Vintage film cameras - Page 414 - SV650.org

admin · 16-09-17, 03:44 PM

Very nice. Bargain too

Kenzie · 16-09-17, 04:05 PM

Oh yes, won't be wearing that 80-200 though. I have dug out a Miida 135mm f2.8 for the moment until I can find something else for it. There was also a Minox 35 but I didn't think to ask them to bid.

yokohama · 16-09-17, 08:34 PM

Absolute bargain on the X700. It looks good. I have mine out here with me.

johnnyrod · 16-09-17, 08:49 PM

Does indeed look like a great bag! Speaking of which, check this out
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOB-LOT-vi...s/182766972200
Very beaten up Contax II, TBH you'd only sell it as a beater rather than have hopes for it, but two different and interesting Olympii, an OM2n and another (unknown). I watched it first but I've got way too much to do to worry about this (and once I realised the truth about the Contax). Maybe of interest.

Dug out my Contessamatic again, it actually looks quite good, busted meter still wants thinking about, and the bizarre vomit smell is still there, but it would be nice to get it going. Only a week until Spain now, need to check the Esnign again and put a film in it. I'm going to miss the end of this month's photo comp, some really good entries!

Kenzie · 16-09-17, 09:03 PM

It's an OM1. Would love a single digit OM but they are always just out of reach. So it will be just Admin and I left then?

johnnyrod · 16-09-17, 09:12 PM

You can hold the fort! I don't know how much an OMx goes for but weigh it all up, what it is, what you would keep, what you could sell to cover it.

yokohama · 16-09-17, 11:49 PM

I think with an OM 1 or 2, unless you fall really lucky, it's a matter of biting the bullet and paying the price if you really want one and will use it. Or like in Johnny's link, get one in a bundle and sell off the other bots to recoup some of the costs.
I should be online a bit more often this year. Am in a different apartment with better internet and I've got a vpn set up on the laptop. I'll try to take more photos this year, analogue and digital. Have the Ricoh 500 with a b&w film to go in my pocket and the X700 with a 45mm pancake and the Tamron AD2 35-135..
Body is messed up at the moment. 7 hours ahead and I've been awake since 4am. Down for an early breakfast at 6am.

Kenzie · 17-09-17, 07:31 AM

4am our time? It's half 8 in the morning here now so must be half 3 in the afternoon by now. Can't wait to see the shots as they were brilliant last time.

Kenzie · 17-09-17, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yokohama

Absolute bargain on the X700. It looks good. I have mine out here with me.

It's a shame I can't swap over the top plate as the new one has brassing and some bubbling of the paint.

yokohama · 17-09-17, 08:19 AM

Swapping the top plate would be quite a test of soldering skills. I hope the capacitors in mine behave for the next 3 months. That being said, it might be cheap to get it fixed here.
After the stress of trying to get a sim card, I'm currently enjoying a pint of locally brewed IPA.

16-09-17, 03:44 PM	#4131
admin John T Mega Poster Join Date: May 2003 Location: Shrewsbury, Shrops, UK Posts: 2,492	Re: Vintage film cameras Very nice. Bargain too __________________ Admin for this forum and the main site. John@sv650.org

16-09-17, 04:05 PM	#4132
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras Oh yes, won't be wearing that 80-200 though. I have dug out a Miida 135mm f2.8 for the moment until I can find something else for it. There was also a Minox 35 but I didn't think to ask them to bid. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

16-09-17, 08:34 PM	#4133
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras Absolute bargain on the X700. It looks good. I have mine out here with me.

16-09-17, 08:49 PM	#4134
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	Re: Vintage film cameras Does indeed look like a great bag! Speaking of which, check this out http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOB-LOT-vi...s/182766972200 Very beaten up Contax II, TBH you'd only sell it as a beater rather than have hopes for it, but two different and interesting Olympii, an OM2n and another (unknown). I watched it first but I've got way too much to do to worry about this (and once I realised the truth about the Contax). Maybe of interest. Dug out my Contessamatic again, it actually looks quite good, busted meter still wants thinking about, and the bizarre vomit smell is still there, but it would be nice to get it going. Only a week until Spain now, need to check the Esnign again and put a film in it. I'm going to miss the end of this month's photo comp, some really good entries!

16-09-17, 09:03 PM	#4135
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras It's an OM1. Would love a single digit OM but they are always just out of reach. So it will be just Admin and I left then? __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

16-09-17, 09:12 PM	#4136
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	Re: Vintage film cameras You can hold the fort! I don't know how much an OMx goes for but weigh it all up, what it is, what you would keep, what you could sell to cover it.

16-09-17, 11:49 PM	#4137
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras I think with an OM 1 or 2, unless you fall really lucky, it's a matter of biting the bullet and paying the price if you really want one and will use it. Or like in Johnny's link, get one in a bundle and sell off the other bots to recoup some of the costs. I should be online a bit more often this year. Am in a different apartment with better internet and I've got a vpn set up on the laptop. I'll try to take more photos this year, analogue and digital. Have the Ricoh 500 with a b&w film to go in my pocket and the X700 with a 45mm pancake and the Tamron AD2 35-135.. Body is messed up at the moment. 7 hours ahead and I've been awake since 4am. Down for an early breakfast at 6am.

17-09-17, 07:31 AM	#4138
Kenzie Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Posts: 818	Re: Vintage film cameras 4am our time? It's half 8 in the morning here now so must be half 3 in the afternoon by now. Can't wait to see the shots as they were brilliant last time. __________________ Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/39887875@N06/

17-09-17, 08:19 AM	#4140
yokohama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 284	Re: Vintage film cameras Swapping the top plate would be quite a test of soldering skills. I hope the capacitors in mine behave for the next 3 months. That being said, it might be cheap to get it fixed here. After the stress of trying to get a sim card, I'm currently enjoying a pint of locally brewed IPA.

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