KODAK TWIN 20,REFFERED TO AS THE BUG EYE,VINTAGE 1959 TO OUR EYES IT LOOKS EVEN OLDER ,MADE IN THE U S OF A,ANYONE USED THIS TYPE OF CAMERA ?AND WHERE DO YOU BUY THE FILM ?I,M SEARCHING FOR PICS TAKEN WITH THIS MODEL IF NO ONE OUT THERE VOLUNTEERS I,LL PUT PICS FROM THE WEB

 A LITTLE BATTERED IT MAY BE BUT THIS KODAK "K" BOX BROWNIE IS STILL IN WORKING ORDER AND COULD GO ON YET AWHILE

KODAL ADVANTIX T700 ZOOM CAMERA THIS DELIGHTFUL CAMERA WAS SELLING AT OVER £100 AS RECENTLY AS 2000 IT IS FULL OF NEAT FEATURES THE INTERNAL CLOCK IS PROGRAMMED TO RUN UNTIL 2099 SO REMEMBER TO KEEP PUTTING THE BATTERIES IN(A CR2) IT HAS AN ILUMINATED MENU ON THE BACK CAN DATE STAMP THE PICS EVEN HAS A TELEPHOTO LENS ITS POCKET SIZED AND LIGHTWEIGHT,BUILT IN FLASH,EASY QUICK LOAD,YOU CAN EVEN TAKE THE FILM CARTRIDGE OUT AND PUT ANOTHER ONE IN AND YES THE CAMERA WILL KNOW WHAT PART OF THE FILM HAS BEEN EXPOSED RED EYE REDUCTION NIGHT VIEW MODE LOTS AND LOTS OF TRICKS THIS CAMERA USES THE FILMS MAGNETIC STRIP TO RECORD DATE AND TIME WHICH YOUR PHOTOFINISHER CAN IMPRINT ONLY ON THE BACK OF THE PHOTOGRAPH(COULD BE IMPORTANT IN COURT CASES)THE MENU WORKS IN 12 LANGUAGES

KODAK T 700 WITH FLASH UNIT UP READY FOR ACTION THE CAMERA DOES HAVE AN AUTO SHUT OFF TO CONSERVE BATTERY LIFE ITS A WEATHERPROOF CASE SPLASHPROOF SO IT EASILY BE DESCRIBED AS A GO ANYWHERE ITEM ALWAYS READY WITH AUTOFOCUS AND LOTS OF OTHER TRICKS SEE ABOVE

OLYMPUS OM 10 35mm SLR,WELL KNOWN AND LOVED OLYMPUS TRIP BACKED UP BY OLYMPUS U [MJU:]-11 AND THE OLYMPUS U[MJU:]-1(note a silver version of the mju is currently in the argus catalogue at £99.99 its a very nice camera and probably better value than some of the digital £99 cameras that ill be outdated in 2/3 years so its still a sound investment)

OLYMPUS OM 20

olympus om 10s are versatile 35mm film cameras for indoor flash or outdoor telephoto ,digital is fun ,but for those special photos you want to keep film on cost ground alone still has the edge

olympus om 10 at the rear sporting a tamron telephoto lens,in the foreground an olympus om30 equiped with a miranda telephoto 210mm backed up with a cimko auto 2x teleconverter

OLYMPUS-PENN  EE-3,35mmFILM CAMERA A CLEVER LITTLE CAMERA,ITS A HALF FRAME ANOTHER NOTEWORTHY ASPECT,THE SELENIUM CELL LIGHT EXPOSURE UNIT BUILT INTO THE LENS SURROUND INNOVATIVE BANZAI FOR ITS DESIGNER YOSHIHISA MATANI I THINK THE LAST ONE ROLLED OFF THE LINE IN 1983

OLYMPUS OM 101 A VERSATILE CAMERA IT USES 4 AAA BATTERIES AND ON THAT LOADING WILL TAKE 24 ROLLS OF FILM SO ITS HANDY FOR SITUATIONS WHERE A DIGITAL BATTERY GOBBLER CAMERA WOULD REQUIRE POCKETS FULL OF BATTERIES POWERED LENS,BUT WILL ALSO TAKE NORMAL OLYMPUS LENSES FOR MANUAL OPERATION

OLYMPUS OM101 SIDE VIEW SHOWING THE SETTINGS FORF4 F2 F 2.8,THIS CAMERA WAS MADE FOR THE SERIOUS AMATUER THERE WAS ALSO A SCIENTIFIC VERSION FOR MICROSCOPE/MEDICAL USE MANUFACTURED 1983 BUT IT LOOKS ND FEELS VERY UP TO DATE OLYMPUS NEVER MADE A BAD CAMERA

