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DDrake
7-Jul-2019, 11:49
I'll start. I have a modest collection of cameras, mostly 135, mostly purchased from thrift stores and junk shops for less than $20. No amazing finds, just a few curiosities. I've run a roll or two of film though most of them that still have film available. Here's one:

Scaffolding. Nov. 2016.

Camera: Bolsey Model B rangefinder (c. 1947) w/ fixed Wollensak 44mm f/3.2
Purchase price: ~$5

Film: Ektar 100, shot using 'Sunny 16'.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48215012756_efc02594fd_b.jpg

Vaughn
7-Jul-2019, 12:18
Three images with a 75 cent Diana Camera (on sale -- was $1).

First two are carbon prints, the third is a silver gelatin print. All on Tech Pan, I believe.

Bob Salomon
7-Jul-2019, 12:58
Three images with a 75 cent Diana Camera (on sale -- was $1).

First two are carbon prints, the third is a silver gelatin print. All on Tech Pan, I believe.

New it was $1.00. Used to be sold by street cart vendors and at rodeos and circuses in NYC back in the 50s.

pepeguitarra
7-Jul-2019, 13:05
Agfa Isolette + Tmax100 (Isolette purchased for $25 at an antique store in Germany).
Rodinal: Stand Development
120 film

https://live.staticflickr.com/4842/33026431378_d8183c738f.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Sjr6qE)A Walk along the Aliso Creek (https://flic.kr/p/Sjr6qE) by Palenquero Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palenquero/), on Flickr

Pentax SV
SMC Tak 55/1.8
Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros
Perceptol (1+31) 19min @68F
135mm film

https://live.staticflickr.com/4644/39432388331_7e55fc8fea.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/235vifk)PILGRIM, Dana Point, California (https://flic.kr/p/235vifk) by Palenquero Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palenquero/), on Flickr


Spotmatic Blk + SMC Tak 55/1.8
Rollei Retro 80s
TmaxDev
135mm film

https://live.staticflickr.com/4640/39095059072_7517564431.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22yGp1C)San Juan Capistrano (https://flic.kr/p/22yGp1C) by Palenquero Photography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/palenquero/), on Flickr

Ulophot
7-Jul-2019, 15:17
This is a fun thread, and a playful antidote to "My photos would be better if only I had ________." No offense intended.

DDrake
7-Jul-2019, 15:24
C. 1954-57 Voigtlander Vito B w/ fixed Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.8. Scale focus.
Purchased for $10, near-mint condition.
Portra 400

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48225699466_0423b04527_c.jpg

DDrake
7-Jul-2019, 18:33
Nice images so far. Vaughn: how much of those images is light leaks, etc, versus intentional in-camera manipulation?

Philip U.: My idea of fun, anyway. I gravitate toward black cases in thrift stores, junk shops, and antique malls. Impossible to say no if it's $5 or less. And I've rarely passed up a working-ish camera for under $10.

Suspect I'm not alone.

Vaughn
7-Jul-2019, 19:13
Nice images so far. Vaughn: how much of those images is light leaks, etc, versus intentional in-camera manipulation?...
The carbon prints are direct contacts with no other manipulation (no burning/dodging, etc). The first one is two side-by-side negatives on the roll. The middle one was an accidental double exposure. Both taken on the same day. The negs are about 1 3/4" squares, so they are wonderful little prints.

The enlarged image of Alex was pretty much a straight print -- but I might have burnt the lower left a little. The numbers must have been bleed-though from the film backing paper due to old way-out-of-date film and poor storage. Alex was 12 years old, going on 16, so I like the numbers.

Corran
8-Jul-2019, 07:42
Great idea!
A couple photos from a Nikon 35AF point-and-shoot that I bought on eBay for $5. Sadly at the end of this canoe trip with some artist friends, the camera got dropped in the water when I was pulling in the canoe and died. And worse, they now sell for 10-15x that price, so no more Nikon p&s for me.

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/deadriver-3879ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/deadriver-3882ss.jpg

Corran
8-Jul-2019, 07:55
Two more from the Nikon that my then girlfriend now wife took of me, first with my Nikon SP and second with my first 8x10, a Gundlach from the late 1800s, on old expired color film back in 2012:

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/10734ss.jpg

http://www.garrisaudiovisual.com/photosharing/10733ss.jpg

Vaughn
8-Jul-2019, 08:18
New it was $1.00. Used to be sold by street cart vendors and at rodeos and circuses in NYC back in the 50s.
Of course with inflation, $1 in 1950 is a little over $10 now. But I like this old little beastie -- I think the newer ones (and Holgas) got to be too good! LOL!

PRJ
8-Jul-2019, 14:27
Leica Z2X. I couldn't believe the quality of the lens on this thing. I'd say it is roughly on par with my Contax TVS.

http://www.patrickjames.net/lff/2018-001-15.jpg

PRJ
8-Jul-2019, 14:50
Canon Rebel 2000 with a 28mm lens on it. Nice compact little setup. Someone knew what they were doing. The two work well together, and they ended up finding me. Carrying the Rebel is a lot nicer than carrying my 1n...

http://www.patrickjames.net/lff/2018-012-02.jpg

John Layton
9-Jul-2019, 05:54
I once designed and taught an advanced level photo class called "Yard Sale Cameras," which began with my literally dumping a box of mostly broken cameras (cheap old folders, etc.) on a table, and then handing them out to students - who were not allowed to fix the cameras but instead encouraged to delve into their various "quirks" and create a body of work.

Tin Can
9-Jul-2019, 08:25
Great assignment!




I once designed and taught an advanced level photo class called "Yard Sale Cameras," which began with my literally dumping a box of mostly broken cameras (cheap old folders, etc.) on a table, and then handing them out to students - who were not allowed to fix the cameras but instead encouraged to delve into their various "quirks" and create a body of work.

Rick A
9-Jul-2019, 14:47
Shot with an Olympus Auto Eye that set me back a whole quarter at a flea market.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4721/25731218017_4cc6632d53_z_d.jpg

Vaughn
9-Jul-2019, 15:57
Fun image, Rick!

Rick A
9-Jul-2019, 16:06
Fun car! He just rolled it off the car carrier from Barrett Jackson auction, paid the insurance bill, I caught him as he was pulling away. I got a ride for my effort. WOW!!!!!

DDrake
9-Jul-2019, 16:43
I once designed and taught an advanced level photo class called "Yard Sale Cameras," which began with my literally dumping a box of mostly broken cameras (cheap old folders, etc.) on a table, and then handing them out to students - who were not allowed to fix the cameras but instead encouraged to delve into their various "quirks" and create a body of work.

My kind of thing!

DDrake
9-Jul-2019, 16:45
Shot with an Olympus Auto Eye that set me back a whole quarter at a flea market.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4721/25731218017_4cc6632d53_z_d.jpg


They seem to be going for a little more than a quarter these days.

scheinfluger_77
10-Jul-2019, 05:04
Gimmie Cobra NOW!

Do you know if it was a kit car or the real thing?

Rick A
23-Jul-2019, 17:06
Gimmie Cobra NOW!

Do you know if it was a kit car or the real thing?

It's very real, not a kit, not a copy. and I've ridden in it. You feel it coming before you hear it coming, long before you see it coming. The photo was shot shortly after it was rolled off the delivery truck from Barrett Jackson Auction. Dave has a garage full of big boy toys.

Rick A
23-Jul-2019, 17:08
They seem to be going for a little more than a quarter these days.

The Oly, or the Cobra?