just wore out ...

<p>4 days of camera sorting for an estate; 75 packing boxes and over 1500 cameras and other bits. I came home with 2 boxes of stuff for myself - didn't even cherry pick, some things I just like the names or the shapes or the boxes. The most important item was the POO filter - its green. I never want to see a Kodak folder or box camera again in my life. What is a Vidax? Has anybody got one and an instruction manual?</p>

<p>Wow, hope you took some photos of some of these gems you came home with! Would love to see them. That will be quite an estate sale!</p>

<p>Vidax seems to be a really good find. Only 80 cameras were produced. I haven't seen manuals for these.</p>

<p>Wow, three Vidax's in one Summer ! (yours, the one I sold recently, and one that was on ebay at the same time)<br>

Great multi-format press camera... shoots 6x8, 6x6, and 6x4.5 in a robust, all-metal, folding rangefinder package (pronounced "tank"). </p>

<p>Here's my thread from a short while ago :<br>

<a href="../classic-cameras-forum/00Ywnn">http://www.photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00Ywnn</a></p>

<p>I still have a few more rolls to develop from the Vidax. I'll post them soon enough.</p>

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<p>Send me those box cameras, I would be happy to make a fort out of them.</p>

<p>As the person handling the estate sale and on the typing end of the weekend of cataloging, I agree -- I never want to see another box camera. The folders are still pretty cool even after 50 or so. You'll definitely have to post some photos of those cameras -- especially the over-priced Reid III you mention in another thread. If I get a chance, I'll post some photos of the Vidax and some of the other remaining items in the collection before I list them for sale. And let me say a big public thank you: Wiithout your knowledge of the equipment, it would have taken a month to go through all the stuff. This man knows his camera gear! </p>