50 YEARS A HALF CENTURY APART
COLOURSNAP CAMERA AND MODERN KODAK ADVANTIC 

well oh dear this pic of the kodak instamatic will of course have to be reshot does anyone out there still have an instamatic ? if so would you like to send me your best shot on one of these if its ok I,ll include it for a limited time on this site,that applies to all the cameras on this page I,ve seen some very good pics taken by the olympus cameras,I,m slowly working through them and if I get any good shots I,ll put mine on but I would like to include the works of others,wildlife,scenic,trains,pics taken by scopes,graveyards yes graveyards especially war cemetarys in particuler british war cemetarys in Egypt north africa,graveyards of civilians in foriegn places(British India but others also)

KODAK BROWNIE SAME MOMENT IN TIME AS THE AGFA SILLETTE,AND THAT IS HARD TO BELIEVE "1955 "NOT MUCH ADVANCE ON THE BOX CAMERA here again have you taken any interesting pics on this type of camera?lets have a look go on dont be shy animals people scenes trains w.h.y.is film still available ?

a simple camera branded as"future scientist"WE IMAGINE ALL OF THESE WILL HAVE BEEN TIPPED LONG AGO,does anyone know more?do you have a pic taken on one who made them ?where?date? if you recognise any of the cameras on this page and you have taken pics with them lets have a looksee

MONTANA 35mm CAMERA WITH ANASTIGMAT 1:3.5/45mm  Deltamon Lens so it looks and feels german,MONTANUS CAMERA C 1956 THIS COMPANY= MONTANUS KAMERABAU .POTTHOFF & Co,SOLINGEN GERMANY FOUNDED IN 1920 THEY EXHIBITED AT PHOTOKINA IN 1956 BUT GAVE UP CAMERA PRODUCTION IN 1960  DUE NO DOUBT TO  JAPANESE INROADS HOWEVER THE COMPANY CONTINUED TO EXIST RIGHT UP TO 1978 LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THEIR LATTER ACTIVITY,ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM OR DO YOU STILL USE ONE OF THESE ? VALUE OF THIS KAMERA REPORTED AT £30 THAT WOULD ONLY BE FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES,SOMEONE GAVE THIS TO ME PROBABLY REAL WORTH IS ABOUT £10 GBP

The Praktica NOVA 35mm slr exhibited at the Leipzig spring fair 1965 developed from the vf approx 260.000 were made.made in Dresden retail price in the UK 1966 was £42.00 and that was a load of dosh m42 lens fitting.sadly praktica are no more following the collapse and re unification of east germany.this model has recently been sighted on the net at £52.50.any new items with the praktica brand on today are simply names dont be sad at least the name will live on

PRAKTICA BM 35mmSLE CAMERA THESE WERE THE END OF THE LINE FOR PRAKTICA,ELECTRONIC AND NOT SO EASY TO FIND LENSES WELL THEY WERE/ARE RELIABLE,ARE THERE ANY CAMERAS MADE IN EUROPE TODAY ? IN RUSSIA ONLY 

ANAGOR ZOOM SLIDE DUPLICATOR THE "PANAGOR" ZSD HAS THE POPULER "T" MOUNT FOR FITTING TO MOST 35mmSLR FILM CAMERAS THIS MAY ALSO FIT SOME DSLRs RESULTS NOT KNOWN ALSO SEE THE OHNAR ZOOM SLIDE REVERSER FOR 42mm35mm SLRs

PANAGOR ZOOM SLIDE DUPLICATOR THE "PANAGOR" ZSD HAS THE POPULER "T" MOUNT FOR FITTING TO MOST 35mmSLR FILM CAMERAS THIS MAY ALSO FIT SOME DSLRs RESULTS NOT KNOWN ALSO SEE THE OHNAR ZOOM SLIDE REVERSER FOR 42mm35mm SLRs

OHNAR ZOOM REVERSER FOR DUPLICATING SLIDES RE- PHOTOGRAPHY 42mmFitting for early pentax,zenith,zorki and canon rangefinder cameras PRAKTICA(will not fit BM type)

PRAKTICA MOUNTING TELEPHOTO LENS

PRAKTICA BM3 ELECTRONIC 35mmSLR CAMERA the lens fittings on these models are unique to praktica electronic

screw thread praktica lens type soligor auto zoom1:3.8f=80mm-210mm

vivitar 6000 slr THE LENSES FOR THIS MODEL(PK)ALSO FIT THE LATEST PENTAX DIGITAL CAMERAS HOW VERY THOUGHTFUL HOPEFULLY OTHER CAMERAS WILL SOON ADOPT THIS IDEA,THE RE LAUNCHED ZEISS IKON FILM CAMERAS TAKE M42 FITTINGS THIS IS A GOOD FORWARD STEP

