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Post by fazalali on Sept 30, 2014 3:27:53 GMT -5
Dear All, I am Fazal Ali from India. Interested in photography, wildlife photography, antiques cameras. As a kid I remember my father using this camera (Alpa Alnea Model 7) later on the bellow was eaten by termites and rendered the camera useless. Ultimately it was stolen. Luckily I have the accessories intact and wish to source the body. Kindly help me in this regard. Available on ebay they are way too expensive. Regards, ![]() |
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Post by daveh on Sept 30, 2014 7:29:27 GMT -5
Fazal, welcome.
We don't have too much problem with termites in England. At least your termites obviously have taste. I don't know too much about the Alpas. Matty on here found one and then sold it on a few months back, though I think that was a model 6. Best of luck in your search.
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Post by fazalali on Sept 30, 2014 8:00:22 GMT -5
Dear Daveh,
Thanks for the welcome and reply.
I am trying to upload pics of the accessories here but unable to as I get a notification that the attachment is over 1 mb, in spite of downsizing it to 305 kb.
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Post by philbirch on Sept 30, 2014 11:56:27 GMT -5
Hi Fazalali, welcome to this forum. Images can be linked from another image hosting site such as flickr, photobucket and fotki. You will probably have more luck with them. Images sent directly to the forum may only appear small on these pages and must be clicked on.
I think a good, used Alpa of the type you are looking for may cost $300 or more, they were incredibly good cameras in their day and expensive then.
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Post by daveh on Sept 30, 2014 12:27:00 GMT -5
Fazal, I've had that problem on here(and some other sites). I'm not sure if there are other parameters that have to be kept to as well - such as the image being under a certain number of pixels vertically and horizontally. I tend to do what Phil says: I use flickr and Photobucket in the main.
Dave.
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Post by fazalali on Sept 30, 2014 21:37:54 GMT -5
Dear Philbirch and Daveh,
Highly appreciate your kind responses.
Meanwhile my search for the Alpa, Mod 7 body continues.
Regards,
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Post by matty on Oct 12, 2014 13:56:52 GMT -5
Hello Fazalali,
Alpas are a bit hard to find. I did find a Model 6c in a Junk Shop a few months back. It was well worn and I couldn't really afford to get it restored properly so I sold it on (at a good profit.) They are beautifully made and I sort of regret selling mine but the gent who bought it was using it to restore another Alpa so it went to good use. I don't think I'll ever find another one at the same price but you never know, I keep touring my local junk shops and antiques shops in hope.
Good luck in your search.
Regards
Matty
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Post by matty on Oct 12, 2014 13:57:03 GMT -5
Hello Fazalali,
Alpas are a bit hard to find. I did find a Model 6c in a Junk Shop a few months back. It was well worn and I couldn't really afford to get it restored properly so I sold it on (at a good profit.) They are beautifully made and I sort of regret selling mine but the gent who bought it was using it to restore another Alpa so it went to good use. I don't think I'll ever find another one at the same price but you never know, I keep touring my local junk shops and antiques shops in hope.
Good luck in your search.
Regards
Matty
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