ClassiCameras

Minolta SRT 303b

Another built-like-a-tank SLR from 1975. Came with a 50/1,7 and a Tamron Adaptall Zoom 85-210/4,5. I never saw a SLR with lens unlocking knob above the lens. It´s a wonderful, big, heavy camera with a very elegant prism finder.

Chrome

Two beautiful examples of the chrome age of photography. The Olympus OM-1 was released 1972, the Minolta SRT 303b 1975. In size and weight they represent the extremes of 35mm-SLRs in the 70s. Both had hard contact with the ground, causing big bumps on the body edges. But after more than 30 years all controls go smooth and the sound is still sexy!

Canon AF 35 ML (I)

This is a camera that was imho designed like an onion-donut. It has a very nice 1,9/40mm lens which would be perfect for available light photography, but the camera is so loud, that the use in many low light situations isn´t really funny. When the exposure is too long for handheld photography the camera sends a horrible beep, so that everyone 20 meters around you knows that a photo will be taken. After releasing the shutter the film is wound by a motor that could have been built by Caterpillar:-(

I received the camera with a tele/wide auxiliary lens set plus finders.

How to cut the beep: The silence of the cam

Konica C35AF (I)

The worlds first serial-produced AF-camera. Member of a small group of cameras of the late 70s, with AF, but manual film advance. The AF is based on the Honeywell Visitronic system. The camera has programmed automatic exposure with apertures from 2,8-16 and a time range from 1/60-1/250s. The lens is a Hexanon 2,8/38mm.
The AF needs vertical lines and good light, but then it produces yery sharp pictures and is fast enough for (my) street photography. The manual film advance and the manual flash activation are other features that make the camera stealthy.
The camera is big, heavy, good to hold.

Kodak Farbwelt 400

Traumbild 200

Colorsplash

Produced by the Lomographic society. A toycam with fixed aperture, B-M-setting and built-in colorflash. A set of interchangeable color-foils for the flash comes with the camera. The use of the colorflash didn´t´work well on CN-film, but the B-setting is a nice feature.

Lomo Cosmic 35M

Not often seen variant of the Smena 8M. The usual features: Lens 4/40mm, time settings B, 1/15 - 1/250. The shutter cocking is separated from the transport, so multiple exposures are easy, even when you don´t want to do one!

Fuji Neopan Acros in APH09

Agfa Karat 36

Baujahr 1953. Solinar 2,8/50mm. Der Neupreis betrug, nach einer Rechnung von Photo Porst, die ich mit der Kamera erwarb, 318,- Mark. Anders als die meisten anderen Karat-Kameras schluckt die Karat 36 normalen Kleinbildfilm. Mein Modell war in gutem Zustand, allerdings stellte der Verschluss nach zwei Filmen den Dienst ein.