John Seaman Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p >I went to a camera fair today, arranged by the Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain. One table had a collection of stuff that looked interesting, when I asked him how much, he said three pounds each, or two for £5. Well I picked up – all for the princely sum of £22.50:</p> <p > </p> <p >A Minolta SRT303, a Pentax ME Super and a Spotmatic (bodies only)</p> <p > </p> <p >A Minolta 35-135 MF lens</p> <p > </p> <p >A Nikon SB15 Speedlight with case</p> <p > </p> <p >An Agfa Isolette 2 folder with Apotar lens</p> <p > </p> <p >A Zeiss Ikon Nettar 6x6 folder (with film in)</p> <p > </p> <p >as well as Minolta 7000i and 3000i bodies</p> <p > </p> <p >Everything seems to be working except the Minolta AF bodies, which don't AF for some reason, and the ME Super which seems to have only one speed. Heigh-ho.</p> <p > </p> <p >In a separate deal I traded my OM1 (I had two) for a Yashica C TLR which has a number of issues, which I will try and do a post on if I can get it working.</p> <p > </p> <p >Now where's my black knitting wool, for replacing the light seals?</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member69643 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>What a nice collection! Sad that so many film cameras go for so little now...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>Highway robbery, nothing less...Great haul, <strong>John</strong>, they're a very tidy-looking bunch. The Isolette and the Nettar, particularly, provoke twinges of envy...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralf_j. Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>Very nice. Worth at least 10 times much in eBay prices.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann_overland Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>Nooooo, you didn't! How is that possible??</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 If that's the Minolta 35-135 f3.5-4.5 that is an excellent lens. I've had one since 1983 or so it still performs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_lockerbie Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>What a lot of hardware for so little money! You will be surprised at the quality that those two simple folders can provide.<br> The Zeiss shoud be all good, but the bellows are the Achilles heel of the Isolette, usually full of pinholes...easily replaced though to give an excellent shooter...enjoy!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_cheshire Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>The Pentax ME Super has a dirty contact under the on/off dial. Clean it and it will work.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_4525289 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>OMG !!!!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_golden2 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 <p>Amazing!! what a deal for all those cameras. I used to have a yashica C a while back, interesting thing about those lenses, if you shoot wide open you get background swirl or at least mine did</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 <p>Thanks to all for the comments.</p> <p>Problem is, I went to the fair with a few cameras to sell, planning to thin out my collection. In the end I came back with twice as many as I took.</p> <p>Yes Mike it's the 35-135 f3.5-4.5. I guess the same optics as the Early AF lens of the same range, which has a very good reputation.</p> <p>Tony I've used similar folders before, I know how good the results can be. Tom, thanks for the advice, I'll try and clean these contacts on the ME Super when I get a minute. John the shutter on the Yashica is gummed up. and the hood has taken a bit of a whack as you can probably see in the picture. I'm hoping to get it usable and post results.</p> <p>By the way I went back to the stall later to but a few more things, and the guy who was charging three pounds had gone. Another dealer had taken over and wanted thirty quid for three more things. I passed.</p> <p>Again thanks for the comments.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maderik Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 <blockquote> <p>I went to the fair with a few cameras to sell, planning to thin out my collection.</p> </blockquote> <p>Yeah, that excuse doesn't work for me anymore with the wife as the same thing always happens (i.e., collection only gets thicker, never thinner.)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_shihanian Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 <p>What's a quid? Some kind of fish he'll take in trade?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 <p>George a"quid" is a slang term for a UK Pound, like calling a dollar a "buck".</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maciek_stankiewicz Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 <p>What a deal! </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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