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Yashica Electro 35 GSN

9/25/2014

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This little beauty was part of a larger collection I got from a local collector who's decided it was time to downsize.

These were made in the mid 1970's and are very simple to use, but actually produce beautiful images. It is fixed with a 45mm f/1.7 lens, but it's closest focusing distance is about 2.6 ft. so no macro shots with this guy. I used a long expired roll of Solaris 400 ISO film so I was surprised how well the pictures came out.

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Canon EOS 10s

9/25/2014

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The EOS 10s was released in 1991 and discontinued in 1994. It was the 2nd best camera Canon made at the time so I guess it's the 5D MkIII of its day.
This came in a group of cameras I obtained from a nice couple re-locating to Florida. The roll of Kodak Gold 200 in it was only half shot up so I finished it off. The coloring was way off for indoor shots, which I'm not sure if it was just the age of the film, or 200 speed film is just no good for indoor shots, but the images weren't very impressive. The outdoor shots were alright though and the 35-135mm f/4 USM lens that came with it is no slouch. It might be interesting to try more shots with modern lenses, which is entirely possible since it uses the same EOS mount as our modern DSLRs.
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Five Star 500mm f/8

9/24/2014

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So if you ever thought about picking up one of these cheapies for some distance shooting, don't bother. You can get them for $50 or so on eBay, but I got it thrown in with a bunch of camera stuff I bought. Will it focus light onto your camera sensor or film and produce an image? Yes. Will the image be tolerable on Facebook? Sure. Can you zoom in and see sharp detail? Not on your life. Oh, and I hope you like chromatic aberration too...
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Chinon CM-7

9/22/2014

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This was another Goodwill find. It's from the late 80's so the build quality is pretty cheap, and there's a lot of plastic on it, but everything functions well, and it goes up to 1/2000 shutter speed so it's nice for outdoor light. I've been shooting up some really old "Solaris" brand film and I think it's lost some sensitivity over the years, so I'm disappointed by the washed out colors, but I was able to get some of the saturation back in post processing. It'll be fun to try these cameras again with some fresh film and see if there's a difference.
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Minolta Maxxum 3Xi

9/21/2014

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So I got this camera as something of a freebie when I bought some more vintage ones. It has a crack in the case where the handgrip is, but it didn't seem to affect it's ability to take pictures. This is a 1991-1994 era machine with all kinds of bells and whistles including a sensor in the grip and eyepiece that causes the camera to start focusing when you put your eye up to the viewfinder. I didn't care much for that feature, but it's a nice little camera that uses the same lenses as current Sony DSLRs.
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Grandpa's Canon Sure Shot Owl

9/19/2014

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I recently received my Grandpa's last camera that he owned before passing several years ago. It was wonderful to see the pictures he had taken, plus the roll wasn't finished so I got to take a few shots with it too!
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A Tank of a Lens - Nikon 105mm f/2.5

9/12/2014

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This old beauty is a hefty piece of gear from roughly 1973-1975, that just produces beautiful images. I was really pleased with the results of using this lens on the 7D and I'm looking forward to using this one a lot more! It's the P.C. version meaning it's 5 elements in 4 groups and multi-coated, which is the same specs as Nikon's brand new version.
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Pentax Super Takumar 55mm f/2.0

9/7/2014

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This is a classic M42 lens from the late 1960's that's highly sought after by videographers for both it's image and handling characteristics. I mainly use it for video, but thought I would try it on some stills tonight. It does alright and the pictures are reasonably sharp, but sometimes the bokeh is a little greasy looking. I'll let you be the judge on the aesthetic qualities though.
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Funny Looking Lens...

9/5/2014

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...makes funny looking pictures. This is a strange push pull 90-190 zoom with an M42 mount that I got in a collection of other parts. It's not bad on the shorter end of the range, and if you stop it down to f/8.0 but at 190mm and f/5.6 it produces a very dreamy/glowing type of effect that would have limited appeal in my opinion...

These were taken with the Canon 7D and an M42 adapter.
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