Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Jan 10, 2016 10:39:52 GMT -5
I failed last week to buy a Toyoca 35mm Camera, due to real world finances, no government grants, no lottery win, and a seller who wanted a fortune for the Camera..... I wonder if you have had the experience of trying to collect rare cameras, this was the first Toyoca I came across since 1972 in London Camera Exchange. They are rare, from the early 1950's period, not so rare as the early types of 35 TLR which were not full frame 35mm, and were made in the period all Japanese photographic goods were banned in the UK. It was a private sale, not on ebay, and he is now suggesting putting it on ebay, when he might get a better idea of the value. I tried for a Robot 35 as well..the asking price was astronomic. What are the cameras you still want, desire, or hanker for, and are very rare, and then cost a fortune when they show up.Stephen
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Post by hannes on Jan 10, 2016 13:02:20 GMT -5
There are some on my list. Robot, Nikon Rangefinder, Leica, Foca Flex, Voigtländer Vitessa T, ...
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Post by camfiend on Jan 10, 2016 18:23:12 GMT -5
don't really know all thats available, although I've collected for many years I live in a remote area and have just recently been able to get internet access ( I know that sounds pre-historic, but there are still areas here which don't have access, fast disappearing) I see many cameras on net that I never knew of and many I have managed to collect anyhow.. Australia really was isolated in years gone by, quite a lot of camera's never made it to this country.. but enjoy seeing a lot of different..new to me... cameras on these pages
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Post by belgiumreporter on Jan 13, 2016 4:47:21 GMT -5
Stephen asked :What are the cameras you still want, desire, or hanker for, and are very rare, and then cost a fortune when they show up.
Awnser: black nikon SP, and at some more moderate prices but still to expensive : FM3, F6, F3P, F2T.
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Post by hansz on Jan 13, 2016 8:33:48 GMT -5
Contarex Super, Contarex Professional, Hologon Ultrawide - to mention a few...
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Jan 14, 2016 12:06:13 GMT -5
But, the key to the list is what you wanted, and still want, but have missed out on, maybe not appreciating is worth at the time, not knowing about it, or finding it at a ridiculously high price. Or finding a bargain in a shop, going away, thinking about it, and then finding it gone a few minutes later...... I missed a mint Pen F by minutes in 1973, London Camera Exchange, by thinking a bit expensive, and then changing my mind, only to find it gone. Another was a Horizont at £29 (1970's)...I had not got the cash with me. I wish I had had the money at a '70 clear out auction of ex Rank equipment, although I did get a TTH 100 F2.8, lens from a Mitchell 35mm Technicolor camera...
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Post by yashica1943 on Jan 14, 2016 12:24:40 GMT -5
I know that the cameras that I desire are the ones that I used to see in my local camera shop window when I was a youth. Nearly every Leica, the Nikon SP, Canonflex, Hasselblad, all well out of my price range. Then there are the ones that I sold and think that I should have kept hold of, especially the Bronica 645, Mamiya 330c and a Kodak Retina 11c that used to go everywhere with me. The shutter seized up and I sold it.............
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Post by Rachel on Jan 15, 2016 5:18:37 GMT -5
I once lusted after a used Hassleblad in the local Jessops. I dithered and dithered and, of course, when I decided to buy it the thing had been sold. Just as well perhaps as I could never have afforded extra lenses. My route into roll film SLRs was eventually via a Mamiya 645; much more affordable.
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Post by herron on Jan 16, 2016 11:21:07 GMT -5
I once lusted after a used Hassleblad in the local Jessops. I dithered and dithered and, of course, when I decided to buy it the thing had been sold. Just as well perhaps as I could never have afforded extra lenses. My route into roll film SLRs was eventually via a Mamiya 645; much more affordable. Loved those old Mamiya cameras. Lenses were great!
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Post by hannes on Jan 16, 2016 11:47:03 GMT -5
Recently there was a Jupiter 9 for Kiev available at willhaben.at cheap but not a bargain. I waited too long, now it's gone. Same happened with a Paxette set, Kamera + 2 additional lenses and leather case in beuatiful condition.
But in the opposite I got a working Nikon F3 for 25€ and an AF Nikkor 35-70/2,8 for 75€
Hannes
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Post by mickeyobe on Jan 16, 2016 16:17:50 GMT -5
This is the reverse of what you asked for but I still long for it.
In 1959 I purchased a used Exakta 66 to take pictures of my first child.
As always, I was using transparency film. It quickly became apparent that at $35 a week I could not afford the processing and mounting of the slides.
I traded it in for a Paxette 35mm. An decent camera but nowhere near the Exakta - or was it Exacta?
I wish I had that beautiful machine today.
Why is hindsight so accurate?
Mickey
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Post by Stephen on Jan 16, 2016 19:33:41 GMT -5
Some Exakta were sold in the States as Exacta, trademark problems, as was Varex, already in use on other US products.
It took me between the early 1970's till last year to finally get a Diax camera.....and I am still after a decent Foca 35mm and a Focaflex.
Stephen.
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Post by Rachel on Jan 18, 2016 5:24:05 GMT -5
I once lusted after a used Hassleblad in the local Jessops. I dithered and dithered and, of course, when I decided to buy it the thing had been sold. Just as well perhaps as I could never have afforded extra lenses. My route into roll film SLRs was eventually via a Mamiya 645; much more affordable. Loved those old Mamiya cameras. Lenses were great! Yes, Ron, the Mamiya 645 was one of my favourite cameras. Although I have a metered prism finder I was most comfortable using it with the waist-level finder. I have a large range of the lenses for this camera and now have an adaptor to use the lenses on my Canon EOS digital SLRs.
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Post by herron on Jan 19, 2016 10:14:26 GMT -5
Loved those old Mamiya cameras. Lenses were great! Yes, Ron, the Mamiya 645 was one of my favourite cameras. Although I have a metered prism finder I was most comfortable using it with the waist-level finder. I have a large range of the lenses for this camera and now have an adaptor to use the lenses on my Canon EOS digital SLRs. I do, too! My Mamiya Site
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Post by Rachel on Jan 20, 2016 4:42:39 GMT -5
Yes, Ron, the Mamiya 645 was one of my favourite cameras. Although I have a metered prism finder I was most comfortable using it with the waist-level finder. I have a large range of the lenses for this camera and now have an adaptor to use the lenses on my Canon EOS digital SLRs. I do, too! My Mamiya SiteThanks Ron for reminding me about your website. The only 35mm Mamiya camera that I have is this DSX 1000 that I picked up, along with a Praktica IVF, in a junk (!) box at a camera fair when we had such events. It works perfectly well and is in nice condition.
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