THIS MODEL TAKES A K FITTING LENS SIMILER TO PENTAX

olympus OM 40 35mm SLR

canon AE-1

CANON AE1 35mmSLR CAMERA SPORTING A PANAGOR SLIDE DUPLICATOR A VERSATILE TOOL FOR THE ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPER TO EXPERIMENT WITH AND CREATE NEW EFFECTS

CANON G-111 QL RANGEFINDER CAMERA 35mm CAMERA THIS IS THE RARE HARDER TO FIND VERSION WITH THE 45mm 1:1.9 LENS PROFFESIONAL AND SEMI PHOTOGRAPHERS ENTHUSE OVER THIS CAMERA AND ITS BEEN COMPARED NOT WITHOUT FAVOUR TO THE LEGENDARY LEICA,IF YOUR SEEN USING THIS CAMERA BY THOSE NOT IN THE KNOW YOUR DISMISSED AS UNPROFFESIONAL,AND THERE ARE NOT MANY IF ANY SLRS THAT WILL FIT IN YOUR GLOVE COMPARTMENT FOR THAT UNEXPECTED LANDING FROM OUTER SPACE,ITS MY INTENTION TO USE THIS GIZMO I,LL LET YA KNOW HOW I GET ON,ANY ONE OUT THERE GOT ONE OF THESE?OH I FORGOT THE "QL"STANDS FOR QUICK LOADER,THESE CAMERAS WERE MADE BETWEEN 1972 AND 1983

CANON Z115 OK SO ITS NOT AN OLD TIMER BUT IT IS PRE DIGITAL DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD PART WITH SUCH A NEAT CAMERA

OTHER VIEW OF THE CANON Z115 SHOWING THE CANON ZOOM LENS 38~115mm 1:36-8.5 extended in the year 2000 this camera was on special offer at WALMART FOR 219 $ USD REDUCED FROM $440 USD,ITS REPUTED TO HAVE THE FASTEST SHUTTER IN POINT AND SHOOT REVIEWS VARY BUT OVERALL ITS A FINE LITTLE CAMERA AND ITS WORTH MORE THAN THOSE EARLY DIGITAL CAMERAS SIMPLY BECAUSE IT TAKES BETTER PICS

baldamatic a rangfinder camera from the 50s origin Germany  Dresden ? although this looks like a mass produced camera there dont seem to be many examples about so its somewhat rare,1:2.8/45 lens balda werk sounds like east germany,robust construction,looks like a selenium sensor with the defeat of germany the balda werks were taken over by the east german state.max balderweg fled to the west to continue as a separate company,all balda manufacture was above average quality and they made badge engineered cameras for other brands the model shown was only made for 2 years 1959/60 it was 321 dm so it was 3 months wages back then,the east german part later became (1964)pentacon/praktica

for your interest these cameras are part of my collection like this nikon em slr 35m

NIKON AF24OSV ANOTHER 50 YEARS ON(1999 I think)SUPER VIEWFINDER,AUTO FOCUS,RED EYE REDUCTION NIKON LENS 28mm,A FINE COMPACT CAMERA,PROBABLY BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY THAN MANY CHEAP DIGITAL CAMERAS,BUT THE PUBLIC DONT REALISE THAT,WELL FILM STILL HAS PLENTY OF LIFE LEFT

nikon nuvis mini camera this is a neat little compact camera spec to follow its kool funky and neat camera with instructions and case as new it should be out there somewhere to be used so its for sale the ethos of this page is cameras 50 years on and we already have the nikon AF240SV camera above so please feel free to make a bid on this item I just might accept it we have the instructions for the nikon nuvis if you email me I,ll send you a better pic of this item just ask kenzopticnelson@aol.com

nikon lite.touch zoom 70ws.af slide the cover back to reveal nikon zoom lens 28.70 macro,ok so its a point and shoot camera,powered by dl123a,still gives good results its compact will fit in your pocket or glove compartment so its a go anywhere item

CANON AE-1

CANON ION RC-260 CANON STILL VIDEO CAMERA NOT REALLY A MUSEUM PIECE THIS THOUGH IT IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE I,VE NOT FULLY TESTED ALL ITS FUNCTIONS YET THOUGH I CAN SAY THE RESULTS SO FAR ARE REMARKABLY CLEAR AND CRISP IT LOADS PICTURES ONTO A DISC AND YOU CAN PLAY THE STILL PICS BACK THROUGH A TV SET,APPLICATIONS SUITABLE A CLASSROOM/LECTURE ITS BOXED AND APPEARS TO HAVE HAD LITTLE USE,PROBABLY COST ABOUT £1000 NEW NOW I SUPPOSE IT WOULD BE WORTH ABOUT £100 OR LESS(ANY OFFERS OUT THERE?LOL)

