Something new to shoot with! What's yours?

[VinnieBoomBah]

I picked up this vintage gem at a garage sale for $20:

Double stroke? I had one years ago, loved it but bills came due

 

[MikeInOr]

Double stroke? I had one years ago, loved it but bills came due

Single stroke.
I am too spoiled by cameras with a built in exposure meter to really love shooting it.

 

[MikeInOr]

Twenty Bucks? Yoo Suk!

Thanks

I never used an M3, but in the early 90s I hung out with some people popular on the Portland music scene, and I had an M6 that I used for backstage work 'because it looked cool'...

IMHO that is the biggest feature of the Leicas... bragging rights.

At least the M6 had built in exposure metering. The M6 was built for Leica by Minolta. Minolta sold the same M6 range finder body with upgraded electronics as the Minolta CLE. The Minolta CLE uses the same Leica bayonet lens mount. Many photographers that are more worried about taking pictures than bragging about their camera will choose the Minolta CLE over the M6.

But packing a Leica will open doors for you! Packing a Minolta that is better than a Leica... nobody cares. LOL!

On the plus side; I bought it in a pawnshop, and sold it a year later on consignment at Citizen's for $200 more than I paid.

My biggest foray into RF cameras was an original, 1963 Yashica Lynx. I bought it at one of the camera swap meets they used to have at the Expo Center, and was very surprised to notice that it was mounted with the 15mm fisheye. I knew at the time how rare they were, and couldn't make the deal fast enough. I paid $185 for the kit, played with it for a couple of years, and sold the 15mm on eBay for $425 and the body for $150.

It was fun, but I never really missed it after it was gone.

I have never really gotten into the range finder groove either. I always preferred an SLR... or mirrorless these days.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I have never really gotten into the range finder groove.

It has the same energy as EDC'ing a Colt's Official Police revolver in a Berns-Martin "Speed Holster"

 

[gmerkt]

Just a few days ago, I was thinking about the evolution of amateur photography. When I was in Vietnam, I bought a nice Minolta SLR camera in the PX and used that for years. I even shot a wedding once as a favor for a family (pro bono, not even for $99. Later I bought a couple of lesser SLR automatics for my daughters when they were in high school and doing photography. Those cameras are still around here in their moldy cases, but mine is long gone and with it the accessory lenses. So no more film photography for years.

These days, it's almost embarrassing to say but I use a little Olympus SP-320 digital camera. Which now stands out in its own obsolescence, as nearly everyone is using smart phones. My purposes are mostly fast takes for personal commerce like ebay, Gunbroker, etc. It's good enough for that. When I post images here, they are usually from this little thing. I have two of these, The first one which I am using now I got for 49 cents a pound at Goodwill, it had a grit of sand stuck between the lens and the body that prevented telescoping acting (and therefore function) which was easy enough to fix. After I'd used it a while, I decided to buy another on ebay for about $20 (obsolescence can be your friend) so as to keep me from having to learn another camera.

 

[MikeInOr]

Just a few days ago, I was thinking about the evolution of amateur photography. When I was in Vietnam, I bought a nice Minolta SLR camera in the PX and used that for years. I even shot a wedding once as a favor for a family (pro bono, not even for $99. Later I bought a couple of lesser SLR automatics for my daughters when they were in high school and doing photography. Those cameras are still around here in their moldy cases, but mine is long gone and with it the accessory lenses. So no more film photography for years.

These days, it's almost embarrassing to say but I use a little Olympus SP-320 digital camera. Which now stands out in its own obsolescence, as nearly everyone is using smart phones. My purposes are mostly fast takes for personal commerce like ebay, Gunbroker, etc. It's good enough for that. When I post images here, they are usually from this little thing. I have two of these, The first one which I am using now I got for 49 cents a pound at Goodwill, it had a grit of sand stuck between the lens and the body that prevented telescoping acting (and therefore function) which was easy enough to fix. After I'd used it a while, I decided to buy another on ebay for about $20 (obsolescence can be your friend) so as to keep me from having to learn another camera.

Those old compact cameras have become the new cool hot thing with Gen-Z'er (Or what ever the teen generation is now?). No need for more than 7mp just to post on the web. You might be surprised to find your compact has gone up in value. Some of the old compacts have gone up to ridiculous selling prices.

 

[gmerkt]

Those old compact cameras have become the new cool hot thing with Gen-Z'er (Or what ever the teen generation is now?). No need for more than 7mp just to post on the web. You might be surprised to find your compact has gone up in value. Some of the old compacts have gone up to ridiculous selling prices.

Well that's interesting. Because I have several other little cameras that just lately I put in the Value Village donation box. I got tired of seeing them laying around. They pre-date the Olympus. Two are of the sort that have proprietary battery power. Like a Minolta Dimage XL and an Olympus Tough. These both take flat rechargeable batteries. Then there is also a Canon Powershot A1000IS (you've got to love the names of these things), it takes AA batteries. I'll check and see if these have any residual value.

 

[HA556]

I got a lens hood and put it on today. Setup is pretty much complete, and I just need a good day without cold and rain to get out and snap some scenes! (I'm not much of a cold weather person: )

 

[Certaindeaf]

Well that's interesting. Because I have several other little cameras that just lately I put in the Value Village donation box. I got tired of seeing them laying around. They pre-date the Olympus. Two are of the sort that have proprietary battery power. Like a Minolta Dimage XL and an Olympus Tough. These both take flat rechargeable batteries. Then there is also a Canon Powershot A1000IS (you've got to love the names of these things), it takes AA batteries. I'll check and see if these have any residual value.

I love my old powershots. Perfect for taking pics from a speeding motorbike even with armored gloves.

 

[Sxsnuf]

Not sure what we're talking about here.
You folks are speaking in some foreign language. Might be japanese?
This is all I have to offer.

 

[oremike]

I do have a Minolta 9000 that I was using with Black and White film because the old film processing used Silver in it. That made the Chrome on Motorcycles and Cars really sparkle in the photographs. Not like today where Chrome is just different shades of Gray. Now days I have an old Nikon Cool Pix point and shoot that was my Motorcycling tank-bag camera from back in the day.

 

[JRuby]

Once dropped a Hassebland SLR into the San Diego River when I was stationed down there. The owner did not want to drop it so he gave it to me to carry.. oopps.