On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:39:26 -0500, David Chang-Sang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had given some thought to this.. and what with the "impending death of > film" *snort*.. I thought it woudl be "neat" to collect some film cameras > that I have used or enjoyed using in the past and displaying them as > suggested many times over on the list.. in a cabinet. > > I have, currently, what I consider to be 4 "classic" cameras that can all > still be used with film. My Canonet QL 17 GIII, Olympus XA, Contax T2, and > the K1000 - all in relatively "good" condition and quite useable. > > I was wondering if anyone else has thought of this or done it and if so.. > what have you got waiting to be, or being, displayed at your place? > > Curious as always, > Dave
Before I moved to my current location, I had displayed my father's old Yashica A tlr (shutter's pooched), and old Voigtlander Vito II (35mm, f2.8 50mm lens, scale focusing - no rangefinder) and a Minolta 16mm "spy camera" - I think it was a 16II - for which I can't find a cassette to wind with 16mm film. So, those three were sitting atop an old 1940's vintage RCA radio - still works, but I don't use it so as not to vapourize what looks like a very dry speaker cone. The radio cabinet is huge, like around 4 feet high - it's like an art deco piece of furniture. What else could I display? I guess my Yashica Electro 35, a couple of Minolta HiMatic F's that I never use. My old worn brassed black Spotmatic SP whose shutter is either gone or needs a good CLA. I still use my other two Spotties and my Yashica Mat, along with the MX, LX and Leica CL, so even though the newest of my users is about 20 years old and the oldes is 45, they're not ready to put on the shelf yet. As to where I'll display them - haven't decided yet. Probably not until I get my own place anyway (I'm sharing a house now). cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
