mike_elek Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 OK, we're nearly six weeks into 2004. How many of you have held true to your promise of "no more cameras!" ...? I might have fallen off the wagon when I bought a really old Ernemann. But I can argue that it really isn't a camera, because it doesn't have a lens, is in really horrible condition, and I only bought it for parts to repair my Miroflex. That Olympus Pen F is a little tougher to explain ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_bedell Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I bought an Ansco Shur Shot (120 box camera) for my girlfriend because it reads "Binghamton, NY"--her home town--clearly on the front of the camera. I fell of the wagon, yes, but it only cost me $5 to do it. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry_rosen Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Only because the someone else at the famous auction site wanted a Yashica YF about $70 more than I did. Saved by the over bidder. Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Ummmm What resolution? I don't remember any resolution or a wagon for that fact. ok I have to go back now that famous auction sight just called me .... *g* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorn ake Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 I don't think you ever have to explain an Olympus Pen camera. Given 4000dpi scanners, I think half frame cameras like that make total sense. Plus you can use them as a fashion accessory when you go to the opera house. Like jewelry they are. I tried to buy a Rolleiflex 2.8 Xenotar, which would have violated resolution #132 on no medium format due to lack of medium format scanner and #2 on no more user quality cameras, but the film advance was stripped "slightly" and the taking lens seemed to have a thumb print in the center of the lens between the elements. Just say no.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs2 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 An Olympus 35ED, a Canonet QL17GIII, and a Retina S1. But nothing since Chinese New Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheryl_smith Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 I admit I went down to a local antique mall with the hopes they would still have a Graflex I had seen a couple of months ago...lucky for my wallet they didn't. Of course, it would have been more fun to lift that camera than lifting weights to keep my arms in shape! However, today I am definitely taking a camera when I go out; practice, practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew in Austin Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 A $42 Ansco Speedex Special "R" fixer upper with a Solinar fitted to Synchro-Compur. I also fell victim to a 532/16 Super Ikonta B, which is also probably going to be another fixer upper. It wasn't my fault. Honest. Best Regards - Andrew in Austin, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm1 Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 So far this year I've bought the two lenses for my Graphics that I promised myself would be the last ones they're ever going to get. Good, I think. Bid on another that made no sense at all, was outbid. Bad/Good. Bought another that makes even less sense. Bad, but its pretty and the price was right. I always was a sucker for cheap trinkets. Culled my macro lenses, have decided which must go. Good. Don't want to give up my 50/3.5 Neupolar anyway. Bad. Haven't tried to sell any of the lenses that must go. In addition to the macro lenses, I have some taking lenses for out-and-about that are surplus to need. Bad. Weather permitting, will visit SKGrimes next week to have much of the maintenance and adapter backlog cleared. Good. If not next week, then when the weather permits. Gotta put the 47/5.6 SA to work. I fear that with respect to acquiring lenses and perhaps cameras, I'm going to be a vile sinner, as usual, this year. Cheers, Dan That 47/5.6 SA came from a Shackman Automatic Dial Recording Camera. Shackman's current owner recently told me that it was made for the Royal Navy. THAT must be why its made of heavy alloy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 No problem for me - I've barely had time to use the cameras I already own. Mostly I've used my Canonet GIII QL17 to photograph my grandmother (who's been in and out of the hospital since November). It's quiet, discrete and she's learned to tolerate with humor the continual presence of a camera. After this roll of Tri-X in the Canonet is done I'll probably start using my Isolette again, maybe with some Delta 3200. But buy more classics? Nah, not anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfophotos Posted February 7, 2004 Share Posted February 7, 2004 Well, I got a nice Lubitel 2 for $10 and a very nice Konica Auto S2 from Cameta Camera for $59- works great, in near mint condition. But, I didn't make any resolutions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_evans4 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 I didn't make any resolution either, so was happy to pick up a Canon "7sZ" (late version of the 7s) for 29 -- oh, right, everyone uses dollars hereabouts, for $273. The first test roll looks fine, and now that I've realized that "H" and "L" refer to sensitivity rather than light [Duh!] I find that even the meter works. Amazingly, I even found a (somewhat grotty) case for it a little later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connealy Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 The real test is how many cameras you are currently tracking in "My eBay". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew in Austin Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Eight, and an enlarger that I have no space available for. Best Regards - Andrew in Austin, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 If you bookmark those ebay URLs on your browser instead of tracking them, does that count as less lustful or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas_green1 Posted February 8, 2004 Share Posted February 8, 2004 Mike, I'm only tracking 7 cameras on ebay at the moment, but around 20 lenses and a half-dozen other accessories. And, BTW, I would never make such a silly resolution that I had no intention of keeping. Possibly, this is why I am single, or vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_goldfarb Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Canon EF body sold. Various 4x5" doodads acquired, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim obrien Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Well, I've done good except for the Kalart Press that just showed up today. And it's my second. And I wasn't going to really buy it. I mean I bid 10 cents over the minimum. I mean, can I help it nobody else knows what one of these is worth and let me have it for a song. I mean, it's in better shape in some respects than the one I already have. And worse in others but then again, that's why you have two, isn't it? Oh hell, wait till the tax check comes in and we'll see about that 531/16. tim in san jose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent1 Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Well, I made no such resolution, but none the less, I haven't bought any more cameras in 2004 (yet). Largely because the three I've been interested in (a Kodak Reflex II, interested for a lens to replace the one whose cell I distorted when I cleaned the shutter in mine, a Ricoh Singlex II, hoping to get one that works while I fix the other two, and a 1930s Zeiss plate camera for the lens/shutter and film pack [to examine the construction]) have gone out of my budget on eBay. Oh, well, never mind -- there'll be more along presently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny_c. Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I have got some "expensive" Rolleiflex TLR accessories and three more RFs of 60's. They are all in my must-have list. I guess my "must-have" is pretty open-end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonight Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Well, I would have picked up that fixer-upper Speedex Special R of Andrew's if he hadn't overpaid for it. As a consolation I picked up a couple of Kodak box cameras, an Instamatic 304 and a Crown Graphic w/90mm Optar, but the year is still very young... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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