Pherdinand
the snow must go on
"I have a Petri 7 1.8 and a Petri 7 1.8" that's what i've found funny🙂 i thought it's a typo.
What are your favorite "junk" cameras?
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rbiemer
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RML--really like the first holga shot!
A slight clarification:
I don't regard the Argus as junk cameras generally--My grand father and my dad both had their own C-3s and I started learning photography on my dad's.(first lesson learned: don't forget the interlock thingie when winding on. My first roll I got 36 shots on one frame and a bunch of teeny-tiny peices of film inside the camera. Luckily they cleaned out OK).
It is my specific example of the C-4 that I consider junk only because I haven't put the lens back together. It has worked very well as a pinhole camera. The viewfinder is fairly bright and ther is still OK contrast of the RF patch, the speeds seem pretty close but I mostly use B, the winding is smooth. I actually like the camera pretty well.
For pinhole use I simply taped a peice of brass sheet over the front of where the lens would be screwed on and I have saved the lens and set screw that were loose in the case when I got it.
So please don't misunderstand me; I am not classing the Argu(es)(Argi?) as junk cameras.
Rob
A slight clarification:
I don't regard the Argus as junk cameras generally--My grand father and my dad both had their own C-3s and I started learning photography on my dad's.(first lesson learned: don't forget the interlock thingie when winding on. My first roll I got 36 shots on one frame and a bunch of teeny-tiny peices of film inside the camera. Luckily they cleaned out OK).
It is my specific example of the C-4 that I consider junk only because I haven't put the lens back together. It has worked very well as a pinhole camera. The viewfinder is fairly bright and ther is still OK contrast of the RF patch, the speeds seem pretty close but I mostly use B, the winding is smooth. I actually like the camera pretty well.
For pinhole use I simply taped a peice of brass sheet over the front of where the lens would be screwed on and I have saved the lens and set screw that were loose in the case when I got it.
So please don't misunderstand me; I am not classing the Argu(es)(Argi?) as junk cameras.
Rob
Well, a "junk camera" is hard to define, then... Let's see, how about a "Time" camera, all-plastic 35mm promotional give-away to new subscribers to Time magazine? It does work.
How about a "Yumeka"? Another plastic 35 which even came with headphones for listening to its built-in AM radio between -or maybe during- snaps. Still boxed, haven't run a roll through this one.
Junk... or eBay treasures? 😉
How about a "Yumeka"? Another plastic 35 which even came with headphones for listening to its built-in AM radio between -or maybe during- snaps. Still boxed, haven't run a roll through this one.
Junk... or eBay treasures? 😉
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Krasnaya_Zvezda
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I like this website, they include some that I definitely do not consider junk, but there are alot of interesting cameras here.
http://www.merrillphoto.com/JunkStoreCameras.htm
http://www.merrillphoto.com/JunkStoreCameras.htm
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