PRACTIKA PM3 m42 lens fitting

PRAKTICA MTL 5,35mm SLR CAMERA MOUNTING A "SEARS"AUTO TELEPHOTO TELE-ZOOM 90~230mm f:4.5 18726 lens made in japan,the base of the lens fits to the tripod shoe giving a better balance to the weight,also note the camera has a remote shutter release better to avoid shake which would be accentuated with distance photography

SPOTTING SCOPES IN OUR RANGE FROM THE SENTRY TYPE UP TO 25-75X105 AND THE REALLY BIG EYES TYPE SUCH AS THE 30-90X118

JUNIOR FORENSIC TYPE MICROSCOPE FOR SEMI PROFFESIONAL OR SERIOUS STUDENT USE COMES COMPLETE WITH ACCESSORIES,MULTI LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION BOOK,40XTIMES -1024XTIMES MAGNIFICATION,HOOKS UP TO PC USB PORT(SOFTWARE DRIVER INCLUDED)

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LUBITEL  HELLO DO YOU KNOW WHAT LUBITEL STANDS FOR?

KONICA 35mm SLR(YES ITS A POOR PIC) THIS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS A CULT CAMERA,THE LEATHER/ET COATINGS TEND TO SHRINK BUT THIS IN NO WAY AFFECTS PERFORMANCE THESE CAMERAS WERE MADE FROM 1965 ONWARDS

KONICA AUTOREFLEX TC WITH HELIOS 220 FLASH UNIT AND A KONICA HEXANON AR 28mm F 35 LENS SEE PIC ABOVE FOR SIMILER CAMERA MOUNTING A SOLIGOR C/D ZOOM+MACRO 35-70mm1:35-45 lens with a konica sunshield,konica were cult cameras of the 60s in the last few years taken over by sony maybe they still use some of the konica design team Konica were inovators of "autofocus" the hexanon lenses are well up to modern standards and there is still plenty of life left these old timer cameras if you have plenty of money go ahead and buy a digital camera but you wont get better pics than film(it is after all as good as 22 mega cameras)so if your taking a pic you want to keep it makes sense to use film,digital is handy because its instant but its easy to scan film pics to your hard drive

Russian zenith 35mmslr with helios flash these sturdy reliable cameras were imported into the UK by technical and optical equipment london lid(a subsidary of MASHPRIBORINTORG

RUSSIAN ZENITH 35mm SLR CAMERA SPORTING AN OHNAR ZOOM REVERSER FOR DUPLICATING 35MM FILM SLIDES ENABLING THE KEEN PHOTOGRAPHER TO EXPERIMENT AND CREATE NEW EFFECTS WITH THE "OHNAR" THE CAMERA IS THE ZENITH MODEL NUMBER 11

CANON SURESHOT ZOOM MAX

1805 MODEL WHO WANTS TO JOIN THE TRIP?

The sad end of a once mighty ship THE"FIGHTING TEMERAIRE" TUGGED TO HER LAST RESTING PLACE TO BE BROKEN UP,1838 from the painting by j.m.w turner,ra in the national gallery,so whats it doing in here,well it predates photography but it is graphic pictorial historic,she was right there in the thick of it alongside victory,and in most museums you get to see a few pics,I just like it so thats why

EARLY MODEL PENTAX 35mmSLR CAMERA THIS MODEL IS NOTEWORTHY IN THAT IT SHARES THE SAME TYPE OF LENS FITTING AS EARLY ZENITH AND PRAKTICA TYPES THE ONE SHOWN HAS ASAHI LENS,update 21/12/06 PENTAX TO BE BOUGHT BY HOYA THE OPTICAL LENS MANUFACTURER £391 MILLION FROM OCTOBER 07 THE COMPANY WILL BE KNOWN AS HOYA PENTAX HD,MARKET CONDITIONS ARE INCREASINGLY GETTING TOUGHER WELL AT LEAST PENTAX STORY CONTUES,BEST OF LUCK

yet another pentax S1a 1657897 with a neat little gizmo across its shoulder where one normally expects to mount a flash gun we see a unique asahi light meter,the lens is a super takumar 1:2/55 by asahi optical company,its an m 42 fitting so plenty of very good lenses are available,these older cameras seem more robust/reliable than many of the later film cameras,less sophisticated but they do the job and go on and on,maybe one day the techies will start to rediscover the joy of an old timer camera

pentax light meter by asahi optical company top view of this unique funky light meter

KONICA POP a child of the seventies?35mm film camera with integral pop up flash, hexanon lens(LATEST NEWS KONICA ARE NOW DISCONTINUED AS A BRAND NAME,)PITY SINCE THIS COMPANY WAS SO INNOVATIVE DID YOU KNOW THE WERE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE AUTO FOCUS? PERHAPS SOMEONE WILL ONEDAY RELAUNCH THE BRAND(perhaps sony ,lets  wait and see)

