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Post by kodaker on Apr 11, 2012 15:36:30 GMT -5
I took a few quick snaps to show some of the camera collection. Here is one composite picture.
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Post by kodaker on Apr 11, 2012 12:53:42 GMT -5
I have been a lurker for a while and really enjoy this web site. I thought it was time to introduce myself. I am Fred from Alabama, known herein as Kodaker. I have always liked the work Kodaker because it was used to describe a photographer back at the turn of the century (1900) when Kodak was THE camera producer in the US. I have been a wedding photographer part time back in my younger days, I am 71 now, but mostly nowadays just take pictures for my pleasure, mostly of my 18 grandchildren. I have been collecting cameras and photographica since 1975 when I bought a Polaroid 95 at a garage sale that didn't work so I repaired it. That was fun so I did it again and again. Pretty soon I was buying old cameras that didn't need repairing. I now have somewhere around 400 or so cameras, but that's not all I collect. I like anything that says Kodak or for that matter anything that suggests photography. This can easily get out of hand and some would say it has with me. I also collect fountain pens. My second wife got me started collecting figurines that are holding a camera and I now have over 500 of those. I guess I will close this for now. Here is a website that shows my collection room made several years ago. It is considerably more crowded now. webpages.charter.net/mfmartin/museum/ROOM2253.JPG
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Post by kodaker on Apr 10, 2012 18:19:10 GMT -5
Nearly 27 years ago I sold about 25 cameras to KEH camera company in Atlanta to finance my honeymoon. I got a little over $1200 for them. I have since been able to slowly replace almost all of them. I don't regret doing it, but it was tough at the time.
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