Introduced in Jan 1961 a weeks worth of stock was sold in 2 hours. came with a fast f1.9 lens, in two and a half years Canon sold one million of them. The example I…
Category: Old Camera gear
Posts related to old camera gear including repairs and using them.
Well I just couldnt help myself
Been on ebay and saw a Bronica ETRS body cheap average condition but fully working so went and bought it some of the leather is coming of I am going to have a go at…
Minolta Hi-Matic 7 rangefinder
This was in excellent condition a big chunk of camera with a very nice lens only issue was the very faint image using the rangefinder although all the mechanical gubbins work including the parallax correction…
Ricoh 500ME Rangefinder
Another of my Ebay experiences a full frame 35mm film compact having a key feature an ability to take a multiple exposure it uses a switch to cock the shutter without advancing the film the…
Canon Canonet 28 Rangefinder
After a while looking on Ebay and after an unfortunate purchase of a QL19 that was returned as faulty I dropped on the Canonet 28 in excellent condition with a few visible marks but all…
Watameter-Super Range finder
This Range finder device fits onto the hot/cold shoe of the camera and enables precise distance measurement from the camera to the subject to ensure the subject is in focus range finder cameras have these…
Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16
This is my first folding medium format camera which I obtained through Ebay and cost under £20 it arrived in immaculate condition with only slight evidence of paint flaking on the film door hinge. Camera…
Bronica ETR-C Missing frames and light leaks
I have been playing with my recently acquired Bronica ETRC and also a “New” 50mm lens from Ffordes Photographic in Scotland
I have had 2 films back from developing today and a previous film had much of the film blank (all the second half) and the one from the Bronica that came today had blank frames as well
Image below of second test film showing missing frames and light leaks