Just sitting there

6th

So what cameras do you guys have just sitting around that you dont use any more?

I have a Pentax k1000 gathering dust, I bought it a few years ago to replace one I lost in a fire but havent done much with it. I could even be bothered trying to selling it as while it obviously works I'm sure it would need a service etc.

Are you a horder? Can you not bare to part with kit even though you dont use it?

jellybean520

I am a horder and I have a number of both film and digitial camera's laying around. Hell I even hold onto cardboard boxes and sticks of wood just in case they might come in useful at some point in the future.

My wife is the complete opposite where she will actually dump perfectly good stuff in the garbage without giving a second thought to selling it or passing it on to somebody who could use it.

Naturally such a situation is an ongoing battle!

magicbastarder

a rolleiflex TLR.

magicbastarder

a mate has a 10x8 field camera he hasn't used in years.

6th

I still have my first digital camera, a PowerShot A10 1.3MP or something like that.

440Hz

I have an OM1 that I use sometimes, couple of old APS camera, few digi P&S. The OM1 is the only one I would use now though.

ThOnda

K1000? I could be interested in buying it!

I have Pentax MZ-6 and Pentax P30N. And 1.3 Mpx in my mobile :-)
I also do have FED-2 and Flexaret IVa, but I don't use them now.

6th

ThOnda wrote:

K1000? I could be interested in buying it!

I have Pentax MZ-6 and Pentax P30N. And 1.3 Mpx in my mobile :-)
I also do have FED-2 and Flexaret IVa, but I don't use them now.

Sure drop me a pm, I wasalways sentimental about the k1000 as it was my first real camera when I first got into photography.

DaireQuinlan

I tend to acquire old cameras from relatives, stick a roll of film through them, and then not use them again, although I always MEAN to :-) Kodak Pocket Autographic, Box Brownie ... I may turn them into pinhole cameras at some point. I'm also trying to turn a broken old flatbed scanner into a revolving scan-camera at the moment. Oh the fun of messing around !

Incidentally, if this is going to become a "ooo, I want that" thread, if anyone has any working Bronica or Hassleblad MF bodies sitting around unused I'd be more than happy to give them a good home :-)

countryjimbo

My first "real" camera, a Minolta dynax 500si 35mm.

Fajitas!

1000fn. The AF is a bit bolloxed in it.


Haven't really used my MF's in a while either, but that's moreso down to not having a darkroom handy.

lalalalinda

If anyone has a DSLR just hanging around, I'll buy it!

philstar

I have an SLR practika BX 20, that i haven't used for a while.

The shutter button has seized up, wonder would it cost alot to fix it??

GristlyEnd

countryjimbo wrote:

My first "real" camera, a Minolta dynax 500si 35mm.

Mine too. Bought it in the states so I think it was called the 400si.

magicbastarder

DaireQuinlan wrote:

if anyone has any working Bronica or Hassleblad MF bodies sitting around unused I'd be more than happy to give them a good home :-)

ever the optimist...

Fajitas!

DaireQuinlan wrote:

if anyone has any working Bronica or Hassleblad MF bodies sitting around unused I'd be more than happy to give them a good home :-)

Actually...

311

I'm giving away my hassleblad collection of cameras and lenses.

Because I'm such a good photographer

ThOnda

For free? I'll be at your place within 30 minutes worldwide! Within 6 hours nationwide...

311

No problem thonda ,you can take the smelly socks lens covers aswell.
At least they're real . :cool:

DaireQuinlan

Fajitas! wrote:

Actually...

Actually WHAT actually ?!? You tease !

Fajitas!

Actually I must fire a roll through the hassy before I feel like giving it away.

Hohum.

6th

This looks like its turning into a swap shop (I hope the mods dont mind?). Looks like I will be parting with the k1000:

ThOnda

My new baby :-) Soon, I hope.
Nice condition, wonderful lense. I can't wait to pet it in my hands...

DaireQuinlan

Fajitas! wrote:

Actually I must fire a roll through the hassy before I feel like giving it away.

Hohum.

Oh noes ! (goes back to wistfully staring at E-Bay auctions ...)

mathias

I have a really old Sony Mavica brick of a thing that took floppys and is only 640 x 480.
Was all the rage at the time , Im not telling how much I paid for it. Still works fine though.

sunny2004

jellybean520 wrote:

I am a horder and I have a number of both film and digitial camera's laying around. Hell I even hold onto cardboard boxes and sticks of wood just in case they might come in useful at some point in the future.

My wife is the complete opposite where she will actually dump perfectly good stuff in the garbage without giving a second thought to selling it or passing it on to somebody who could use it.

Naturally such a situation is an ongoing battle!

Are we married to the same person ??? :eek:

ThOnda

Moving helps. And if there's no moving, jsut try to get ready the whole house for painiting :-)

Dink

I am still getting great pictures from my Dad's old camera, the Ricoh KR5. Fully manual so I think it is helping me learning the digital steep learning curve! Lookin for lenses for it, should have some soon, fingers crossed.

Calina

philstar wrote:

I have an SLR practika BX 20, that i haven't used for a while.

The shutter button has seized up, wonder would it cost alot to fix it??

take it to camera care on Dame Street. They repaired an OM10 which had been described as "irreparably damaged" 10 years ago (seized up shutter from what I remember) and an AM100 which inexplicably stopped working - both Olympuses. I think if it can be fixed they might do it. AFAIR they didn't charge me an excessive amount to fix either camera either.