My 2 oldest film cameras and my oldest digital.
May 14, 2023
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That Exakta was my main camera for 20 years. I never realised at the time that it was "left-handed", it seemed perfectly natural to me (I hadn't used anything different).
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Other cameras like this….
Exakta VX IIA (1957) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr -
Three PC connectors. One for FP synch, I'm guessing. One for X synch. What's the other one for?
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M "flash bulbs"
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Review: Ihagee Exakta Varex IIa (VX IIa) 135 (35mm) Film Camera
beyondtheaperture.com/2021/05/review-ihagee-exakta-varex-iia-vx-iia-135-35mm-film-camera/
See: The Other Weirdness
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These are recently purchased versions of the two cameras that I learned on. The Voigtländer was a loaner and after I returned it I purchased the FTb (circa 1972).
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I don't own any really old cameras, but I got a somewhat old one because I wanted the lens on it...
I just looked it up, so I hope the information is correct... it seems to be an Ihagee EXA II from the early 1960s:
Interesting topic by the way - I created a similar one about the oldest lenses in the Adapted lens talk section and linked to this one, because I suspect there might be some overlap.
The image above was shot with a 100 year old Voigtländer Heliar lens.
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That's my usual reason :)
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You should open a thread and introduce us to his lenses (with photos) 😃
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Another old camera that I like is the
No.1a Folding Pocket model C (1907-09)
No.1a Folding Pocket model C (1907-09) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr -
I will try to mention a couple of the oldest ones in the thread I mentioned:
Given your incredible collection I hope that you might have some unusual old lenses to share there as well! 👍
And if you're willing to read some more about a couple of my lesser known favorites, you could also take a look at my little article on Agfa enlarging lenses! (But I guess that's for Agfa fans only 😂)
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Thank you very much for the info. 👍
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Kodak from around 1913
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I have quite a few old cameras. Some were given to me by friends and family because they assumed I collect them ... some were purchased off ebay by my partner because he thought they looked cool (and were cheap)
Here's one of those purchases:
Kodak Six-20 Folding Brownie
Manufactured 1937-1940 (according to camerawiki.org)
Kodak Folding Brownie six-20 by Analog Diaries, on FlickrHere's the oldest of the camera's gifted to me (in this case, by my father-in-law)
Hit subminature camera
Possibly from the 1950s or early 60s
Hit camera with film (Caffenol) by Analog Diaries, on Flickr -
The advantage of this small Hit 16 mm is that they don't take up much space on a shelf.
Hit by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr -
Q.R.S. kamra f:5 (1928)
Q.R.S. kamra f:5 (1928) by Marc Aubry, sur FlickrAnother camera that I find interesting
35mm film
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Not old at all by the standards set in previous posts, but still... Pentax K1000. No picture because I loaned it to my niece! It's not super vintage, but it was (and I think still is) a great camera to learn the fundamentals on.
When I was about 10 I had a brownie but it's long gone and I don't think I still have any pictures from it.
