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The good news is that a widow gave me a camera bag full of her late husband's equipment. There were 3 lenses and the one I tried out today is a Tokina SD 12-24 (IF) DX

I mounted it on my Canon 70D and shot a few frames on my home from work before it got dark outside.  I shot at 24 mm and then moved it to 12mm but got an error that the lens was not communicating. So I turned off the camera, took the lens off and and turned it back on. That worked but it wont shoot at 12mm. I noticed in the viewfinder the black edges or vignette. I never had a lens this wide and was hoping to get some real estate photos.  The camera in the bag is a Cznon EOS digital rebel XTi. So the question is  Canthis camera and lens work together? 

Thanks. William I am glad it is still active.

What happened to the Forum for equipment buy and sell? I liked to look at what was available. Now it seems to have disappeared. Anyone have any info?

This camera, Argus C3, was part of the plot of the movie I watched last night Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. The movie is set in the 1940s and a reporter named Polly Perkins has this camera and at the end only has two frames of film left so she has to decide to click a photo or wait for something better to shoot.

You got a good deal.  All the features in a small camera: autofocus, auto exposure, auto wind and rewind

Pop up, flash and a zoom lens.

Small, light and functional.

It is absurd how some film cameras outside what have currently caught hipsters attention, tends to have close to no value.

 

I recently got a Nikon F-801(N8008) for free in a box of Nikon accessories. I bought the box because it contained a flash cable and a focusing screen I wanted - and got a fully functional semi-professional camera at no extra charge.

 

Take a look at the original list price of the F-801. And I hear people complaining about the current price of cameras!

currently caught hipsters attention: >>>>> Canon AE-1 and Pentax K1000

How much for the 25B's ?

I am not sure what to ask. What is a fair offer gentleman to gentleman?

I would like to find someone who wants this collection of vintage flash bulbs I acquired while back.

This was part of a huge lot of cameras and photo equipment. Perhaps there are a few special people using the old cameras. Maybe some one wants these not necessarily to use, but to add to a collection of vintage camera equipment. I can pack them very safely and ship to the USA only. Here is the list:

11 Sylvania 40B press (screw mount)

12 Focal/Kmart 5B (bayonet mount)

12 Sylvania 25B press

7 Sylvania M2B

12 Sylvania M3 (5 clear and 7 blue)

4 Sylvania M2B

11 GE M3 B

12 Focal/Kmart M3B

4 No. 5 Westinghouse

6 tiny not sure of the manufacturer

3 Sylvania Flash cubes

This post got me curious about FD lens prices so I checked out KEH (haven'tlooked for a few years). WTH is going on with FD prices??!!? 85mm, f1.8, BL lenses used to go for less than $100. $500 for UG rated lenses? Are the cinematic lens conversions driving the prices?

I think what is driving the prices up is the young hipsters using the vintage lenses on digital cameras via an adaptor. My two cents worth.

Interesting I bought my first Canon camera in 1976 one of the early AE-1's this was while in collage after having been into photography in high school for three years (teacher there was a NIKON snob) In college I hung out with the local Pro who was often hired by the college to do things like shoot photos on big Ornithology field trips. And while his Canon bodies were Black I don't remember ever being jealous of his F-1 I was jealous of his 500mm f4.5L lens. I now have owned every Canon body in the FD line but the T-80 and AL-1 and have Black AE-1p, A1, F1N, T-90 that I shoot with. And I have some AE-1 and AE-1p in Chrome. And its still the lenses that get me going.

I like the Canon cameras, too and have several of them and many FD lenses.

In days of old, a black body camera with brass showing under the black enamel (due to extensive usage) was considered a badge of honor. Nowadays my latest mirrorless camera is made of composite materials and less metal (to save on weight), and are more like appliances than machinery. Unfortunately, the weight savings is very important to my deteriorating spine. I do have a black body A-1 and a reasonably rare black body Canonet.

 

 

Unfortunately both cameras only use chemical based sensors that need to be replaced every 24 or 36 exposures.

film = chemical based sensors LOL

I was able to place 24 cardboard slides in this box. It was sort of a surprise thy fit as nice as can be.

Oh, it's a slide box.

How many cardboard-mount slides can you fit in it?

 

Doesn't look to hold more than a dozen.

 

I'm guessing it was a freebie from a processing company. Wonder how they packed the other 24 slides?

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Have you ever seen such a thing? I got this is a box of misc. I know that Kodachrome and Technicolor are related. The is a box for holding 35mm slides. I thought it was clever to have a Loupe Built-in. Has anyone ever seen one like it?

Made in Germany?

Yes.

About 4 years ago my friend's father passed away leaving a huge collection of cameras and photo equipment. It eventually ended up with me. I kept few nice cameras but I am slowly selling the rest. I have been shooting with 35mm SLR cameras since 1975 but much of this stuff is from before my time. Yesterday, I came across these Kodak No 33 Recomar 9 x 12 cm film holders. There is a No.1, No. 2 and No. 3. They are in a nice little cardboard box. A metal dark slide is also in there and the folded up Kodak instructions. There is also a Kodak ground glass back. Everything is in good condition. I don't have the Recomar camera.

Late model on the K1000. Plastic film spool shaft....

Still great little camera.

 

“Production of the largely hand assembled camera was moved from Japan, first to Hong Kong in 1978 and then to China in 1990, to keep labor costs down. The "Asahi" name and "AOCo" logo was removed from the pentaprism cover to de-emphasize the company name in keeping with the rest of the "Pentax" line. The meter components changed as Asahi Optical searched for suitable supplies. The metal in the wind shaft was downgraded from steel. Cheaper plastic was substituted for the originally satin-chomed brass top and bottom plates and aluminum and steel film rewind assembly.[8] Note that the use of lighter plastic lowered the weight of the Chinese-assembled K1000s to 525 g.”

I have several vintage Japanese 35mm SLR cameras. I noticed a sticker on the bottom of a Pentax K1000 that says: assembled in Hong Kong. I have a few Spotmatics and some say Honeywell and some say ASAHI Pentax.

What is the timeline of the Pentax cameras? I know the Spotmatics were very popular starting in about 1965. I know the K1000 was produced for a very long run right up to the time digital cameras were taking the marketshare away from film cameras. Who can shed some light on the topic?

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The original owner was an accumulator TRUE

Thanks for the information.The man who owned all this photographic equipment lost his wife about 10 years earlier and he set about acquiring all sorts of gear. When he died the sons cleaned out the house and found 30,000 books, and around 80 cameras. I bought the entire set of photographic equipment. Many of the items had a basement mildew smell.

I sold some of it. There was one Leica (a beat up iiic) a Kodak Medalist. Those I sold. He had loads of Kodak cameras including old folding cameras and Kodak Retinas and attachment for them. Some things I want to keep, such as a Ricoh Diacord TLR. I sold a Speed Graphic camera from this collection last summer. Now, it seems that these lens were part of that outfit. So if I want to keep one of these I will have to go buy a 4x5 camera to mount it on. That would be a great adventure to get into. That is interesting that if I want to sell them the lenses and boards separately. Thanks again for the info.