I collect vintage cameras. Some of mine are over 100 years old. I have over 40 so far and am always on the lookout for more finds. Usually when I get them, they are all gross and covered in guck and stuff. I take those ones apart and clean them from the inside out and/or make repairs. My very first old camera was a Polaroid spectra my dad gave me when I was little. I instantly fell in love with film and he went on to show me how to load and shoot 35mm cameras. Now I shoot with 120, 620, and 116 film cameras. You can't buy 620 or 116 film anymore, but I just buy 120 film and re-spool it onto old 620 spools. It's so much fun.
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Wow. That is awesome. Finally someone else who is into this too. I have a huge collection of film cameras. I shoot with nearly all of them. I do my own black and white at home. You have a pretty impressive collection. I recently founds some very old 620 rolls I want to shoot with too.
@SW-User I got a couple of cool shots for sure. Not finished my scans yet. My profile picture is actually a Ciroflex one of the vary first TLRs I bought.
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That's a great camera. TLRs are amazing. My Argus 75 has the most beautiful view finder. @PicturesOfABetterTomorrow
@SW-User I love Pentax cameras. The only one I was not crazy about was the Penax 645 and that is just because the ergonomics did not work for me. Others love it. I have 3 K1000s and a few other models over the years.
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@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow the K1000 is also really special to me. I only have one. But I just bought a t shirt from "the film photography protect" with a big K1000 on it 😝
@SW-User Very cool. Right now for 35mm I shoot with a Canon FTB and an AT-1 as my backup. I am building a full Canon system. Got my 50mm F 1.4 for $25 CDN.
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@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow F1.4 ❤️ That's awesome. I'm glad there are others who still shoot with film 😋
@SW-User Me too. I bought a second had DSLR mostly because I want to get better with flash and it is easier and less expensive then instant film for test shots. lol
