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THRIFT SHOP FREAKOUT
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| Sept 17, 2011
| swampsniper
Posted on 09/17/2011 3:17:24 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
The Chinese will be making film until Hell freezes over! The Italians as well...
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posted on
09/17/2011 3:51:20 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I have a very elderly Yashika 35mm given to me years ago by my first son-in-law, who said it had been his mother’s. I have no way to tell how old it is. The rim of the lens looks like it has been dropped a few times, and it has a complete case. Haven’t given it much thought through the years, but I know it still works. I should look it up online.
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posted on
09/17/2011 3:51:49 PM PDT
by
redhead
(Never Forget. Never Forget. NEVER FORGET!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
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posted on
09/17/2011 3:55:19 PM PDT
by
redhead
(Never Forget. Never Forget. NEVER FORGET!)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Nice catch! I found a manual for the camera in .pdf format
here.
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posted on
09/17/2011 3:56:35 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Sometimes, stuff like that is vastly superior to the stuff that’s commonly available today.
Look at old audio equipment. The old JBL’s, the Marantz stuff...
You would really have to search long and hard to find anything today that even comes close to the quality back then.
And durability as well.
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posted on
09/17/2011 3:57:09 PM PDT
by
djf
(Buncha sheep: A flock.. Buncha cows: A herd.. Buncha fish: A school.. Buncha baboons: A Congress..)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Looks good.... Yer gonna have to scan in a pic from it when ya get time an film developed.
Looks like a great deal.
Stay Safe....
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:00:11 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: sodpoodle
You will soon lose - when Kodak stops manufacturing film.Fuji's still making film. We'll probably be able to buy camera film beyond when the last 25 watt incandescent bulb has disappeared. Unless Congress butts in, of course.
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:01:45 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(Keynesians take the stand that the best way to sober up is more booze.)
To: Chickensoup
“Boy, quality in manufacturing back then sure shows now.”
MADE IN U.S.A.
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:04:38 PM PDT
by
CGalen
To: SWAMPSNIPER
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I had one very similar to that one years back. It was handed down to me from my brother when he bought a real camera (i.e. an SLR).
It wasn’t very sophisticated, but it did take decent pictures.
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:10:28 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Looks like the camera my parents gave me when I started to show an interest in photography. They bought it 2 years before I was born and took it throughout Europe. Tried to teach my daughter basic photography using it, however since it wan't a PhD camera (Push Here Dummy), she quickly lost interest. Sad, she didn't realise the best processor for picture taking was between her ears. I still have the camera, the hand-stiched leather case, and it still take great pictures. Found a place in Texas to clean/oil this camera and the 120mm Ikon-Ziess Twin Lens Reflex that my Dad gave me just before he died.
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:13:43 PM PDT
by
Traveler59
( Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I have two of those. One cost $5.00 ten years ago, the other was left to me by a deceased relative.
A few years ago, I got a Brownie Starflash, an exact duplicate of the one my Mom & Dad gave me for my 6th or 7th birthday. It’s still in the original box with the original Eveready batteries (white with red/blue lettering), a few flashbulbs, and a very old roll of 127 film.
Old cameras are neat!
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:14:32 PM PDT
by
Peter W. Kessler
(Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
To: Fresh Wind
It's not like I needed another camera LOL.
I've got plastic bins down one wall of my bedroom full of cameras in all stages of repair and parts and so many old Minolta lenses I can't lift them all at once..
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:14:45 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Three, in great shape for under $10.00 here:
Kodak Pony
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:21:35 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
To: freejohn
That’s Three in the same auction for under $10.00! 8)
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:22:51 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Excellent find - that baby’s mint!
Looks to be about the same vintage as the old Argus that my dad used to use back in the 60s to photograph us kids growing up. I’ve got that one in the curio cabinet along with a couple of his other old cameras and lenses.
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:25:21 PM PDT
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: freejohn
They aren't worth much except as toys. At least I saved on shipping. I picked up enough paperbacks to keep reading for a while, got a lot of time on my hands.
I haven't got hard up enough to watch TV yet!
I learned long ago that the best news sources in the world are right here on FREEREPUBLIC.
Freepers usually know what's happening before anyone else does.
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:26:46 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I love good buys . . . I went into our local thrift shop a couple of weeks ago and found this . . .
#3.00 . . . found it online with a retail price of $436.00.
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:30:48 PM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
They are worth something!
They are worth ‘preserving’ for the enjoyment of future generations!!
I collect Really Old and some really nice things that others would have thrown away and never given a second thought.
It’s a shame that we live in such a ‘throw-away’ society today.
I have a Tiffany vase that someone gave to a Salvation Army way back in the late 60’s.
If I remember correctly, I paid $3.00 for it .. That vase today is valued (insurance) at $15,000.00.
If you’re savvy and know your stuff .. You CAN find such deals, even today because the younger generation, just don’t like “Old Things”! LOL
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:37:46 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Good on you!
I had a pristine Olympus SLR with expensive lens, sitting on a galley counter while we were sailing. I guess we healed, the camera slid off and into the trash bucket.
Many beer cans were later flipped into the bucket, but long after tossing the trash bag into the dumpster I realized that my $1,000 camera was missing.
I gave away the rest of the $thousands of of various lenses for that great camera.
Now I’m point and shoot, Canon ELPH.
Good luck with your find!
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posted on
09/17/2011 4:40:37 PM PDT
by
Noob1999
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