Vintage film cameras

[johnnyrod]

Nice pics Kenzie, often not easy to get the could detail in. I've still got my eye on a Mamiya Six, it didn't sell and now relisted, but the bellows have been repaired and there was no interest last time. SP of £30, I checked and they are still mainly going for over £100.

[Kenzie]

Are you going to take a punt on it? Going to Caister Castle on Wednesday on the bikes. Its got a motor museum there so I may take the MX with the wide angle Zeiss.

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[johnnyrod]

I don't know, I think so!

[yokohama]

I like closure and reasons. I figured out why the Pentax wouldn't work and something I hadn't picked up on before. Batteries. The previous owner had used AG12s; supposedly LR44 equivalents but not the same size.
LR44 on the outside; AG12 in the middle. Right width and power but not enough depth in the battery box to trigger the contacts.
Maybe something to be aware of when electrics won't work.

[Kenzie]

That's why the foil worked then. Took up the slack.

[yokohama]

Yep. The bigger LR44s don't need the foil.
I checked the Pentax batteries (AG12) first in a Minolta and they worked fine so I thought there was nothing wrong with them. Didn't realise the problem was size.
It's saved me from binning a perfectly good camera.

[Kenzie]

Always best to start with the simple things before diving in. I'm guilty of that and made a lot of work for myself. Got a spares Trip 35 coming which has 666 in the serial number.

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[johnnyrod]

AG12 is an LR43 equivalent, for LR44 you need an AG13. Glad you figured it out though

[Kenzie]

Been out and about again today. Charity shops have proved fruitless so popped into an antiques centre. Found a Vivitar Series 1, 35-80 f2.8 and a Seagull tlr.

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[yokohama]

Good find. Another Seagull. How come I can never find any in their homeland?
I was in my local camera shop yesterday and they had a Minolta himatic 7sii. Nice compact size, similar to the Oly35rc and a much better lens, viewfinder and rangefinder patch. I almost bought it but the light meter/auto mode wasn't working properly.