I bought some old cameras recently. Buying old cameras is a great way to stay enthused about photography. Old cameras require a bit of thinking, a bit more hands on love, and improves your street cred with all the hipsters.
First, I'm really excited about my Nikonos II find. Straight kung-fu metal underwater camera. F2.5 is pretty decent. I'm going to be the next worst surf photographer. I just loaded a roll of Ilford 400 BW, but haven't shot it yet.
You have to take the camera apart into 3 separate pieces to get the film in there. I like work
I also found a sweet pair of Polaroid SX-70 Land Cameras at the swap meet. It's pretty rare to find them with the original flash accessories too.
Leather case, bonus.
Haha, Kodak 110 camera, I found in the 'bric-a-brac' section at Savers for $3.00. Looks brand new, never used. Gotta go grab some film online before it turns to dust.
One of my faves, probably cause I'll use this one the most. I gotta replacement for my old Nikkormat and broken FG. A working FG! yay. I found this beauty (and the Nikonos) at my favorite local camera store Hawaii Photo Rental.
This camera came with a 50mm 1.8, and the lens had some element separation problems. I thought maybe the oil looking coating flaw would give the images a neat effect. But after my first test roll, no bonus. I got a roll of 3200 BW in there right now... that way I can take pictures of dirty people in parks at night.
here's an unedited image from my first test roll of fuji chrome. I likes
go oldies
