Sire, the rabble are clamoring for camera porn!

[rick_drawbridge]

<p>Another new arrival, definitely not exquisite but kind of interesting. The Dutch Venaret.</p><div></div>

[ridinhome]

<p>A not very good group shot of all my toys...</p><div></div>

[james_kennedy9]

<p>For those of you with sharp eyes, the camera I identified as a IIIc screwmount is really a IIIf. </p>

[ridinhome]

<p><strong>Les</strong> - As you can see I have a full house. I'll see your bellows and raise you three Canons, one Konica, one Spotmatic and assorted lenses and flashes.</p>

[rick_drawbridge]

<p><strong>Les</strong>, that's actually a very <em>old</em> Portra 400 NC pack I had in the cupboard full of miscellaneous film spools. I see the expiry date is September 2005, so it's been around for a while!</p>

[Andy Collins]

<p><strong>Sadanand</strong>, thanks! The more I use it the more I appreciate its rugged but elegant simplicity.</p>

[rod_larson]

<p>A lot of really cool cameras. I'll raise with three Retinas and two Exaktas.</p>

<p>Thats almost unfair, Rick. You seem to have a lot of cameras in your part of the world that<br>

were never heard of in this hemishpere. I'll bet it will be a lot of fun to use.</p><div></div>

[marc_bergman1]

<p>"the expiry date is September 2005, so it's been around for a while!"</p>

<p>Rick,</p>

<p>That is practically new!</p>

<p>The expiry date on my Super-XX is 1945.</p>

<p>It is amazing what you can find on Ebay.</p>

[rogerwb]

<p>OK, I'll play. Posted this awhile back, also entitiled "Full House". </p><div></div>

[dan_b.4]

<p>That's a nice OM-4, Mr. Collins. The gear god is punishing me for selling my OM-4T about 28 months ago. It's the only thing I've ever regretted selling, and the two I've bought since have both turned out to be defective, and I've had to send them back for refunds.</p>

[ridinhome]

<p><strong>Roger</strong> - I fold.</p>

[Andy Collins]

<p>Thanks, <strong>Dan</strong>. I like this camera a lot and fortunately it works beautifully. If it ever ceased to work properly, it's worth paying the money to have it fully serviced and repaired. I don't think I'll let go of this one.</p>

[james_kennedy9]

<p>I enjoyed the spirit in which responses were made and of course the photos of all of these beloved gems.</p>

<p>I am 74 and hope my gear finds loving homes. My wife will be glad to be rid of them. Whenever I extol the virtues of these devices, her eyes glaze over, but she produces great photos on her Canon Powershot A620 which I selected for her about 5 years ago, which is eons in the world of digital.</p>

[rod_larson]

<p>Roger, technically wouldn't that be 5 of a kind? Anyway, i'm out.</p>

[rod_larson]

<p>Time to get back to some camera porn. Here is the camera I am most likely to take on a trip<br>

or outing, an Ansco Regent/Agfa Solinette. Nothing fancy about it. Just a simple folding<br>

view camera that takes very good photos and is a joy to use. It is one of my favorites.</p><div></div>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Sorry Roger, your twin lens reflex cameras may fill a house but <em>this</em> Reflex is Master!</p><div></div>

[paul_goutiere]

<p>Super Ikonta C, uncoated with a slide ruler and a light meter......none of which use batteries.<br>

<img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa19/literiter/CameraslideruleandMeter.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[paul_goutiere]

<p>Same "Super C" loaded with film and sitting on a Lafuma pack.<br>

<img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa19/literiter/Super-Ikonta-C-web.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

[paul_goutiere]

<p>Super Ikonta B (MX). Perhaps the most portable MF camera I own of this vintage. It is very reliable, the frame spacing is acceptable (not perfect) and the shutter is right on.<br>

Not a bad looking thing either!<br>

<img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa19/literiter/Super-Ikonta-B-web.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

[JDMvW]

<p>OK, throw old folders in, huh?</p>

<p>Here is one of the very earliest Ercona I cameras, the actual camera is a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta C (521/2), but being made by the early Soviet Occupied Zone Zeiss at Dresden. The first post-war production was still marked as Zeiss Ikon Ikonta C. (post on this one at http://www.photo.net/classic-cameras-forum/00RdUU)</p><div></div>

[dennis_w3]

<p>Here's my little Ikonta 6 X 4.5. Light, tiny, pocketable, and that Compur Rapid is spot on!</p>

[dennis_w3]

<p>Whoops, sorry, here's that Ikonta.<br>

<img id="fullSizedImage" src="http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww53/Barharbor/ikonta.jpg?t=1288381264" alt="ikonta.jpg picture by Barharbor" /></p>

[james_kennedy9]

<p>Paul, it is a pleasure seeing that four byte computational device. Looks like a K&E. Somewhere in my garage is a Post Versalog 12 inch slide rule made of Hemmi bamboo, among the 3000 video tapes, 50 years of National Geographic and Playboy (for the articles, of course). The slide rule got me through 4 years of college to get a BS in mechanical engineering and two masters from MIT. Or was it my sly drool that helped? The beauty of the slide rule is that you had to make sure that you put the decimal point in the right spot, as opposed to relying on mechanical or electronic calculuator with their phony 10 digit accuracy. I wonder what $25 1954 dollars for the slide reule would be in today's dollars.</p>

<p>The paint on the hinge of your Super Ikonta B is in much better shape than mine. Is yours displaying Zeiss bumps on the back side? Mine has about 6. But other than that, my 532/16 is a thing of beauty.</p>

[Andy Collins]

<p>Here's one I really like a lot, the Minolta Hi-Matic 7SII, a premium rangefinder. The lens on this camera is just superb and it allows me full manual control when I want it.</p><div></div>

[Andy Collins]

<p>Here's another, a gorgeous rangefinder from Konica, the Konica II. I love to just look at this camera because I think it's an elegant design. It's got a roll of film in it that's half finished and as soon as it's full I'll post some pics from it.</p><div></div>