casualcollector
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Post by casualcollector on May 6, 2009 16:13:24 GMT -5
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Post by nikonbob on May 6, 2009 22:54:46 GMT -5
Hey, I've got a few like that but they are in boxes now.
Bob
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Post by casualcollector on May 7, 2009 7:44:11 GMT -5
It looks like an amazing amount of design and engineering devoted to an inexpensive camera. Everything snaps together, no screws, no glue, no soldered wires. The lens floored me. A single molded plastic element. The viewfinder is more sophisticated! There's probably more manufacturing expense in the squeeze rollers than in the rest of the camera. I bought it for the front surface mirror. In addition I got a motor, geartrain, springs, a complete electronic flash, lenses and other stuff for 80 cents.
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Post by nikonbob on May 7, 2009 14:04:42 GMT -5
When you said front surface mirror is that for repairing beam splitters on RFs?
Bob
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Post by casualcollector on May 7, 2009 18:27:39 GMT -5
Been reading Thomas Tomosy's book on DIY camera repair. For use with a home made collimator. Now trying to decide which binocular to cannibalize for the collimator!
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Post by 135mm on May 14, 2009 10:36:03 GMT -5
Polaroid 600 eh? Always wondered what to do with my relic, now I know. Did we all own one at some time? I found the super thin batterys out of the film packs useful they could be "altered" to fit the Polaroid disposable torch!
Mike.
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Post by casualcollector on May 14, 2009 14:17:41 GMT -5
A lot of things used to get cannibalized by Hollywood special effects artists. I think the inner mirror support from one of these was used as a photon cannon in a Star Wars movie.
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Post by drako on May 20, 2009 15:48:58 GMT -5
How did Polaroid get that rangefinder to fit inside?
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Post by casualcollector on May 20, 2009 20:19:26 GMT -5
Surprised the ever livin' outta me, Johnny! I yanked the front off and out pops this old Mamiya RF. I knew that Polaroid and Mamiya sorta had a thing goin' at one time, if ya know what I mean, but then again Mamiya had a thing with just about everyone. Then that sweet young Cosina came along and Mamiya was yesterdays news, if you catch my drift...
(my drift being that Mamiya did a lot of badge engineered 35s back in the 60s and perhaps earlier. Cosina got a piece of that market in the 70s then ran away with it)
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Post by drako on May 21, 2009 17:51:58 GMT -5
SNORT!
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Post by Andrew on May 21, 2009 20:49:59 GMT -5
When you said front surface mirror is that for repairing beam splitters on RFs? Bob i recently did the same thing Bob, the front surface mirror i used to replace the mirror in an old 1934 folding 6x9 Welta Superfekta TLR, that was no longer usable because of the silver oxidizing (i presume thats what its called) and peeling off... for mirrors to use in RF beam splitters you often need a 50/50 reflective mirror ...i found by accident a good cheap source for these after dismantling an old CD/DVD drive in an old computer i was throwing out (boys will be boys and i decided to just pull it to bits to what was inside it)...anyways in the CD or DVD drive there is a small approx 50/50 mirror that is about 8-9mm square (i forget now because it was a while ago-but they may vary anyway from brand to brand) either way it is just about exactly the right size for many RF's to use..obviously you can get them for free if someone is trashing their old computer or drive..i suspect DVD or CD players for home entertainment/TV have the same mirror in them |
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