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Post by lloydy on Sept 8, 2014 11:35:40 GMT -5
"Cows, horses, pigs, alligators, snakes, vinyls, naugas, seals, synths, patents, ostriches, simulates - a veritable menagerie destroyed for naught. Sniff. Sniff." There's a few endangered species there Mickey.
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 8, 2014 21:52:40 GMT -5
"Cows, horses, pigs, alligators, snakes, vinyls, naugas, seals, synths, patents, ostriches, simulates - a veritable menagerie destroyed for naught. Sniff. Sniff." There's a few endangered species there Mickey. Yes, Lloydy, I know from personal observation that the Patents are an endangered species. Mickey
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Post by coleman on Nov 10, 2014 1:45:39 GMT -5
Most of mine work, the others are parts or show. I just got one of my Minolta XD11's CLA'd, and have yet to run any film through it. Mostly I have been re-skinning the ones with dried up leather in an attempt to get then at least looking good. A couple only need light seals, an easy enough job, or at least one I can do. I just love the feel of a piece of machinery in my hands that makes the satisfying sound of a actual shutter being released. The action of advancing my film by hand, actually having to do adjustments to get a picture. I very rarely use the auto function on my SLR's. The camera will only take as good as of a picture as I can take, so expensive is a non factor with me. I am at the limit of space for my collection, or would have more. Workability is nice, but if I find a camera that is a curiosity, I will usually impulsively buy it just for nostalgia. I just love the look and feel of an old camera.
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Post by philbirch on Nov 10, 2014 15:22:47 GMT -5
Hi Cole, Minoltas are great cameras, I too love the feel of an old camera. With SLR's unless it is battery dependant, like my Canon A1 or my Minolta X-700 I don't bother with the meter, I just use sunny 16 instead and get 100% success. I use this with my oldies too. This link takes you to an album of sunny 16 pics. link
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Post by retina on Nov 11, 2014 16:12:26 GMT -5
G'day All, Well, I like to have my cameras working properly even if I have no real intention of using them. Like the panel-beater's car and the builder's house, there are always jobs that need doing, there is not enough time available to do a proper job, and of course it goes against the grain to do a half-baked job, so things just have to wait... Cameras stand their best chance of getting the attention they need in the first week or so of their arrival. This was the latest to arrive, and I spent the afternoon getting it back in working order when I should have been doing other things... retinarescue.com/geltod3.htmlRegards, Chris
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Post by philbirch on Nov 11, 2014 20:35:04 GMT -5
G'day All, Well, I like to have my cameras working properly even if I have no real intention of using them. Like the panel-beater's car and the builder's house, there are always jobs that need doing, there is not enough time available to do a proper job, and of course it goes against the grain to do a half-baked job, so things just have to wait... Cameras stand their best chance of getting the attention they need in the first week or so of their arrival. This was the latest to arrive, and I spent the afternoon getting it back in working order when I should have been doing other things... retinarescue.com/geltod3.htmlRegards, Chris Wow thats an amazing looking camera.
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Post by truls on Nov 12, 2014 11:43:09 GMT -5
Strictly, if one only collect, it may not matter if it works or not. I believe most collectors also shoot some with the cameras, with or without film. Then it has to be mostly working.
Phil: You are a capable photographer also, very nice images at the fotki site.
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Post by shoeman on Nov 13, 2014 12:15:50 GMT -5
Though I wouldn't call myself a camera collector, my shelf does seem to be a place where cameras gather and continue to amass.
I have to try a roll of film in each camera, even if it requires extraordinary means. The goal is to see what unique point of view one gets from a particular camera. Does an old tourist camera make nostalgic holiday prints? Does that old rangefinder render brilliant b&w pictures of cars contemporary to its era? It is as if looking through the viewfinder is a window back in time. Images from my modern digital camera do not look like antique snapshots, even with applied filters. Whether its a plastic-lensed clicker or a complex rangefinder with an Ektar lens, it is their point of view I want to see more than the device providing it.
If I think a camera won't get used anymore, it gets passed on to someone who has space for it. My cameras may collect dust, but I swear they aren't intended as dust-collectors.
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Post by philbirch on Nov 13, 2014 13:42:29 GMT -5
Strictly, if one only collect, it may not matter if it works or not. I believe most collectors also shoot some with the cameras, with or without film. Then it has to be mostly working. Phil: You are a capable photographer also, very nice images at the fotki site. Thanks Truls. Thats nice to hear.
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Post by laverdaguy on Dec 23, 2014 18:06:27 GMT -5
Mine all have to work. That's just me but part of the pleasure I get from collecting is in using the cameras. Maybe just one roll, but I like experiencing how things were done before. I've been a serious photographer since the early 70's and much of my collection is just the various cameras I lusted for back then but couldn't afford. Now due to digital photography I can pick these things up quite cheaply. My collection has expanded now and goes back to the early 1900's and as time permits I will get film run through all of them. My everyday photography, whether its landscapes, family shots, whatever is on film. I have no use for a digital camera except as a way to take a quick shot for posting on the web or emailing to a friend so using the old cameras is just a matter of getting the right film (or adapting something to fit). My Thanksgiving cameras this year were a Olympus OM-2, and a Retina.
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Post by hansz on Dec 24, 2014 4:25:36 GMT -5
If they are not working, I sell them - even Zeiss Ikon - as parts for next to nothing. It takes too much room, and I have an agreement with the lady of the House:-)
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Post by rhythmthief on Jan 2, 2015 7:59:57 GMT -5
Mine have to work. I'm not bothered about displaying my small collection of elderly cameras - any not being used get stuck in a drawer - but I do like to use them all as, well, cameras. My Nikon D200, which is a very capable piece of kit, is increasingly left at home while I take a Voigtlander Bessamatic, a K1000 or a Zorki 5 instead. The problem with modern digital cameras is that they all look so intimidating. If I'm spotted taking pictures with the D200 (and even with my Nikon F3), the reaction is usually a suspicious "what are you photographing?" accompanied by a frown. Elderly cameras, especially folders with bellows like my Isolettes, do not inspire this reaction: most people who see me using it are interested, or become all misty eyed about the time they had one. This is a much nicer reaction!
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Post by camfiend on Dec 9, 2015 18:03:53 GMT -5
old thread but just couldn't resist... I collect cameras just for the sake of being able to hold part of photographic history in my hands and see the progress through the years.. I prefer working cameras and go to great lengths to obtain them and keep mine in working order though I seldom use them any more... about 98% of my cameras work (if you dont count the occasional light meter.. or time failed light seal) but I don't mind buying an OLD partially destroyed camera if its interesting... got a few Polaroids which I have never been able to get film for.. also a few wind up and hand cranked movie cameras (at least their motors run.. anything else is a bonus)
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Post by paulhofseth on Dec 10, 2015 15:33:23 GMT -5
I am an accidental collector; from time to time bought ineresting & relatively cheap stuff to use, and did not often bother to sell. In principle, like veteran cars, or your own muscles, they should be excercised from time to time.
On the other hand, some of the more elegant past camera creations -such as the werra I and the Bolex 3 lens turret version do serve equally well as painings do as wall decorations between the bookshelves. You only need to exercize them from time to time.
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