AGFA SILETTE 35 MM FILM CAMERA,this was the latest in 1954,rigid front panel,optical viewfinder,f3.5 apotar coated lens colour corrected lens,rapid lever wind for transporting film and automatic shutter setting,double exposure prevention device,seen from above at a glance controls,film speed indicator,depth of field scale,automatic exposure counter,retailed by wallace heaton suppliers to the young queen Elizabeth 11 and to the late king George wow all this in the 50s and still immaculate in its own leather case it sold for the equivalent of 3 months wages

AGFA SILLETTE-LK FITTED WITH COLOR -AGNAR 1:2.8/45 LENS THE CAMERA BODY LOOKS FAMILIER ALMOST BALDA TYPE I WONDER SOMEONE MUST KNOW

ILOCA 35mm RANGEFINDER TYPE PRONTOR SVS SHUTTER WITH STEINHELT MUNCHEN(MUNICH) CASSERIT 1:2.8/50mm 1020801 lens made in Hamburg germany sometime in the 1954 ,the made in germany button on the bottom is the release for the rewind,if you pull the wind lever up(as you would do with an slr camera)and turn it,the back then pops off there is no hinge on it. this company only lived from 1948 and then in 1960 AGFA took it over,ILOCA also made some gound breaking stereo cameras its a shame the company is no more what would they have gone onto? the designers of this camera were good at the job and certainly innovative,after handling it cant wait to try it, its still in working condition after 52 years a real tribute to engineering quality,come back iloca all is forgiven we never knew how we would miss you ,has anyone got an iloca in mint condition,or do you know anyone who is still using an iloca rapid-b ?

CARL ZEISS JENA JENOPTEM 8X30 THIS PAIR WAS MY COMPANION ON MANY VISITS TO WYCOLLER HALL THE "FERNDEAN MANOR" OF CHARLOTTE BRONTES WUTHERING HEIGHTS ALSO THE LOCALE FOR THE FILM. WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND. STARRING HAYLEY MILLS AND ALSO CAME IN HANDY FOR TRAIN SPOTTING AT HAWORTH WHERE JENNY AGUTTER STARRED IN "THE RAILWAY CHILDREN"THESE WERE THE SCENES OF MY YOUNGER DAYS RIDING OVER THE MOORS ON MY HORSE REDDY

"OLYMPUS XA2"OLYMPUS XA2 ADJECTIVES ALMOST FAIL FUNKY,KOOL,NEAT SUPER,THIS WAS THE WINNER OF JAPANESE DESIGN AWARDS,(1981 I THINK NOT SURE ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW?)THE WAY IT FITS INTO YOUR HANDS EVEN IF YOUR NOT A CAMERA LOVER THIS IS SOMETHING EXTRA ITS FULLY FUNCTIONAL A DELIGHT TO USE DONT JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THE EXPERTS ENTHUSE OVER THIS LITTLE GIZMO see also the OLYMPUS XA1 WITH A9 FLASH UNIT VERY SIMILER BUT MANUAL I THINK THERE ARE RARE COLOURS OUT THERE I,VE SEEN BLUE AND THERE COULD BE SOME RED AND WHITE ONES THEY COULD BE WORTH MORE BUT THEY HAVE TO BE MINT

                                                                                       SIGMA SA.300 35MM SLR CAMERA IN MINT CONDITION SUPPLIED WITH TWO DEDICATED LENSES  1,100~300mm 1:4.5-6.7 uc lens  sigma zoom made in japan with carl ziess technology also 1,28-105mm 1:4-5.6 sigma uc zoom lens made in japan with carl ziess technology Sigma products are world class leaders in the field of optical lenses and polycarbonate technology phot not yet to hand interested parties can contact me for more info on this item or go to sigma website also fresh in a Canon Epoca not yet listed

SIGMA SA 300 THIS IS A WONDERFUL OUTFIT FOR NATURE STUDY OR GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN MINT CONDITION & FULL INSTRUCTIONS

" Threes a crowd" 3 RICOH SLR CAMERAS,MODEL .RICOH XR7.RICOH KR5 SUPER.RICOH KR-10X.THESE CAMERAS HAVE THE PK FITTING TYPE LENS

