Posted on 09/17/2011 3:17:24 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
Most of the junque at the thrift shop today was either terminal or overpriced. I'll let it sit until they get tired of looking at it!
I found this little guy way back in the showcase, it works!
Pony 135 Production: 1950-1954 Film format: 135, 24x35mm frames Shutter: Kodak Flash 200 1/25 - 1/200 (M sync only) Lens: Kodak Anaston 51mm f/4.5 - f/22
Can't lose for 3 bucks!
The Italians as well...
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.
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.
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....
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.
“Boy, quality in manufacturing back then sure shows now.”
MADE IN U.S.A.
Wow, that’s great!
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.
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!
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..
That’s Three in the same auction for under $10.00! 8)
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.
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.
#3.00 . . . found it online with a retail price of $436.00.
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
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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