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Post by conan on Oct 8, 2015 15:48:26 GMT -5
NO MORE CAMERAS! I will not buy any more cameras! I keep saying it to myself – NO MORE CAMERAS! How weak we are! A few months ago I decided to totally rationalize my displays. Roll film, 35 intermediate and rangefinder and plastic 35mm SLRs. The real metal and gears SLRs have 3 shelves each holding 24 cameras. That’s it no more room for anything else – 72 metal and gears SLRs – no more display space - except of course unless it was better than a shelf camera and could replace it. NO MORE CAMERAS!
So in the last 8 weeks what have I done?
A Miranda (new in the box), a Nikkorex (New old stock), a Nikkormat FTN, a Contaflex Super, an Exakta Varex IIA, a Nikon FTN, a Topcon Super RE, a Topcon Super D body, a Pentax Spotmatic, a Pentacon F, a Praktina FX, a Praktica IV. These varied between new in boxes to display only cameras
Plus a Nikonos II and about a dozen odd machines Pentax Espio’s, Canon’s, Olympus MJU’s etc.
Of course I always use excuses to justify my purchases. The Miranda was new in the box. The Nikkorex came with the wide and tele lens attachments, The Nikkormat I wanted for the 1.4 lens because it matched the production date of a Nikon F with standard prism. The Contaflex and Exakta to join my cluster of 1957-1962 SLRs. The Topcon to illustrate the emergence of TTL, the Nikon FTN because it had a mint f2 and showed Nikon early emergence into TTL. The Topcon Super D body – because it looked nice. Another Spotmatic because it came with the 35mm F2 wide angle which can only be described as new. This is not the first time for me or I guess other people on this site that I have bought something for the secondary items that came with it. The Pentacon’s and others because they are all additions and in full working order.
I only have 2 options
Stop buying cameras
Move into a bigger place to get more display space
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Post by conan on Oct 8, 2015 16:31:38 GMT -5
Worse than I thought
After making the post I remembered a few items I had forgotten to include (convenient loss of memory to justify acquisitions) and also went back to a 12 week period.
A Pentax MX with F1.4 because of its price and superb condition, a Minolta SR1 because of its condition and it came with the accessory exposure meter. A Konica T because it came with a couple of lenses. A Konica T3 body in great condition and a working meter. A Minolta XD7 body. A Praktica Super TL because of its beautiful condition. A Zenith 122 because it illustrates the great value Russian cameras were offering. A Pentax K1000 first series, stunning condition and very cheap. A late model Nikon FG20 body best described as new as it still had all the Nikon plastic protectors.
NO MORE CAMERAS
During this time a couple of Manfrotto tripods, another Gossen Lunasix, some flashguns and some odd third party lenses.
NO MORE STUFF
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 9, 2015 3:04:47 GMT -5
"NO MORE CAMERAS"! HERESY !Off with his shutter finger.
Mickey 
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Post by hansz on Oct 9, 2015 3:39:27 GMT -5
Solution for no more shelfspace:  DSC04513 by Hans de Groot, on Flickr Filled with (at least) 8 Icarexes, 11 Contaflexes, some 20 Contessa/Contina, more display material, etc... |
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Post by Dave on Oct 29, 2015 23:51:45 GMT -5
I swore I would quit when I hit 365 - one for each day of the year. But then I thought about leap year, which lead from 366 to 400. Then we moved -- unfortunately for the quitting -- to a larger house. So now I am quitting at 426, or so . . . Dave
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Post by Dave on Nov 2, 2015 22:45:27 GMT -5
Two days after posting my October 29 note, I found a Simmons Brothers Omega 120 that I could not resist. Oh well. . . Dave
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Post by Dave on Nov 2, 2015 22:45:39 GMT -5
Two days after posting my October 29 note, I found a Simmons Brothers Omega 120 that I could not resist. Oh well. . . Dave
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Post by conan on Nov 4, 2015 4:18:57 GMT -5
True to my policy of ‘No More Cameras’ I bought some lenses. Actually I have been looking for a 101% mint 50/1.4 with the right date to match with an F. I have seen quite a few bad examples which is probably not surprising given the age of the lens I have been looking for. I was getting to the stage of having to order one from Japan (The Japanese dealers are particularly honest with their descriptions) It looked like about $125 for what I wanted plus postage. I had a few weeks earlier picked up a mint 50/1.4 K style for $75 (just before AI) but it did not match the dates of anything.
