azzurri
Member
No German workmanship but a FF rangefinder patch...
lovely brassed f apollo!
kanzlr
Hexaneur
The Zuikoholic thread just won against my budget planning...
semi-ambivalent
Little to say
Thanks! I bought this new a couple years out of US High School. That's why I'm hiding the ser. num.
This competes with my M3 for my attention...
sisser
Established
kshapero
South Florida Man
Both hatched in 1963.
azzurri
Member
Thanks! I bought this new a couple years out of US High School. That's why I'm hiding the ser. num.
This competes with my M3 for my attention...
but then, it's not hard to date an apollo
an apollo and m3, nice combi
azzurri
Member
a camera that i've not been shooting with as often as i like
Argenticien
Dave
So this is not as iconic as what some of you have been posting recently (Nikon F &c.), but this one is a little bit special to me:
AE-1 Program by Argenticien, on Flickr
This is the second batch of kit that my father-in-law handed down to me earlier this year (first batch shown here), but I've just recently brought it home. I wasn't planning on going into another 35 mm system (beyond LTM and Pentax K/M42), but this one, like Dad's Rolleiflex, has a family connection for me, so it's a keeper. And anyway, my first real camera, sold 15 years ago, was an AE-1 (non-Program), so this is kind of back to my roots. It's in great shape other than needing light seals redone and the usual AE-1 squeal fixed. The AE-1's battery is even still good after 10+ years of disuse, and thankfully the flash had been stored with no batteries in it. All the kit has "V..." date codes, so apparently it is from 1981 when the Program was introduced. I've shot just a bit of a test bit with it; the 50 and 28 are good glass. I've not yet had a chance to try the long, slow bazooka 100-300/5.6.
I'm an available-light shooter, so believe it or not this is the first flash I've ever owned! It's purpose-built for this camera (and A-1 etc.) so works seamlessly with it, and does decently in full-manual mode on other cameras. While nondescript, it's somewhat the flame-thrower (GN 30 in m, nearly 100 in ft).
Best feature: Dad is seemingly cancer-free 7 months after giving me these cameras the day before surgery in the paranoid certainty that he was dying.
--Dave
AE-1 Program by Argenticien, on Flickr
This is the second batch of kit that my father-in-law handed down to me earlier this year (first batch shown here), but I've just recently brought it home. I wasn't planning on going into another 35 mm system (beyond LTM and Pentax K/M42), but this one, like Dad's Rolleiflex, has a family connection for me, so it's a keeper. And anyway, my first real camera, sold 15 years ago, was an AE-1 (non-Program), so this is kind of back to my roots. It's in great shape other than needing light seals redone and the usual AE-1 squeal fixed. The AE-1's battery is even still good after 10+ years of disuse, and thankfully the flash had been stored with no batteries in it. All the kit has "V..." date codes, so apparently it is from 1981 when the Program was introduced. I've shot just a bit of a test bit with it; the 50 and 28 are good glass. I've not yet had a chance to try the long, slow bazooka 100-300/5.6.
I'm an available-light shooter, so believe it or not this is the first flash I've ever owned! It's purpose-built for this camera (and A-1 etc.) so works seamlessly with it, and does decently in full-manual mode on other cameras. While nondescript, it's somewhat the flame-thrower (GN 30 in m, nearly 100 in ft).
Best feature: Dad is seemingly cancer-free 7 months after giving me these cameras the day before surgery in the paranoid certainty that he was dying.
--Dave
Koolzakukumba
Real men use B+W
FrankS
Registered User
Very cool!
Nicolai
Established
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
exa by berangberang, on Flickr
Loaded with Plus-X
and...
Universa Edixa Prismaflex by berangberang, on Flickr
Loaded with "lomography X-pro chrome" aka slightly expired Elite Chrome. I sold the Cassaron in the photo. Really a bad lens. I know steinheil made some fine lenses, but this one was terrible even by triplet standards... replaced with a Yashinon 2/50 - much better.
kanzlr
Hexaneur
a little cross post from the Zuikoholic thread
no Zuikos in these images, but decent OM.
please note the fitting Voigtländer deluxe strap
no Zuikos in these images, but decent OM.
please note the fitting Voigtländer deluxe strap
lxmike
M2 fan.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Greyscale
Veteran
inzite
Well-known
Greyscale
Veteran
OlliL
Well-known
Originally looking for a/that 50mm at a local camera shop, I found this tiny camera.
It was pretty cheap and seemed to be fine, so I picked it up.
Popped two batteries in and it works like a charm.
Pentax ME Super von oliverleschke auf Flickr
It was pretty cheap and seemed to be fine, so I picked it up.
Popped two batteries in and it works like a charm.
Pentax ME Super von oliverleschke auf Flickr
paulfish4570
Veteran
good catch, oliver. my ME super is my favorite camera ...