crappiest camera and lens what did you do with it?

[jnantz]

we all have them, im not talking the $10,000 ebony with a Schneider XXL ... but the opposite
a peeled Moroccan leather, rusty parts, leaky bellows (with peeling tape to fix the leaks ),
lenses that are scratched, separated, loose, moldy-barn-finds ...
you probably already know what I am talking about .. a real piece of junk .. what's yours? did you use it? (and secretly like the results)?

[BrianShaw]

we all have them, im not talking the $10,000 ebony with a Schneider XXL ... but the opposite
a peeled Moroccan leather, rusty parts, leaky bellows (with peeling tape to fix the leaks ),
lenses that are scratched, separated, loose, moldy-barn-finds ...
you probably already know what I am talking about .. a real piece of junk .. what's yours? did you use it? (and secretly like the results)?

Great topic! For me it is a 1930’s era Kodak Duo 620. The one I got off of eBay was inexpensive but beat up and reeked of WD-40!in the shutter. Once it was aired out and the smell dissipated, it has become one of my most favorite user cameras. Not quite a piece of junk, though, and not LfF either.

[Peter Mounier]

I somehow inherited a Canon AE-1 with a nail through the prism. Obviously beyond repair, I decided to have some fun with it while doing a Zone System test.

[Tin Can]

I don't buy junk

I buy CHEAP

Yashica A X 2

shot right out my front door not a pose

Girl on bike_Original (Edited) by TIN CAN COLLEGE, on Flickr

[Michael R]

Sharpness bourgeois bla bla fuzzy concept la la la boop dee doop.

[paulbarden]

Sharpness bourgeois bla bla fuzzy concept la la la boop dee doop.

I need a camera that does that! LOLOLOL

[ic-racer]

My cheapest ($5.00) most beat up camera and 50 cent lens...
What did I do with it? I got them working again!

[BrianShaw]

I need a camera that does that! LOLOLOL

I’ve got just the camera for you. Actually, all you need is one of my M42 lenses!

[Conrad . Marvin]

Yard sale wood camera. Incomplete, not able to rebuild at that time. I still have a box of parts that I used over the years for repairs, etc.

[xkaes]

I somehow inherited a Canon AE-1 with a nail through the prism. Obviously beyond repair, I decided to have some fun with it while doing a Zone System test.

Not the first Napoleonic camera (AKA, "BLOWN APART").

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1605199825