atelier7
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Hello, having been set free from the office ealier today because they were doing some renovations, I decided to use this opportunity to pay a visit to a camera store. but of course! 🙂
Here are what I found...
Kiev:
A Kiev 4A selling for A$200! I didn't dare ask how much the Zorki 4 cost!
Rollie:
2 silver Rollie 35 for over $200 each, one with Tritor and the other with Tessar lens.
Canon:
There were 2 very nice looking canon bottom loading cameras with lenses. Not sure what model cos there was no marking, but the one that looked minty was priced at $900. i think it had a 50/1.8 lens. cant recall for sure. No price on the other which had some tiny dots on the top plate.
Leicas:
It was probably a Leica IIIc or newer model that looked absolutely mint with collapsible elmer! Drool.... but costs $2000... ouch! I'm really impressed by the tiny leica. The canon looked really good, but this was superb! it felt really really nice in the hand.
There was another leica camera that looked like it was from the similar era but strangely had no viewfinder. instead it had an attached viewfinder on the top and some sort of wide angle lens. not sure if it was 21mm or 35mm... no price.
The very patient gentleman showed me a Black (marked Leitz on top) M4-P for $990. Camera looked to be in very good nick except for minor wear on the edges.
He said it was his favourite in the store. There were quite a few other leicas, including a $17000 M7.
Finally, what really intrigued me though, was a brick-like black Contax 1 (i think they were only ever made in black). minor brassing on some parts, but the leather was completely intact and so was the rest of the paint. I cant remember the lens exactly, except it was collapsible... chome. I didn't know how to change shutter speed then, but i did wind the knob and fired the shutter a few times and it worked. quite silently too! Price took me by surprise though ... $350. I took the back off to have a look at the shutter... it doesnt seem completely flat like my previous kiev 4am. maybe a replacement is required... hmmm, what do you think? is this a bargain?
would like to hear what you think of my camera store finds.
Here are what I found...
Kiev:
A Kiev 4A selling for A$200! I didn't dare ask how much the Zorki 4 cost!
Rollie:
2 silver Rollie 35 for over $200 each, one with Tritor and the other with Tessar lens.
Canon:
There were 2 very nice looking canon bottom loading cameras with lenses. Not sure what model cos there was no marking, but the one that looked minty was priced at $900. i think it had a 50/1.8 lens. cant recall for sure. No price on the other which had some tiny dots on the top plate.
Leicas:
It was probably a Leica IIIc or newer model that looked absolutely mint with collapsible elmer! Drool.... but costs $2000... ouch! I'm really impressed by the tiny leica. The canon looked really good, but this was superb! it felt really really nice in the hand.
There was another leica camera that looked like it was from the similar era but strangely had no viewfinder. instead it had an attached viewfinder on the top and some sort of wide angle lens. not sure if it was 21mm or 35mm... no price.
The very patient gentleman showed me a Black (marked Leitz on top) M4-P for $990. Camera looked to be in very good nick except for minor wear on the edges.
He said it was his favourite in the store. There were quite a few other leicas, including a $17000 M7.
Finally, what really intrigued me though, was a brick-like black Contax 1 (i think they were only ever made in black). minor brassing on some parts, but the leather was completely intact and so was the rest of the paint. I cant remember the lens exactly, except it was collapsible... chome. I didn't know how to change shutter speed then, but i did wind the knob and fired the shutter a few times and it worked. quite silently too! Price took me by surprise though ... $350. I took the back off to have a look at the shutter... it doesnt seem completely flat like my previous kiev 4am. maybe a replacement is required... hmmm, what do you think? is this a bargain?
would like to hear what you think of my camera store finds.
