MikeMGB
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I have quite a collection of M42 lenses and a Mamiya/Sekkor body for them. I also have a Konica TC that I only have a 24mm lens for. I decided to look into an M42-Konica adapter so I could use the main lens collection on both bodies.
So, after trolling ebay I instead picked up a Mamiya/Sekkor DSX 1000 in excellent condition for less than the price of an adapter. It's sad when something as reliable as a Mamiya/Sekkor is pretty much worthless.
Not that I'm complaining, I feel I got a deal! Plus now I have a second screw-mount body the TC and 24mm can find a new home, I didn't use it much anyway.
So, after trolling ebay I instead picked up a Mamiya/Sekkor DSX 1000 in excellent condition for less than the price of an adapter. It's sad when something as reliable as a Mamiya/Sekkor is pretty much worthless.
Not that I'm complaining, I feel I got a deal! Plus now I have a second screw-mount body the TC and 24mm can find a new home, I didn't use it much anyway.
Roger Hicks
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Sure, but who's going to buy 'em?
You want to take pictures. Good. But the Hipster Cred of a non-"classic" film camera is close to zero, and the price ain't much higher.
Cheers,
R.
You want to take pictures. Good. But the Hipster Cred of a non-"classic" film camera is close to zero, and the price ain't much higher.
Cheers,
R.
radi(c)al_cam
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It's funny, I just was meditating whether I should buy a M42-body, planning to exchange the mount, since I had to find out recently that I have more Rollei SL35 glass, than I have flawlessly working SL35 bodies 
MikeMGB
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The price of accessories
If I want to be hipster I take one of the Leicas, but there's a lot of fun to be had when I start mounting the Takumar 300mm f4 on a tripod and a crowd gathers to see what the hell I am doing with that bazooka.
If I want to be hipster I take one of the Leicas, but there's a lot of fun to be had when I start mounting the Takumar 300mm f4 on a tripod and a crowd gathers to see what the hell I am doing with that bazooka.
If I want to be hipster I take one of the Leicas, but there's a lot of fun to be had when I start mounting the Takumar 200mm f3.5 on a tripod and a crowd gathers to see what the hell I am doing with that bazooka.
I think I'd rather be the hipster with the Leica that the crowd doesn't bother.
Huss
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I don't think Leica is hipster at all. Too sophisticated and high end. You need something far more proleteriat komrad, as you sip your $10 pints of beer.
Like a Zenit. Or Kiev. Or, shudder, a K1000..
Like a Zenit. Or Kiev. Or, shudder, a K1000..
MikeMGB
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I think I'd rather be the hipster with the Leica that the crowd doesn't bother.
Even that doesn't always work these days, It wasn't long ago I pulled out my Barnack only to be immediately greeted by a guy with a Zorki and another with a Mamiya 645!
Roger Hicks
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Dear Mike,If I want to be hipster I take one of the Leicas, but there's a lot of fun to be had when I start mounting the Takumar 300mm f4 on a tripod and a crowd gathers to see what the hell I am doing with that bazooka.
Fair dinkum. But why not buy an 8x10 and do it properly...?
In many countries, too, ANY tripod attracts a crowd. Ever been to India?
Cheers,
R.
css9450
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A Polaroid. One of the old ones, with the bellows. The kind where you have to let the finished prints sit for a couple minutes before you peel the paper off the front.
Now that's hipster!
MikeMGB
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I actually have three of those, I have often wondered about putting a sheet film back on one of them.
I also just sold my SX-70 collection on eBay, hipsters really like them these days!