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Vintage film cameras

From the Dump Collection

Since a modest rangefinder has debuted in this thread, you all get to see these.

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my first camera was an Instamatic 104 (not this one). The rightmost is a pre-"Flashcube" Instamatic 100.

I dig this Yashica "Electro 35" rangefinder...

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Those Yashica Electros were very nice glove box cameras. Maybe not the best construction as the lenses on everyone I had felt loose but the exposure system was prettydarn good and you could give a quick picture and know it was going to be pretty close exposure wise.
 
Affordable medium format camera of the 70's - Yashica Mat-124G.

I inherited this one from my uncle.

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The 124G was a good camera. It was a great copy of the Rollei. I had one in the 70's.
Tried to take action pictures at the race track, it was not the best camera for that. My friends laughed when they saw me aiming it sideways but it worked. It got me started in medium format.
 
The 1/2 frame format was introduced to help with the high cost of color film developing for the average consumer. Canon Demi's were some of the nicer ones. Demi being French for "Half"

I owned a real nice FT and a couple of the lenses for a while. One of the quietest SLRs with the side flipping mirror.
 
I've been encouraging my son to look for a YashicaMAT 124G; he wants to fiddle with large(r) format; seems like a fun and cost-effective way to do so (to me). Of course, he wants a Hasselblad...

So, you guys who have/had Yashica Electro35s... what is the vintage of that thing? Must not be too, too old, as it appears to have a CdS photocell rather than selenium.
 
Some beautiful cameras posted! The twin lens Yashica is stunning as are the Nikon F and the Leica. I dig those rangefinders and years ago, I had one of those Yashica rf's too. It took beautiful pictures for a "cheap" camera and I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, it got dropped overboard in Lake Travis and that was the end of it.

Here's an Oly OM-2. I took the hot shoe off (it's a #2) to clean the camera. It seems that I need a #3 to mate with the T20 flash although I have no idea what the difference is. A neat little compact slr.

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I was/am into cameras before getting into the stereo stuff. I amassed about 60 various types. I occasionally see one at the thrift store and buy because I know that a 5 or 10 dollar purchase can be flipped into a $100 or more sometimes on ebay. That then goes to help buy more stereo equipment. :)

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Mark W. said:
The 1/2 frame format was introduced to help with the high cost of color film developing for the average consumer. Canon Demi's were some of the nicer ones. Demi being French for "Half"

I owned a real nice FT and a couple of the lenses for a while. One of the quietest SLRs with the side flipping mirror.
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French huh? Hmmm.....So does that mean that Demi Moore is only Half More? :D
 
124G's are from the 70's. I bought mine new in about '75. They are a good way to get started in 120/220 film.
 
mhardy6647 said:
I've been encouraging my son to look for a YashicaMAT 124G; he wants to fiddle with large(r) format; seems like a fun and cost-effective way to do so (to me). Of course, he wants a Hasselblad...

So, you guys who have/had Yashica Electro35s... what is the vintage of that thing? Must not be too, too old, as it appears to have a CdS photocell rather than selenium.
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The Yashica Electro 35 line which included approx. 13 different rangfinders including at least one in 1/2 frame format. ran from 1966 to 1973 with the 1/2 frame some how predating the full frames in 1965. The models with a Cds cell in 69 from what I can tell looking at the photo's in my book., That would jive pretty good with the Canonets with Cds metering's time frame.

Yashica made TLR's starting in 1954 with the Yashicaflex and running until the 124-G in 1971 (the regular 124 started selling in 1968)
 
Mark the dates I gave were when the camera entered the market I believe the 124-G was made well into the 80's if not beyond.
 
If your son wants to try medium format, there are a lot of good deals out there now. I'd not limit him to the Mat-G. If he wants something really nice, you can get the Bronica ETR 645 systems for cheap. One nice thing about the system is the 35mm back making it a somewhat heavy 35mm camera but one h*ll of a 35mm system. Coupled with a very large group of accessories they can be had for really next to nothing. I have put a lot of 35mm through mine as well as 120 and have never felt constrained or the need to have another 35mm system other than the Minox (until it self destructed a 2x time) and Leica CL. These 35s were my travel and vacation cameras while the Bronica was for the more serious work as well as travel and vacation.

With a couple of 35mm loads he can quickly go from print to slide to b&w to slow film to high speed to 120 and back and forth.

Admittedly, I enjoyed using my Rolleiflexes with the 6x6 format but if I were going to 6x6 today I'd spring for a Hassey though a Mamiya TLR system would also really interest me as I've always liked the idea of the system.
 
Rat44 said:
The 124G was a good camera. It was a great copy of the Rollei. I had one in the 70's.
Tried to take action pictures at the race track, it was not the best camera for that. My friends laughed when they saw me aiming it sideways but it worked. It got me started in medium format.
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My first camera when I was a kid was a Brownie TLR. My Dad wanted me to start out with medium-format since it was less fussy than 35mm.
 
Brian said:
Admittedly, I enjoyed using my Rolleiflexes with the 6x6 format but if I were going to 6x6 today I'd spring for a Hassey though a Mamiya TLR system would also really interest me as I've always liked the idea of the system.
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I always liked Mamiya gear in general for some reason. I lusted after the C330 and the RB67. :)
 
Nice cameras were the medium format Mamiyas (Mamiyae?).

My first SLR was (and still is) a mamiya/sekor 500TL. Guess I should post a photo of that...
 
Once you retrained your mind for the reverse inverted image the tlr is actually really nice for action photography. It does take time.
 
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