Gear Porn

[tonyturley]

Eric's post brought back memories of my own PenCam SD, a 1.3Mp wonder that was modified with a switch that allowed it to be plugged into an R/C receiver and triggered remotely. Back then I thought the images were so cool. In the example, I got a selfie from an altitude of around 300 feet.

 

[Bobby Tingle]

 

[rayvonn]

My colleague at work, a big Fuji fan as well as a buyer of Olympus film cameras and manual glass, well he's forgotten all about that and only has love for this, which he purchased on a trip to Japan just before covid. As an every day take to work camera, I have my GR III and he has this. I think he's enjoying himself more.

 

[tonyturley]

My colleague at work, a big Fuji fan as well as a buyer of Olympus film cameras and manual glass, well he's forgotten all about that and only has love for this, which he purchased on a trip to Japan just before covid. As an every day take to work camera, I have my GR III and he has this. I think he's enjoying himself more.

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Wow, I just checked on eBay, and the cheapest one can get a mint version of one of those little cameras is $850 USD, with some asking prices much higher than that.

 

[dougpayne]

Picked up a Fuji X-M1 for its first generation sensor.

 

[agentlossing]

The current film hoard:

 

[ErichH]

Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP
Steinheil München Culminar VL f:4.5/135 mm
and Mismet the Cat​

 

[ErichH]

Eric's post brought back memories of my own PenCam SD, a 1.3Mp wonder that was modified with a switch that allowed it to be plugged into an R/C receiver and triggered remotely. Back then I thought the images were so cool. In the example, I got a selfie from an altitude of around 300 feet.

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Cool! Do you have it attached to a balloon?

 

[tonyturley]

Cool! Do you have it attached to a balloon?

No, a radio controlled airplane

 

[ErichH]

Christmas Day breakfast in bed with Habanero crisps, energy drink and my gift from the furfaces (ie. cats).

Pentax K10D w/SMC Pentax DA 18-55 mm
Shutter count 1122. In original box.

Shot with Pentax K100D w/SMC Pentax-F 35-70 mm

 

[Mr_Flibble]

It took a month to reach me, due to the postal system being overstressed by the Christmas cards and packages.
A new Red Lizard skin for my recently cleaned Olympus PEN-F. Filled out the logo in a matching color too.

SEXY!

 

[tonyturley]

I keep thinking of getting another one of those, but I'm not good at working on cameras. I had a Pen F Gothic that I had a lot of fun running film through a few years ago, until the shutter died. I ended up selling it for parts, and never got another.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

This one had a stuck shutter as well when I got it. I recall I had to put it through the ultrasonic cleaner a few times before it fired reliably again on the slow speeds.
They're fun, but it take ages to fill up a roll

 

[phigmov]

This one had a stuck shutter as well when I got it. I recall I had to put it through the ultrasonic cleaner a few times before it fired reliably again on the slow speeds.
They're fun, but it take ages to fill up a roll

Oh, I'd be interested in hearing about the fix for this. Don't suppose you took any pics of the disassembly/reassembly?

I have a Pen F that has a stuck shutter - just froze on testing the wind/shutter-button. I took the top plate off and looked only but got freaked out by the clock-work nature of the innards - it seems really really complicated inside these. I was hoping a bit of gentle prodding would reset it but I suspect its something in the guts of the mechanism that is stuck (or maybe a rod/spring is just broken).

 

[Mr_Flibble]

I'm afraid I only have some recent photos of the cleaning of the reflex housing here
(Don't forget the PEN-F has a double-stroke film advance. Crank twice to free the shutter button )


Meanwhile:

Restored Dallmeyer Reflex (rebadged Thornton Pickard Ruby Reflex from around 1930). New shutter curtains, new First Surface Mirror, new focusing ground glass.

 

[phigmov]

I'm afraid I only have some recent photos of the cleaning of the reflex housing here
(Don't forget the PEN-F has a double-stroke film advance. Crank twice to free the shutter button )

Cheers - you got much further into it than I did. Wow.
Yes, the wind lever is stuck solid - not sure if that is the symptom or the cause of not being able to push the shutter button. Will need to bite the bullet and dig into it deeper I guess.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

This is not really the topic to deal with it, but if you take the bottom off, there's a bar running down the middle that links the mirror mechanism and the shutter timing gears. It might help nudging that thing a bit,
or dropping a very small drop of lighter fluid in there, don't let it get into the prism or it'll dissolve the foam dust seals and mirror bumper! Don't ask me how I know )

 

[mnhoj]

 

[mnhoj]

 

[Bobby Tingle]

That is a great looking camera.