At the flea market I found.........

[Doug T.]

This is too good to keep to myself!
We went to the local indoor flea market today and I found the following:

Mamiya DSX 1000, filthy, but with 55mm f 1.4 lens, and it works. 5USD
GAF L-CS with 55mm and 135mm Chinon lenses, works, 2.50 USD
Olympus XA with flash, works, 1 USD
Canon Z115 1 USD
New in the box GAF (Chinon) 135mm lens, 7.50 USD
New in the box GAF (Chinon) 38mm lens, 7.50
Minolta Hi-Matic AF2-M, works, 1USD
Minolta Autopak 450E 110 camera, works, 1USD
Kodak Brownie Starflex 1 USD
and finally
Anscoflex II with flash, 1 USD

I'm so happy about my finds, that you couldn't blast the smile off my face!!
I'll start posting some photos as soon as I start cleaning them up

Doug

[olroy2044]

Olympus XA with flash, works, 1 USD

$1? $1? $1.00?

You lucky sonuvagun!

Good Job, Doug! Nice haul!

Roy






Give ya a buck anna quarter fer it!

[lloydy]

Good score on all that stuff, new lenses at those prices have to be good. And the XA is a cult camera now, I was at the UK's largest camera fair yesterday ( spending money again ) and a lot of XA's were on sale at up £60 ( UK Pound )

[pompiere]

Feb 17, 2013 22:46:16 GMT -5 olroy2044 said:

Olympus XA with flash, works, 1 USD

$1? $1? $1.00?

You lucky sonuvagun!

Good Job, Doug! Nice haul!

Roy






Give ya a buck anna quarter fer it!


I paid $1 for my XA a couple years ago, but the flash no longer works. It sounds like a firecracker going off as it charges up, which is kind of scary next to your face. I think the capacitor is shorted.

Ron

[Stephen]

If you can solder....... the main capacitor will be replaceable, just use the values on the outside of the capacitor, making sure the voltage rating is high enough. Most electronic supply houses will supply or Ebay.
Stephen.

[pompiere]

I know I can find a cap of the same value, but the space is so tight, I also need to have the same dimensions. I did TV repair in a past life, so soldering isn't an issue.

[Stephen]

The size is often the problem, the Japanese used to use specialist capacitor makers for the flashguns, run of the mill generic caps are nearly always larger. It may be a slightly smaller value will work, as long as the voltage rating is high enough, the smaller value may reduce output, but give quicker charging. It might be possible to use two smaller caps in parallel to get the voltage/capacity required.
Stephen.

[photax]

Congratulations Doug ! These are quite low prices and interesting items too !
Now I have to browse through for the pictures.

MIK