stuart_pratt Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 The man who owned 3,000 cameras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Farrell Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I knew what this was about without reading it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Like Topsy, it's not so much a "collection" as it "I spect I grow'd." Still, Gene M., of fond memory, (Found Films [bTW, not secure]) did wonders with such things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I did a google search to see if I could find Some photos he took with those cameras. Couldn’t find a one. Bummer. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Yeah, Gene was one of a kind, helping out people who discovered long past undeveloped films in their cameras, and printing the results here. His wry commentary was a riot. I lost track of him several years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 The man who owned 3,000 cameras The pictures remind me of Central Camera in Chicago before it was burned down in the recent riots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 If I ever get to deliberately collect even one Instamatic, Lubitel or box Brownie, I'll know it's time to get therapy! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I think they will all become valuable or at least of interest but it will take another 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I have an Instamatic 100 and need to get an Instamatic 25. Important cameras to me. Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Helmke Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I don’t know Joe, I have three of the X Instamatics, the X-15 was my first camera as a kid. I picked up a few earlier Instamatics as well and a few even earlier than that. Then there’s those damn Nikons......:D Rick H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 remind me of Central Camera in Chicago in memorium but with hope for the future About Central Camera Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Because he has 3000 cameras I bet he needs some more. Just like when my brother called and told me he bought and paid for a 1987? Honda lawn mover and wanted me to pick it up near my home and I can have it. I told him thanks but if he insist I have to make a 250 miles trip to bring it to him. I told him I have 1 lawn mover and I don't need another one. He has 10 Honda lawn movers so he can use another just like I have 42 cameras I can certainly use another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Because he has 3000 cameras I bet he needs some more. Just like when my brother called and told me he bought and paid for a 1987? Honda lawn mover and wanted me to pick it up near my home and I can have it. I told him thanks but if he insist I have to make a 250 miles trip to bring it to him. I told him I have 1 lawn mover and I don't need another one. He has 10 Honda lawn movers so he can use another just like I have 42 cameras I can certainly use another one. I think newer model cameras will have not just phones but an all-important lawn mower attachment. This way, while out mowing the lawn, you can call your spouse and send them pictures of yourself hard at work landscaping. 1 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomspielman Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Because he has 3000 cameras I bet he needs some more. Just like when my brother called and told me he bought and paid for a 1987? Honda lawn mover and wanted me to pick it up near my home and I can have it. I told him thanks but if he insist I have to make a 250 miles trip to bring it to him. I told him I have 1 lawn mover and I don't need another one. He has 10 Honda lawn movers so he can use another just like I have 42 cameras I can certainly use another one. In your brother's defense I believe the '87 version of the Honda lawn mower was the last one that used the traditional mulching attachment before they went to a completely new design. In spite of being rendered obsolete by Honda's move those pre '88 mulchers are still highly sought after by lawn mower enthusiasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Was mulching an actual useful thing? I always believed they designed a mower with no collection bag and tried to sell us on the idea the cut dead grass was good for you lawn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomspielman Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Was mulching an actual useful thing? I always believed they designed a mower with no collection bag and tried to sell us on the idea the cut dead grass was good for you lawn. I don't know. I was just making stuff up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 In your brother's defense I believe the '87 version of the Honda lawn mower was the last one that used the traditional mulching attachment before they went to a completely new design. In spite of being rendered obsolete by Honda's move those pre '88 mulchers are still highly sought after by lawn mower enthusiasts. And i do understand that so I made the trip and brought him the lawn mover just like I would make the trip if he has one of those old cameras that I want. That is why I said you have 10 Honda lawn movers so I understand that you need more and I have 1 Sears lawn mover I wouldn't need another one. Just like he has his Iphone he wouldn't need a 40 year old camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Smith Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Yes but the poor dynamic range of the the Honda '87s is a fatal flaw to the kind of mowing that we professionals simply must have. Robin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmaalex920 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 The man who owned 3,000 cameras He really knew how to install shelves beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmaalex920 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I think newer model cameras will have not just phones but an all-important lawn mower attachment. This way, while out mowing the lawn, you can call your spouse and send them pictures of yourself hard at work landscaping. Naa. Lawnmowers will just have wifi and a screen on the handle. You'll have embedded phones in your head. I have a few instamatics buried somewhere, plus I've a very small small collection of bellows cameras and echta cams as well. I love them. And they look great in my bar area. 10 or 15 of something is a collection, 3000 of something may be called a obsession. I'm still dealing with the fact that a camera I used in the 70's is considered a antique. What's that make me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmaalex920 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Was mulching an actual useful thing? I always believed they designed a mower with no collection bag and tried to sell us on the idea the cut dead grass was good for you lawn. Not well known fact. With the advent of mulching mowers and no bagging cuttings, the backyard composters manufacturers saw a drop of 60% of their gardening accessory market share and litigation is still ongoing against Toro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Battery operated lawn mowers are the way to go. Would you drive your car from behind the exhaust pipe? Buy a gasoline powered camera? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigmaalex920 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Cheapest and most healthy are eight bladed manual push mowers. But based on that logic, we need to go back to brownies and stop buying batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Cheapest and most healthy Or a gardener. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Cheapest and most healthy I find it cheapest to pay a neighbor kid to mow my lawn with her parents mower. And it's good for her health. This way I don't need to buy my own mower and can spend the savings on old cameras that I will never use but look great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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