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Or we can just believe it works, and press the shutter.

And I thought HOT cameras only came out of the back of seedy cars

My personal favorites are the C4's. They look more like cameras that "bricks". But whatever floats your boat. I'm in the process now of converting one of my basket ccase C4's to a digital camera. Guts transplant.

I think the authorities should catch a few of these scum suckers, and execute them. Or better yet, auction the oppurtunity to pull the switch at their execution.

To answer your question of how they work, they "fold" the light path using mirrors to reflect the light to the button in the center, which has a mirror on the backside, and send it on to the film plane. That causes the donut shaped highlight.

It has been my experience that you can get a 500mm or 1000mm T mount lens for about the same price, if not less. They're bigger but also better.

Aliens, definitely Aliens. They loved her camera!!

Todd,

James hit the nail on the head. This can be a black hole that you just throw money down. Been there, done that, and I would do it over again.

Great fun even though you really don't get the use out of every camera.

HAVE FUN!!

Announced on CNet today

 

They said all but 2 cameras and all lenses for film cameras will bee

phased out

I just read a piece on CNet news that Nikon will phase our production

of most of its film cameras, and all lenses for them.

 

Although I use Digital, I'm startled by the rapid demise of film and

film cameras.

 

How long before Kodak announces there will be no more film made?

I know you have probably tried everything, but at the risk of being redundant, before you ship it off for repair, make sure that you put a cheap roll of film in it and try to wind the knobs. Some cameras will only cock the shutters if film is moving the winding gears.

The simplest is the stereo bar, using a single camera. There are a lot of very inexpensive attachments, some good, some not so good, but still fun, and they usually come with a viewer.

If you read up on it, you can view stereo without a viewer, by tricking the eyes to view each of the pair separately. The effect is there, but not as stable as a viewer.

Last I heard, AGFA was a part of Bayer, the drug conglomerate. i can see the chapter 11 though, as their stuff just never cought on here.

And then the bowling ball runs down the ramp. It runs over the dog's tail, dog barks.

That scares the cat, who jumps onto the scratching post. The post tips over, hitting the broom handle on the way.

The broom handle falls down the stairs, bumping all the way---and on and on and on-You get the picture Rube.

Good Job, but What's a darkroom??

Did you do that with an axe or a sawzall?

Unless the 3 quid is grocery money, and means the kids go to bed without dinner, I'd get it now.

They are decent performers, and easy to work on.

ENJOY!!

I just picked up a Konica Minolta Dimage z10 from my local Walmart

for $50 (display model) Does anyone have first hand experience with

the camera? Is it a good picture taker?

I hope the Slutskova sisters visit a museum in my area.

I was reading Cnet news just a min ago, and as I was reading this

article, I thought how apropros it is for the members of this forum.

I hope the link works, this is the first time I've done this, but

here goes

 

 

http://news.com.com/Which+camera+does+this+pro+use+It+depends/2100-

1040_3-5740556.html?tag=nefd.top

 

Hope you enjoy

Wasn't the old 126 a 24x24mm square?? If so, they had some upscale SLR's with interchangeable lenses. Rollei for one, and I am positive there were others, although I can't name them.

Amazing shots. What was more amazing to me was the time line caption on the photo of the camera. 1939 to 1966!!!!??

Was it really in production through 1966. By that time, surely Japanese and German cameras had far more features. I don't doubt your information, I'm just amazed at the length of time it was in production.

Georgia,

I would recommend any camera that uses the K mount system. There are lots of them, from the small Pentax ME to larger Ricoh's, Sears, etc, etc. K mount lenses are a dime a dozen, in any focal length, and the quality is usually good.

 

That said, I noticeed a post about using the old Miranda system. I have a Autosensorex EE with 50mm. I don't know if it is operational, but cosmetically it is in good shape. It can be had for the price of postage, plus $10 for packing, etc. That should put the cost of the whole thing $20 or less anywheree in the US. I wouldn't invest in a lot of lenses for this as it is a dead end system, but if you want it, email me.

I've never used one of those, but it has a vague resemblance to some Kodak cameras of that vintage, and I know Kodak has a relationship with Schnieder. Could there be a Kodak variant of this?

 

Regardless, it is a beautiful machine. It looks tiny, perhaps the siize of a Bolsey. Too bad there weren't some standard way of showing scale in equipment photos

 

Good luck with it

If anyone is interested, these were also sold under the Warner name, and Graflex Norita, and I believe they were also badged as Singer at one time. I owned several but only had Noritas, and can vouch for the sturdiness and absolute tack sharp lenses.

 

For their size, they were quite easy to handle.

My exact thought as I was looking at the three pics was----Forget the brats, I want a picture of MOMMY!! I guess that was covered sufficiently, but had to get my 2 cents in. Great pics

it switches from x synch (electronic flash) to M synch (old flash bulbs). Flash bukbs had a slight delay before the burning filament reached full brightness, so the shutter opened a few milliseconds after the button was pushed.