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Juan Valdenebro said:
Wow, Roberto, that thing is unbelievable!

Unobtrusive: just take the hood out, and no one in the street could ever imagine that horrible, old, huge machine is a camera... 😛

Cheers,

Juan
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This thing could have doubled as a prop for a lazer gun in a cheap 60's sci fi flick... I picture this the weapon of Ro-man from Robot Monster, setting right next to the bubble machine (an arcane reference hopefully someone will "get"...)
 
See? "Roman" (gorilla suit + diving helmet) the awe-inspiring alien from the $5.00 scifi thriller, Robot Monster...

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That ole Konica would have fit right in as his weapon. Zap! In fact, that's what I think he's reaching for in this pic.
 
NickTrop said:
Bet that Barbie Polaroid fetches a few bucks on eBay... not from camera collectors - from Barbie nuts!
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Looks like they go for $20-$40 on eBay. More with original box,
etc.

I'm told there is a tiny fake Barbie camera (less than inch long)
that goes for $150+
 
NickTrop said:
This thing could have doubled as a prop for a lazer gun in a cheap 60's sci fi flick... I picture this the weapon of Ro-man from Robot Monster, setting right next to the bubble machine (an arcane reference hopefully someone will "get"...)
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Funny you should say that - I'm fairly sure it was on RFF somewhere that I saw a still of two characters from a live-action Gerry Anderson series, probably UFO or Space:1999, and one was carrying a Koni-Omega.

If the "bubble machine" is the glass thingy in front of the monster, in real life it looks suspiciously like a Crookes Radiometer.

Adrian
 
the Nikon F is one of the best looking cameras ever made

the Nikon F is one of the best looking cameras ever made

DanOnRoute66 said:
...And yet, to me, the Nikon F with the unmetered pentaprism is the definitive 35mm film SLR design. Especially in black!
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absolutely, I really like the F - not pretty like the OM1, but more handsome. The worst, maybe a Holga because is soo badly made too (it came with an impressive field service kit: roll of crap electrical tape) - I have one too, so I'm not biased...;-)
 
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sc_rufctr said:
Agreed, not the prettiest camera by far but did you notice the geared focus drive?
That's almost clever. 🙄
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Straight off its predecessor, the C3. It was the traction engine gearing that sold me when I saw a C3 for sale (they're pretty uncommon over here).

Adrian
 
I can't believe this... a rangefinder forum,
and no one brought up the namesake -
early and ugly - KODAK 35 Range Finder...

Yes, I confess to having one on the shelf.

See Mike Elek's page:

elekm.net/pages/cameras/kodak35.htm
 
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Well, my old Super D is pretty ugly (wish I still had it), but hardly in the same league as the Koni Omega, but here it is. The flash only made it look worse.

And I saw this "Leica" somewhere on the web years ago and grabbed a few photos of it. Must be the Safari Version.

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I don't think the C33 is all that ugly. In fact, it has a certain elegant
simplicity to it. Rectangles, circles and cylinders -- what else does
a camera design really need?
 
This is the Nikon F I referred to in my earlier post... It simply lacks the elegance of the previous model, with the pentaprism on top. The metered viewfinder makes it... unwieldy and unattractive to me.

See here...

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