Vintage Bikes, Photos, Cameras
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Vintage Bikes, Photos, Cameras
Looking at various threads made me a bit teary eyed for my film camera days. I started with a Kodak Brownie from my dad. He had a Crown Graphic 4x5 camera, Beseler cold head enlarger, Edixa Reflex SLR with a Schneider Kruznach lens that made phenomenal slides when paired with Kodachrome. Warm wonderful hues. So much fun doing home developing. And now, what to do with my stuff? I have three of my favorite cameras still on hand but aside from B+W film, slide film is now crazy expensive. For fun it would be cool to see people's vintage optics, and maybe some pics of people on their brand new Varsity or some other such stuff. My folks swear they have a picture of me in the bushes near our house, the approved method of stopping the bike when learning to ride: Crash into a soft shrub!
Minolta Easy Flash HiMatic 9 rangefinder, Canon AE1 with autowinder(great for sports/concerts) and Nikon FM2, my last gasp of 35mm
Minolta Easy Flash HiMatic 9 rangefinder, Canon AE1 with autowinder(great for sports/concerts) and Nikon FM2, my last gasp of 35mm
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No photos but a while back I threw out () my 35mm Argus C3, and my Minolta 16QT which I bought specifically to carry while cycling. But I rarely took any photos; still the case today.
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Pen FT2.
80 shots on a roll, the local chemist would print two on a 4x6 and I'd pick the good ones for enlargements/panoramas.
I don't mind the initial investments if the running costs are cheap.
80 shots on a roll, the local chemist would print two on a 4x6 and I'd pick the good ones for enlargements/panoramas.
I don't mind the initial investments if the running costs are cheap.
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All of it packed in the original boxes in a 12 gal plastic box. Batteries removed of course.
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All of it packed in the original boxes in a 12 gal plastic box. Batteries removed of course.
I'm Back Film - I'm Back® digital back (imback.eu)
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Here's what's left of my old 35mm stuff. Relegated to a shelf in my china cabinet. As you can see, I loved the Canon EF. I think it was one of the best 35mm cameras made.
As far as old photos:
My beginning as a cyclist.
And my first real road bike, 1982 Guerciotti. I can't believe it'll be 40 years since my then girlfriend took that pic:
As far as old photos:
My beginning as a cyclist.
And my first real road bike, 1982 Guerciotti. I can't believe it'll be 40 years since my then girlfriend took that pic:
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I am so basic.
my camera is a Canon T90
Luigi Colani influenced.
styling.
my camera is a Canon T90
Luigi Colani influenced.
styling.
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I went with Konica. It was shutter priority in AE mode, model was Autoreflex TC. Accessory lenses were sparse because of the added linkage for the aperture. I bought another one later too after the TC had problems triggering the flash. Fun stuff back then.
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I rue the day I sold my Canon FTb. Best camera I ever owned, better than my Nikon. I regret never buying a Canonet QL. Poor man’s Leica. You will really like that camera.
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very interesting film. B+W slide shows? Has anyone used this type of film? It would be really good for vintage bike rides, as you could scan the slide to print if needed
very interesting film. B+W slide shows? Has anyone used this type of film? It would be really good for vintage bike rides, as you could scan the slide to print if needed
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I recently became a convert to digital. I don't have pictures of my gear, but I use a Sony nex-6 and Olympus OM lenses adapted to it. All the convenience of digital, while still getting a lot of the feel of analog.
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I stopped at a barn that was selling pumpkins for Halloween, the owner also had a lot of antiques and objects in the barn that were for sale. This Leica was on a shelf with some other old cameras and junk and he said he wanted $30 for it. I asked him if he would take $20 and he said okay. I think the camera is from 1939, and the lens is a rare WWII aluminum Zeiss f1.5 Sonnar in Leica thread mount. I put a roll of film in it and it worked fine
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I picked up a used Kodak "Motormatic" camera at a local second-hand shop which had film in it. I gave the film to a local developer and scanned the negatives which look to have been shot in the 70s. One of the frames had this old road-bike in it;
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P8231682 on Flickr
All of it packed in the original boxes in a 12 gal plastic box. Batteries removed of course.
I'm Back Film - I'm Back® digital back (imback.eu)
P8231682 on Flickr
All of it packed in the original boxes in a 12 gal plastic box. Batteries removed of course.
