• Foskitopanorama_fish_eye
    284 posts
    2 years ago

    My 2 oldest film cameras and my oldest digital.

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    Screenshot 2023-05-15 at 22.07.03.png

    PNG, 2.2 MB, uploaded by Foskito 2 years ago.

  • TomAxfordpanorama_fish_eye
    561 posts
    2 years ago

    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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  • Maobylens
    1574 posts
    2 years ago
  • 1737 posts
    2 years ago

    Three PC connectors. One for FP synch, I'm guessing. One for X synch. What's the other one for?

  • davesurreypanorama_fish_eye
    72 posts
    2 years ago
  • Maobylens
    1574 posts
    2 years ago
  • grsnovipanorama_fish_eye
    81 posts
    2 years ago

    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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    film cameras.jpg

    JPG, 162.3 KB, uploaded by grsnovi 2 years ago.

  • simplejoyhelp_outline
    1662 posts
    2 years ago

    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:

    Ihagee Exa II

    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.

  • petrochemistpanorama_fish_eye
    208 posts
    2 years ago

    That's my usual reason :)

  • Maobylens
    1574 posts
    2 years ago

    You should open a thread and introduce us to his lenses (with photos) 😃

  • Maobylens
    1574 posts
    2 years ago
  • simplejoyhelp_outline
    1662 posts
    2 years ago

    I will try to mention a couple of the oldest ones in the thread I mentioned:

    What are your oldest lenses?

    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 😂)

  • Maobylens
    1574 posts
    2 years ago

    Thank you very much for the info. 👍

  • Ceistinnepanorama_fish_eye
    13 posts
    2 years ago

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    Kodak from around 1913

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    JPG, 11.0 MB, uploaded by Ceistinne 2 years ago.

  • aenoetherpanorama_fish_eye
    36 posts
    2 years ago

    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)
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    Kodak Folding Brownie six-20 by Analog Diaries, on Flickr

    Here'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
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    Hit camera with film (Caffenol) by Analog Diaries, on Flickr

  • Maobylens
    1574 posts
    2 years ago

    The advantage of this small Hit 16 mm is that they don't take up much space on a shelf.

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    Hit
    by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

  • Maobylens
    1574 posts
    2 years ago
  • chdpanorama_fish_eye
    49 posts
    2 years ago

    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.