I love old cameras. I’ve sold some of the more valuable ones to fund equipment purchases, but I hung on to a 1951 Argus, a 1953 Leica iiif RD with Summicron Collapsible 50/2, a FED of early ‘50s vintage, a few Spotmatics and a Pentax H3V with the shoe mounted meter and various newer Pentax film cameras. I try to use some from time to time.
Paul > On Dec 12, 2021, at 7:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Bob - the 1926 is one of the box type - as I said, unbranded but a search > for similar styles of box camera gave a couple of very close matches. I > suspect that there were multiple variations around the fittings to the > standard box due to supply issues or minor changes to them. > > I just recalled I also have some Spotmatics, an ESII, a KMD and an ME, most > of which work. > > > John in Brisbane > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Pdml <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 13 December 2021 9:58 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Vintage Cameras was: Fulvia ... Almost Home - GDG > > >> On 12 Dec 2021, at 23:42, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Godfrey's mention of his ancient cameras leads me to wonder who else likes >> collecting these engineering beauties? >> I'll start with a Rolleicord from 1955, a Fed 4L from 1969, and of course >> an SV from 1967. Of no great quality, to say the least, I inherited from my >> mother a number of box cameras, some branded as Kodak and others not. One I >> think I have dated to 1926, would still work, and it was made in England! >> >> John in Brisbane > > Most of us are of an age when the cameras we bought new are now vintage… > > What is your 1926 English camera? > > Somewhere in the family we have my father’s camera which he bought used in > 1956 for the Melbourne Olympics - it was twenty years old at the time. An > Agfa of some sort, very difficult to use. My oldest is a 1958 Leica M3. Not > particularly old by Leica standards. After that it’s the MX I bought new in > 1979, which brings me back to the first sentence… > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