So there’s an ad in the local paper which says a few boxes of old camera gear. A phone call elicited there were ‘Nikkor’ lenses. There were 2 large boxes of bits and I was told $300 for one box and $150 for the other – no offers and both had to go. Well a friend bought the $150 box off me as it contained weird stuff, early digitals and strange bits and pieces.
My $300 box contained various Nikon bits, focusing screens and filters, a mint Micro Nikkor with the bubble tube and the extension tube. A 24mm Nikkor in about 95% cosmetic condition and a mint 200mm Nikkor and a 50/1.4 that looked new. I reckon the first 3 were worth $175, so the 50/1.4 was at my price point of $125. BUT it had a strange attachment – a very nice F2 chrome body with a working DP11 head. Whoever had this gear obviously had used Nikon for a while because the date codes on all the lenses were over a 20 year period.
So true to form of “No more Cameras” I had not bought another camera – it was a lens with an unusual attachment.
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Post by hansz on Nov 7, 2015 13:33:00 GMT -5
A Yashica T5 for less than 5 euro... could you resist? And it works!
As I have a working T2, I can't wait to get a film in this one. It also has that peculiar optical finder, called the super scope.
Oh yes, of course I bought it because it has a Carl Zeiss lens...
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Post by yashica1943 on Nov 9, 2015 12:22:24 GMT -5
I though that I had enough, but I 'sort of remembered' that when I had a Pentax ME Super for a short time last year that I would like another Pentax.
It is the major manufacturer of 35mm cameras that I have never got into*, although I remember a friend's new Asahi Pentax SLR that I lusted after in 1962. My SLR journey went Aires! Pentacon, Canon, Minolta autofocus (9000)- Nikon FM2n and FM3. I am now a Nikon DSLR user, but I went overboard a few months ago and bought a brand new Sigma SD15 and lens from Germany because I like the nature of the Foveon image.
Back to Pentax.
I looked and looked on eBay for a mint Super A, because I just love the look of it. I couldn't find one that I knew I would be happy with so I settled on a Mint Pentax Program A in it's original box. I shall use it (he says!). I have a Tamron PK adaptall mount so I will not be short of lenses, but I am also bidding on a short zoom.......
I will place pictures here when the camera arrives.
*Apart from a Leica 111F that I owned for a day but returned to the shop!
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Post by camfiend on Nov 17, 2015 11:32:54 GMT -5
hey I found the solution to not enough space, I live on 500 acres with a lot of sheds, they all house at least some cameras along with model rail, samurai swords bank notes tobbaccianna (not sure how to spell that one) several manequins and of course a rather outsized stamp collection... my biggest problem is keeping up the supply of display cabinets
Bob
Oh and did I mention Tins (biscuit, kero etc.)
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Post by conan on Nov 29, 2015 0:03:02 GMT -5
The Camera that was demoted
I had one of those “take it all” purchases which was a small batch of older stuff like lamps and pictures. With it “take it all” was a Zeiss Ikoflex which the seller had priced at $40. Some research says it’s an Ikoflex II/III852/16 of 1938-1940. Apparently it was released as the model III and then Zeiss immediately released a slightly more advanced model which they also called the III. So this camera was demoted to a model II. To avoid confusion it was even referred to as the II/III. The existing model II was demoted to I. Ah Zeiss – didn’t they do some strange things. Cosmetically for its age it is very good nick but the shutter is locked on one speed – so it might need some TLC – which I won’t give it. Spec wise it can hold its own against the Rollei’s from the period although it suffers from some of the strange things Zeiss did. Beautiful solid construction but a folding hood made of the softest and easiest to bend metal.
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Post by philbirch on Dec 9, 2015 12:19:16 GMT -5
I've not bought one since summer. Mostly due to the fact that it is a little difficult getting to them as the spare room isnt spare at the moment...
oh, I have bought 4 nice lenses for my Salyut C, and two GoPros but that doesn't count does it??
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Post by Peltigera on Dec 9, 2015 13:09:40 GMT -5
oh, I have bought 4 nice lenses for my Salyut C, and two GoPros but that doesn't count does it?? It doesn't count if you arrange delivery on a Wednesday when Bestbeloved is at her art class. |
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Post by camfiend on Dec 9, 2015 18:36:10 GMT -5
you gotta learn to work the system... go along to the art class one Wednesday... shoot pics of everything making sure you get plenty of the better half and all her friends... The friends will rave about them when you send in a few for viewing and you and your CAMERAS will be written into the good books for ages.. giving freedom for a few new purchases
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