip grip pad for you butterfingers
It has a shutter
It has a shutter
It has a shutter from one to one-one thousand
:-)
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