He found a bargain! Burn him at the stake and confiscate his earthly belongings!
Naah, we're not that evil. Great deal, enjoy that camera!
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He found a bargain! Burn him at the stake and confiscate his earthly belongings!
Naah, we're not that evil. Great deal, enjoy that camera!
Super find , If its a Nikon from 50s , I have a Popular Photography Yearly from 56 plus 58 and some photographs even better than Leica. Super lens and very expensive today.
Congratulations on your good fortune! (and inquisitive nature)
Awesome findf, especially with that 2.8 cm lens!
Where did you find this gem? We all want to descend on the store!
Would you like to double your money? I'll even pay shipping and PayPal fees. Oh, and kick in 3% for APUG.
Congratulations!
Certainly beats my antique mall finds.
Congrats... always dream of finding a garage sale/pawn shop bargain.
However I only have a story of woe... years ago my wife and I drove 2000kms (one way!) to help her parents clean up/out her great Aunts house and belongings after she had been moved to a high care home. Amongst the years of junk was an early Leica of some sort. Although I knew it was something 'special' it got put in a box and that was the last I saw of it. Various trinkets got distributed to family members but that camera never surfaced again :(
Great find!
Jeff
I've been having a sort of lust affair with the old Canon SLRs - the FTQL just feeling like some primitive art to me. I've found it's the fast speeds that die - the shutter curtain can no longer keep up. Which is a drag, wanting it as a walkaround camera with fast film.
Might have to look into those Mamiya SLRs that use the pentax screw mount... those are pretty too. Unless I can find a Voigtlander Vitomatic... now that's a beautiful camera and I love the size.