I'm Back Film - I'm Back® digital back (imback.eu)
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This came in a box of photo equipment I won in an estate auction last weekend. I bid because of the included Minolta MD 500mm mirror reflex included in the pile. Have no idea how this thing works, but looks pretty cool! The 500mm will be put to use spying on the local bird population!
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I stopped at a barn that was selling pumpkins for Halloween, the owner also had a lot of antiques and objects in the barn that were for sale. This Leica was on a shelf with some other old cameras and junk and he said he wanted $30 for it. I asked him if he would take $20 and he said okay. I think the camera is from 1939, and the lens is a rare WWII aluminum Zeiss f1.5 Sonnar in Leica thread mount. I put a roll of film in it and it worked fine
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I used to carry an Olympus XA in my jersey pocket. I had bought it at a rummage sale for $1. I stopped shooting film when I could no longer drop off it at the local pharmacy for processing. I had acquired quite a few 35 mm cameras and had shot at least one roll through all of the working ones. There were several that I got in non-working condition and was able to repair. As with bikes, I gravitated toward models that I found interesting versus rare collectables.
Kowa seT leaf shutter SLR. One of the shutter leaves had gotten dislodged, so I had to go in through the front to repair it. The lens is not removable like normal SLR cameras, I had to take each element out to get to the shutter.
B-A Auto EE rangefinder. B-A was a mail order electronics catalog similar to Radio Shack.
1937 Minolta TLR. This one shoots 120 film. The silver had come off the viewfinder mirror, so I cut a replacement mirror from a broken Polaroid camera
Kowa seT leaf shutter SLR. One of the shutter leaves had gotten dislodged, so I had to go in through the front to repair it. The lens is not removable like normal SLR cameras, I had to take each element out to get to the shutter.
B-A Auto EE rangefinder. B-A was a mail order electronics catalog similar to Radio Shack.
1937 Minolta TLR. This one shoots 120 film. The silver had come off the viewfinder mirror, so I cut a replacement mirror from a broken Polaroid camera
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I inherited the family camera museum + photo archive a few years back:
Didn't really help me though I've used Canon since the days of slide film.
Started with an Olympus XA2 in about 1980 though - great little camera and almost indestructable.
Currently using Canon 7D (mk1) + Canon f2.8 100mm macro / Canon f4L 70-200mm / Canon f1.8 50mm / Canon 20-35mm
I'm considering using an interval timer and tripod to try some 'action' photography: have a look at
Didn't really help me though I've used Canon since the days of slide film.
Started with an Olympus XA2 in about 1980 though - great little camera and almost indestructable.
Currently using Canon 7D (mk1) + Canon f2.8 100mm macro / Canon f4L 70-200mm / Canon f1.8 50mm / Canon 20-35mm
I'm considering using an interval timer and tripod to try some 'action' photography: have a look at
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/13/a-new-start-after-60-i-was-a-globetrotting-photographer-then-i-stayed-home-and-my-world-expanded
Image Gallery - Travels At Home
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If you spend time poking around sooner or later you find everything. This is the third Leica I have found through thrift for under $30. I like it's history, and I am glad it has the Zeiss Sonnar because it was probably the best 35mm lens available back in WWII, and the Zeiss equipment now is a much better deal than Leica. Leica equipment is not worth current asking prices on the open market because they have been latched onto by young collectors. You can get a nice Zeiss contax with a top-tier lens for a few hundred dollars, throw in the cost of repair and still have a small fraction in it compared to it's Leica counterpart;
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My wife used film and a fairly upscale SLR camera for many years, including shooting 17 rolls during our 3-week Europe trip, but converted to digital (Nikon D-80) about 15 years ago, and never looked back.
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When I converted to digital this was state of the art (September 1998):
Fuji MX-700 with a massive 1280 x 1024 sensor.
Even so it was a lot of fun down the pub.
Fuji MX-700 with a massive 1280 x 1024 sensor.
Even so it was a lot of fun down the pub.
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I have used these cameras, which, along with the binoculars, were my grandfathers (that's him with one camera and the binoculars in the 1920s in the photo). It was fun to take large negative black and white photos, but film access issues and lack of a darkroom means that for many years they've been sitting in this bookshelf.