Wednesday, May 2, 2007

This seems to be turning into a camera blog...I'll need to change that! :)

Well I have once again found another camera! I know I said I have many many collections, however it seems everywhere I go to buy things to full my jonesing for a new collectible item all I can find are cameras. But hey, I'm not complaining! Anyway, I went to visit my parents over the weekend and ended up going to a few garage sales. I didn't find much, but I did find one thing that I deemed worthy to post in the blog! It's this little beauty...
Yep, that's a Polaroid One Step Land Camera. It also came with an ITT Magic Flash, a Polaroid Camera Case, and all of the original books and manuals for the camera and flash. Unlike most newer polaroids, this cameras flash is external and runs off of 4 AA batteries instead of running off of the battery built into the film tray. It was in very good condition, everything works, and I only paid $0.10 for the whole thing! Yes 10 CENTS, that's it!

I know this was a short post, but there's not much else to say about it. But I do have a very strange piece to post on here very soon...very strange. Until then, HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

I Found Another Camera

I frequently browse the postings on Columbus' Craigslist page, and other cities pages from around the state. I usually check out the computer, electronic, free, and photography sections. Most of them time there's either nothing I want, things that are too expensive, or just plain old junk. Well, this particular day happened to be my lucky day I guess...

There was a posting for a Minolta SLR camera for $10.00. I called the number, and the gentleman explained to me that his girlfriends sister was into photography and had given them her old camera. She claimed it had a light leak and wasn't worth keeping. I asked him if the camera was broken, and he said that it wasn't and that he had been using it to shoot some film himself. He said it was a camera, two lenses, a flash, and a bag. I of course jumped on this deal. When I picked it up and brought it home, this is what I found!

The first thing it had was the bag. It was a fairly nice blue and gray "Stars and Stripes" brand camera bag with a shoulder strap. The camera was a Minolta XG-1 with the MD Rokkor-X 45mm 1:2 standard lens. From everything I've read, this is a fairly good lens for the price. The lens also had a Mitakon lens cap. It had a second lens with it, this was a Vivatar Series 1 Macro Focusing 28-90mm 1:2.8-3.5 lens. The lens seems to work very nicely. It also came with a nice Vivatar Electronic Flash 2000. This flash is wonderful. It's not the best, but it is a flash I plan on using with quite a few of my other cameras. I really like it.

So, not too bad of a find for $10.00. Since then I've found a few more neat things to add to this blog. So stay tuned, and until next time...HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Camera 2

So, like I said in the last post, I've got a few more new cameras I found for a steal! In this post I'll talk about the first one. While I was visiting some friends in the Dayton area, we decided to hit up a few garage sales and yard sales. I never thought I'd find a deal like this at a garage sale! Sitting on a table was this brown leather bag, it looked like an older camera bag, so I picked it up to check it out. When I picked the bag up it was heavy, so I figured that they must have been using it to hold something, but I never imagined it would contain a camera since the price tag on the top was only $5.00! But when I unzipped the bag, there was an old Canon Pellix SLR camera with tons of accessories. Without looking through the bag, I paid the nice people the five bucks and headed to the car with my prize. Once I got home I pulled it all out to see what this brown leather treasure box contained. Here's what I found inside:


1) Leather Camera Bag "The Kamera Bag" Brand

-Zippered enclosure, from clasp closing pocket, and a shoulder strap


2) Leather Canon Camera Body and 50mm Lens Case


3) Canon Pellix SLR Camera

- The Pellix was first marketed in 1965. It was Canon's first 35mm Focal-Plane Shutter SLR Camera with TTL metering. It was also the first commercial production SLR that was incorporated with a fixed Pellicle mirror. It employed with a super-thin, a semi-transparent film only 20/1000 mm thick was used as a fixed mirror.


4) Canon Lens FL 50mm 1:1.4

- Tiffen 58mm haze filter

- Canon Lens Cap (Metal)

- Canon Camera Strap


5) Spiratone Pluracoat Zoom/Macro 1:3.8 f=35-105mm

- Promaster Spectrum 7 67mm UV Filter

- Promaster Lens Cap (Plastic)


6) Vivitar 151 Flash

- External Power Cord

- Leather Vivitar Case


It also had a few other random things in the bag. An old Kodak Measuring Cup for developing your own photos. I have a feeling from the looks of the glass that it is much older then the camera. There was also a new Kalimar photo squeegee, some photo tongs, and a photo roller. So for five bucks I don't think I did too bad for myself! Stay tuned to hear about another awesome camera find from right here in Columbus off of Craigslist! Until next time...HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

First Camera Of The Blog

Okay, so I said I collect a lot of things. Some people say junk, but I call them antiques, treasures, pieces of history, mementos, anything other than junk! In addition to my music collection, one of my many other collections is cameras. I love photography! I have everything from true antiques, to 99 cent toy cameras. Cameras to me are a fun way to make almost anyone an artist. They are so simple to learn and use that a child can take basic point and shoot type photos, yet can be so complex that it takes many years to master the art of photography. Photographs are fun ways for people to remember their past, record history, decorate their walls, and just plain have fun with.

The camera I found came from the Goodwill Thrift Store in Johnstown, OH. It's a typical Goodwill Thrift Store, maybe a little smaller than the average Columbus Goodwill, but I'd say it's about on par for a small town type store. Anyway, they have some great things there. Something I bought but isn't really a treasure or an antique is a Lexmark X1150 all in one print/scan/fax/copy...for only $4.99, and IT WORKS! Anyway, I found this neat old Polaroid camera. It's a Polaroid Sun 660. Here are it's specs:


Polaroid Sun 660

-116mm 3 element plastic lens @ f/9

-Automatic Focus Lens with built in close up mode for objects as close as 3 feet away

-Polaroid AF Sonar Focus

-Electronic Shutter with a range of 1/4-1/200sec.

-Automatic, built in electronic flash

-Fold down flash design to protect lens and controls

-Built in carrying strap


Some people may think these cameras are junk, but I think they are fun pieces of history to play around with. First off, you instantly get the picture printed that you just took. Sure it's a poorer quality then most any 35mm film, but the fun factor that goes with it beats out the price difference. And, even though it's from 1981, you can still buy Polaroid 600 film at almost any store. Another great thing about these cameras is that the battery for the flash is built into the film tray. The film is slightly more expensive then 35mm film, but once you figure in developing fees, it's usually cheaper in the long run. I found out that these cameras originally sold for $95.00, and that a lot of people that build robots and such look for these because of the sonar focusing module in the cameras. They use the sonar pieces for the robots navigation.


So, I paid $2.99. The going "collectors" rate seems to be anywhere between $5.00-$15.00 for one of these. However, I have seen a few priced between $25.00-$70.00! Either way, I'm happy with it. It makes for a nice addition to my other cameras and Polaroids. Here are a few pics of it:


Well, that's all for now...until next time, HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!

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