RICOH KR-10 SLR CAMERA BETTER PIC AND SPEC TO FOLLOW THIS IS A SPECIAL CAMERA IN 1992 THE CAMERA BODY SOLD FOR £200

RICOH MODEL XR-X 35mmSLR THIS ONE OF THE LATEST MADE BY RICOH AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE LAST TAKES GREAT PICS MANUFACTURED 1987,WHATS THIS OLD TIMER CAMERA WORTH ? AS OF TODAY ON THE WEBSEARCH JULY 2007 ADVERTISED AT £80 REDUCED TO £40 BODY ONLY WITH A SUPERB LENS THAT SHOULD GO BACK UP TO £80 APPROX THIS CAMERA HAS PROGRAM MODE IN FACT THIS MANUAL FOCUS MODEL DOES JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU COULD ASK FOR,IT WILL TAKE PK FITTING LENSES

RICOH XR-X TOP VIEW

RICOH XR-X 35mmSLR

RICOH XR-X 35mmSLR(yes the lens appears to have a droop,this is an optical illusion  lolol)

RICOH 35mm SLR FILM CAMERA TAKES STANDARD PK FITTING LENS,THIS CAMERA IS USING STANDARD AA BATTERIES EASY TO OBTAIN ANYWHERE,HOW THOUGHTFUL OF RICOH

RICOH AF-77 PANORAMA 35 mm CAMERA AN EASY TO USE POCKET CAMERA CAN STILL GIVE GOOD RESULTS,PROBABLY MADE IN THE EARLY 90S SO HERE AGAIN APPROX HALF A CENTURY ON FROM THE RICOH SLRS IN THE ABOVE PIC

OK SO ITS A FUZZY SHOT SORRY ITS A PLASTIC CAMERA BUT A SUPERB 70MM ZOOM LENS AND FOLKS   I HOPEII CAN COME BACK FOR ANOTHER SHOT

CHINON CS SLR READY AYE READY FOR ACTION WITH HANIMEX PRO FLASH WITH A CHINON 1:1.7 F 55MM LENS REPORTS AN EARLY PENTAX LOOKALIKE TO ME ITS MORE LIKE A PRAKTICA CHILD OF THE 60S

CHINON CE-4 35mm SLR WITH AUTO CHINON MULTICOATED 1:1.4 50mm LENS,THE EARLY CHINONS HAD 42 mm LENS THREAD,BUT THIS CAMERA CHINON CE-4 WILL ACCEPT PK THREAD/BAYONET TYPE,THIS CAMERA WAS MADE IN JAPAN SO OF COURSE IT UNDERWENT STRINGENT TESTS FOR EXPORT RELIABILITY  AND BUILD QUALITY IS ALMOST ASSURED,MUST BE A STORY BEHIND THIS CAMERA WHAT DID THEY REPLACE IT WITH ? PICTURE QUALITY IS EQUAL TO AN AMAZING 22 MEGAPIXELS

THE WELL LOVED ZORKI 4 RANGEFINDER CAMERA FROM THE GOOD OLD USSR WITH A MODERN DAY CANON BRINGING UP THE REAR,SOME PEOPLE HATED THE USSR SOME EVEN LONG FOR ITS RETURN THE ZORKI AND MANY OTHER RUSSIAN OPTICAL PRODUCTS WERE INSPIRED BY GERMAN EXCELLENCE LENSES AND CAMERA BODIES WERE ROBUST AND GENERALLY RELIABLE THE TWO CAMERAS ON THE LEFT ARE PROBABLY HALF A CENTURY APART

FED 4 THIS LEGANDARY RANGEFINDER IS A BASED ON A LEICA IT HAS THE LEICAS LTM LENS THREAD MOUNT,BUILT IN THE OLD USSR ITS BUILD QUALITY IS VERY ROBUST AND WORKMANLIKE AND IT HAS A SELENIUM CELL FOR THE FOCUS SO ITS RADIOACTIVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN IDEAL GIFT FOR A RUSSIAN TANK COMMANDER TO CAPTURE ON FILM THE BIGGEST TANK BATTLE IN HISTORY I THINK THAT WAS AT KURSK,STILL GOING STRONG IN GOOD CONDITION LOTS OF LIFE LEFT IN THIS ITEM HOPEFULLY I,LL GET AROUND TO USING IT SOMETHING 250,000 OF THIS WERE PRODUCED ANOTHER IMPORT FROM TECHNICAL AND OPTICAL VIA MASHPRIBORINTORG THOUGH THE LETTERING ON THIS IS CRILLAC FOR THE DOMESTIC RUSSIAN MARKET MAYBE A TOURIST BOUGHT IT AT THE BERIOZKA SHOP

ZENITH 122 35mm SLR THIS IS A RUSSIAN CAMERA MADE IN 1993 THE ONLY MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THE NOVEL TIMING WHEEL, LENS IS AS THE FAMOUS HELIOS NICE TO SEE THE ZENITH WAS STILL ABOUT IN RECENT TIMES AS WITH MOST RUSSIAN CAMERAS ITS STURDY AND RELIABLE PRODUCES GOOD PICTURES M42 LENS FiTTING

