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Post by sevesteen on Mar 5, 2015 19:43:32 GMT -5
I'm not sure I'm ready to call this a collection yet, I don't really have a theme or any curating, just what I've found inexpensively so far. I'm most interested in metal bodied 35mm, mostly metered but before autofocus and built in autowind. I particularly want cameras I shot with before I went to digital--three of those are represented here in the SRT101, OM10 and Electra 35. ![]()  [/img] |
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Post by philbirch on Mar 6, 2015 16:07:04 GMT -5
A nice collection. You have both of my favourite flash guns there too, the Vivitar 283 and a Sunpak 322 or 321 and a nice little Metz too. Quality strobes useful even today. A nice example of a Beauty super II at the front too. Does it work?
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Post by sevesteen on Mar 6, 2015 20:20:15 GMT -5
The Beauty was caught by accident, it came in a bundle with 2 SLRs and a bunch of lenses. It fires, winds exposed film and appears to work but I haven't run any new film through it yet. I'm unsure of the shutter speeds--I can't see much difference between 500 and 60, but I also don't have a known-good leaf shutter to compare it to. I also can't see much difference in my Electro 35 firing at my monitor at ASA 100 or 1000.
I'm guessing what you are calling a Metz is the flash on the Electro 35..that's a Yashica Pro-50 DX that came with the camera. Since both are PC cord only, seemed appropriate to leave them together.
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Post by der84 on Mar 6, 2015 23:44:25 GMT -5
Very nice.
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Post by sevesteen on Mar 7, 2015 16:56:26 GMT -5
Photo from the Beauty, using my DSLR as a light meter:  I took the same picture stopped down and slower, eyeballing the negative appears to be the same exposure. |
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Post by julio1fer on Mar 7, 2015 20:21:02 GMT -5
Getting those old SLRs is dangerous. Later you'll want to get the lenses for them...
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Post by philbirch on Mar 8, 2015 4:38:33 GMT -5
Unfortunately my Beautys dont work. You are lucky! I was guessing about the Metz flash - it does look like one. Never seen a Yashica.
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Post by sevesteen on Mar 8, 2015 14:18:47 GMT -5
Displaying:  Plan to do something similar on what open wall space we have for others. |
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Post by philbirch on Mar 9, 2015 11:56:51 GMT -5
Interesting display. What will you do when your collection grows to over 100?
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Post by sevesteen on Mar 9, 2015 17:51:35 GMT -5
Interesting display. What will you do when your collection grows to over 100? I'll either have to make room for the wife by getting rid of some cameras, or....  |
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Post by herron on Mar 10, 2015 11:42:46 GMT -5
I've got 250+ Some in boxes or large camera cases...some in plastic display cases...some on bookshelves...lots of them in a barrister case all their own. Wife doesn't complain (much).
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Mar 10, 2015 18:29:20 GMT -5
I've got a few myself. The wife hasn't stopped complaining since I told her how many. Before that I was safe. Ignorance is bliss.
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Post by lesdmess on Mar 10, 2015 19:08:51 GMT -5
A nice collection of chrome bodies. Is that a Minolta XE-5 beside the Oly in the front? Depending on working condition, it could encourage you to explore more. That's pretty much how I started to just going with the flow and then before you know it . . .  |
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Post by sevesteen on Mar 11, 2015 19:58:21 GMT -5
A nice collection of chrome bodies. Is that a Minolta XE-5 beside the Oly in the front? Depending on working condition, it could encourage you to explore more. That's pretty much how I started to just going with the flow and then before you know it . . . Yes, that's an XE5. Never heard of that particular model before I saw the auction it was in--same batch as the Beauty, a Praktica and a bunch of lenses. The XE5 metering responds and it appears to work, haven't gotten around to running film through it yet. |
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Post by lesdmess on Mar 11, 2015 20:20:12 GMT -5
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