CHINON PRO-1290C AUTO SLAVE ,THYRISTOR BOUNCE SWIVEL TWIN -FLASH AUTO ,OFF COMPUTERISED STROBE,PERCHED ATOP A RANGFINDER THE FLASH WAS DISCOVERED IN A JOB LOT PROBABLY NEVER EVEN OPENED,YOU CAN SEE DETAILS OF THE CANON RANGEFINDER CAMERA ON ANOTHER LISTING

PROS/CONS OF DIGITAL CAMERAS,FUJIFILM FINEPIX A 204,DIGITAL IS EASY,QUICK,CONVENIENT,FUN,LOSES 75% OF ITS RESALE PRICE AS YOU WALK OUT THE SHOP AND A RESELLER WILL WANT TO GIVE YOU EVEN LESS(OH SURE HE WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD PRICE IN PART EXCHANGE ON ANOTHER BRAND NEW ONE)BECOMES OBSOLETE VERY FAST THIS ONE IS A MODEST 2MEGAPIXELS SO ENLAGEMENTS ARE A NO NO,RESOLUTION IS PROBABLY NO BETTER THAN SOME CELLULER PHONES,MAYBE YOU SHOULD STICK WITH THAT £10 WEBCAM UNTIL PRICES/SPEC IMPROVES A S/H FILM CAMERA MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE YOU CAN STILL GET SAME DAY PRINTS FROM FILM SO ANY DIGICAMERA IS OBSOLETE IN NO TIME AT ALL I BOUGHT ONE AT £199 ITS PROBABLY WORTH £50 NOW THIS PROBABLY APPLIES TO ALL THINGS DIGITAL IF YOU HAVE A USE FOR IT FINE,LEAVE IT IN THE DRAWER AND ITS LOSING MONEY BUT FAST LOL.( in june 2007 a 2 mega camera came my way for £5 I did think to keep it as a spare I was about to buy a card for it at £14 when someone offered me £20 for an as is price with jessops in dire financial trouble closing 80 shops and 550 staff expect some big markdowns on old stock maybe better to wait for the next generation as of today june 2007 a fuji 8 mega camera is on sale for £89

FUJI STX-2 35mm SLR FILM CAMERA PROBABLY WORTH AS MUCH AS ITS MODERN COUNTERPART ABOVE DIGITAL IS MOVING VERY FAST AND IT SEEMS GETTING FASTER FOR PICTURES YOU WANT TO KEEP FILM STILL HAS THE EDGE,NO DOUBT THE CAMERA MANUFACTURERS HAVE SOMETHING AROUND THE CORNER

FUJIFILM DX-9 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA,THIS IS AN EARLY DIGITAL CAMERA IT WAS PROBABLY QUITE EXPENSIVE IN ITS DAY 3X TIMES OPTICAL ZOOM AUTO FOCUS

rEAR VIEW OF DX-9 FUJIFILM DIGITAL CAMERA THE REAR SCREEN IS ONE OF ITS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES,THE NEGAITIVE SIDE IS ,WHILST THE SCREEN GIVES YOU A GOOD IMPRESSION OF WHAT THE CAMERA SEES THE REAR SCREEN IS ALSO A BATTERY GOBBLER SO YOU NEED A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF BATTERIES FOR OUTSIDE LOCATION SHOOTING

YASHIKA MINISTER 35mm lots to say about this in 1965 this was the top camera if the adverts by photax are to be believed(are they still in existence) more to follow,PATERSON/PHOTAX/PHOTOCOLOUR WENT DOWN THE TUBES IN 1996 ADMINISTRATERS/RECIEVERS WERE APPONTED IN JUNE/96 THE END OF ANOTHER STORY

YASHIKA GT ELECTRO IF YOU EVER FIND ONE OF THESE,BUY IT OR BORROW IT TRY IT ITS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERATED CAMERAS EVER MADE IT HAS A SUPERB YASHINON 1:1.7 F=45MM LENS ITS A QUIET NO FUSS CAMERA RANGEFINDER,ONE PROBLEM IT USES A 5.6 BATTERY DONT BUY A 15$ ADAPTER ITS OK TO USE A 6 VOLT AND IMPROVISE YOUR OWN FITTING PROBLEM SOLVED

COSINA CT 1A JUST ABOUT EVERY BRAND HAS HAD CAMERAS AND LENSES DESIGNED MANUFACTURED BY COSINA SO WHEN YOU NEXT READ A REVIEW COMPARING CAMERAS COSINA MAY HAVE HAD A HAND IN MORE THAN ONE OF THE CAMERAS ON REVIEW NAMES LIKE MIRANDA HANIMEX VIVITAR RIGHT UP TO THE LIKES OF ZIESS LIECA VOIGHTLANDER AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY STILL DO NOT MAKE DIGITAL CAMERAS BUT THEY DO MAKE LENSES FOR TAMRON TOKINA MAYBE THEY HAVE REASONS FOR STAYING OUT OF DIGITAL IS IT BECAUSE THEY DATE RAPIDLY OR IS THERE A SURPRISE AWAITING ALL OF US ?ASK MR KORYBASHI

GOODMANS G-SHOT,THIS COULD BE A REASON TO STAY OUT OF DIGITAL IT ONLY COST A MODEST £60 BUT ITS NOW JUNK ITS LITTLE BETTER THAN A CELL PHONE FOR TAKING PICS MAYBE THATS WHY COSINA HAVE NOT WHOLEHEARTEDLY EMBRACED DIGITAL MAYBE SOMETHING AROUND THE CORNER WORTH WAITING FOR

an interesting group of 35mm film cameras due to the advent of the digital age these may well be among the last of the crop of mass produced film cameras,although specialist and throw away cameras will still have a niche somewhere,at the back is the pentax espio 738 auto focus red eye reduction zoom lens f=38mm-f=70mm,the canon snappy el which had a retail price of £31.99,the HALINA SILHOUETTE WITH POWER ZOOM LENS 28=52 MM AUTO FLAS RED EYE REDUCTION/DX,AT THE FOREFRONT IS THE CUTE OLYMPUS SUPERZOOM 700BF IT SEEMS THIS MODEL DREW ITS INSPIRATION FROM THE FAMOUS AX2 ITS FUNKY AND VERY KOOL A JOY TO HOLD

MINOLTA X-300S SPEC TO FOLLOW

MINOLTA 300 SPEC TO FOLLOW

MINOLTA 5000 AF 35mm SLR CAMERA REPORTED AS FIRST GOING INTO PRODUCTION 1986,SHOWN WITH MINOLTA FLASH UNIT,OF NOTEWORTHY IMPORTANCE THIS CAMERA WORKS WITH 4 SIZE AAA BATTERIES,YOU CAN BUY THIS SIZE ALMOST ANYWHERE

MINOLTA 5000 AF 35mm SLR CAMERA ALSO TERMED AS MAXXUM IN THE USA AND ALPHA 5000 IN JAPAN,ITS ACTUALLY A BUDGET VERSION OF THE MINOLTA 7000 BUT DONT LET THE TERM BUDGET PUT YOU OFF ITS A DELIGHT TO USE AND GIVES GOOD RESULTS ITS FUN AND EASY TO USE

MINOLTA 5000 AF 35mm SLR CAMERA WITH DEDICATED FLASH UNIT AND AUTO FOCUS MINOLTA ZOOM 35-70MM 1:4(22) LENS & PROGRAM 1800 AF UNIT,THIS CAMERA HAS BLC FUNCTION(BACK LIGHT COMPENSATION) ITS A RELIABLE WORKHORSE IDEAL FOR FIELD PHOTOGRAPHY,IT USES MINOLTA A RANGE LENSES AUTO FILM ADVANCE AND AUTO FILM REWIND ESTIMATION OF VALUE WHEN NEW APPROX £300(CONTACT ME PLEASE IF YOU HAVE  THE RETAIL AT 1986 PRICES) i,VE LOOKED UP RECENT PRICES ON THE NET(JUNE 2007) BODY ONLY ADVERTISED AT £56,LENS ONLY AT £40,i SUPPOSE A FLASH UNIT CAN BE HAD FOR £10 BUT THIS HAS A DEDICATED ONE SO IT SHOULD BE WORTH MORE AND ITS IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION SO A REALISTIC PRICE FOR THE PACKAGE £100 SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME,AND REMEMBER FILM IS EQUAL TO 22 MILLION PIXELS SO FOR PICS THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP FILM PICS TAKEN BY A GOOD CAMERA/PHOTOGRAPHER ARE STILL UNBEATABLE YOUR DIGITAL OUTFIT IS OUT OF DATE AFTER 6 MONTHS "FILM IS STILL KING"

VECTIS THIS IS A REAL KOOL CAMERA

MINOLTA VECTIS ANOTHER FUNKY CAMERA ON A PAR WITH THE FAMOUS OLYMPUS AX2 THIS CAMERA IS A FIVE STAR FOR DESIGN YOU WONT FIND A BAD REVIEW ON THIS ONE I DONT KNOW HOW ANYONE COULD BRING THEMSELVES TO PART WITH IT,THE BUILD QUALITY IS SUPERB ITS ALMOST LIKE HOLDING A RARE JEWEL