That first plastic camera -- they used to give them away when you signed up for a magazine subscription or bought whatever junk they were peddling mail order. They were typically pretty horrible. Good luck with that!
When the junk came out at the start i was really worried you'd blown 200 bucks on garby... Then the F2 and the beautiful Leica appeared. Lucky you! I have a IIIf and they simply exquisite
Oh boy I was worried too! And you are so right, it really is a beautiful camera. If you like to see what was on that film in the Leica, check out my newest video
I have a IIIA, IIIC and a Standard, really fun cameras, looks like you do have a little bit of cleaning and work ahead but the Nikon and Leica are actually really easy to work on. I repaired several over the years. Really great finds you got.
I have seen a lot of wrong stuff about the Leica. It's a 1935 IIIa. The two viewfinder and rangefinder are still separated and not close to each other like on the leica iiif. You don't have flash sync and the top is in two parts which match 100% with a iiia. It is worth the price for a CLA and if the curtains are still good it can be an amazing compact rangefinder to carry.
Glad to see Your enthusiasm ,,,,, I have been shooting since 1966 (I earned money and saved hard) when I bought My Nikon F (still have)!!! Good luck have fun :) :) :)
The F2 looks barely used. An enthusiast owned professional tool. I also really like the Canon Epocha (in the UK)... It's design was unique... waist level finder and lens cap with fresnel lens and flash built right in. If there's ever a retro fad for top 80's / 90's camera tech, put this beside a T90 and a SureShot Supreme and you're holding three aces right there!
Those old "Leica" Cameras can be mock-ups of two or more different cameras, so do not get too excited ! The Nikon F2 is one of the best analog SLR Cameras ever made together with Nikon F, Canon F-1, Canon F-1n and Canon New F-1 and the Leicaflex plus a few more.
This looks like a real Leica to me - the slower shutter speed knob for a start, and the range finder connector is a wheel rather than a rounded triangle. Soviet (Zorki or FED) are based on the IIc so copies that are faked to look like Leicas can be spotted quite easily
Wow you nailed it! I looked it up and I'm thinking it's from Southern Photo Technical Service. They've been around long enough. So the Nikon may have lived in Florida for awhile. Thanks for that
Never open a camera without rewinding. A self loaded canister it’s a crap shoot if you are developing it. The ASA setting in the camera might give you a clue. B&W or Colour
I have just acquired a Minolta Dynax 300si (the Maxxum is the equivalent USA model). It is a point and shoot film slr. Nothing adjusts! DX code film and progam mode only. The flash is supposed to not like working with anything other than the kit 35-70 lens. Mine replaces a broken Dynax 404si body so has the 404 kit lens 28-80 but it seems to work. The slowest firing response possible; the autofocus snaps in and about 2 seconds later it takes a photo! Who would want a point and shoot with a removable lens (not even certain that other lenses work reliably)?
The Minolta Maxxum was a good camera and yes because of the autofocus the flash was specially designed that way. The Canon was a forerunner for the digital age, lol. Sony made a digital camera similar to it that used CDs, if I remember correctly.... Great New Year to you, and the Nikon F2, and Leica should be fun to experience. I got a Nikon Nikkormat FT last year and I can't wait to get an AIS lens to start shooting.... Remember to scrub your hands with disinfectant lol
Weird looking Canon is not an SLR. Mine though takes a great picture and a great camera to use. Won't make your fortune though (unless things have changed). Better to keep and use. Nikon and Leica though make your bundle a good deal, well done.
I had one and it took very decent normal looking photos. The flash being on the zoom focused it into a similar diameter as what the camera lens was seeing. I don't remember if the flash power changed when you zoomed.
The real gem in that box, and better than any early Leica, was the Nikon F2. I cut my teeth (and career) on an F2. I only moved to Leica M because of the hype. I quickly went back to a Nikon FE and FM. But the F2 was a brilliant machine/tool. Leica are so overrated.
You have such a good point! With no Nikon experience, I had to look up the F2 and the Nikon experience. It's fascinating, from the interchanging parts, didn't change lens mounts like everyone else, and the features these bodies offer are of real value in shooting. No gimmicks. Such an amazing system
@@ThisOldCamera This is the 35-105, there was also a 35-135 (in black) later. I loved the fresnel lens that zoomed with the lens to diffuse the flash, quite effective
That first plastic camera -- they used to give them away when you signed up for a magazine subscription or bought whatever junk they were peddling mail order. They were typically pretty horrible. Good luck with that!
Oh that makes so much sense LOL thanks for that! I'm just keeping it for parts... in the recycling bin
wouldnt burn
Why on earth did someone sell a Nikon F and a Leica III bundled with some junk cameras for $200?
Clearly, don't know the value of the 35mm cameras.
I really don't know, but it haunts me. Now I think everything I see is something of value
Sending boxes to himself i reckon lol
Yeah Video could be Fake lol
It is not a Nikon F...
It is an F2...
When the junk came out at the start i was really worried you'd blown 200 bucks on garby... Then the F2 and the beautiful Leica appeared. Lucky you! I have a IIIf and they simply exquisite
Oh boy I was worried too! And you are so right, it really is a beautiful camera. If you like to see what was on that film in the Leica, check out my newest video
@@ThisOldCameracan I ask what site did you buy it off? Thanks
I have a IIIA, IIIC and a Standard, really fun cameras, looks like you do have a little bit of cleaning and work ahead but the Nikon and Leica are actually really easy to work on. I repaired several over the years. Really great finds you got.
You've got a great lineage of Leicas. You are right in that there is some more care needed for these cameras, which is a lobar of love
I have seen a lot of wrong stuff about the Leica. It's a 1935 IIIa.
The two viewfinder and rangefinder are still separated and not close to each other like on the leica iiif.
You don't have flash sync and the top is in two parts which match 100% with a iiia.
It is worth the price for a CLA and if the curtains are still good it can be an amazing compact rangefinder to carry.
Glad to see Your enthusiasm ,,,,, I have been shooting since 1966 (I earned money and saved hard) when I bought My Nikon F (still have)!!! Good luck have fun :) :) :)
The F2 looks barely used. An enthusiast owned professional tool. I also really like the Canon Epocha (in the UK)... It's design was unique... waist level finder and lens cap with fresnel lens and flash built right in. If there's ever a retro fad for top 80's / 90's camera tech, put this beside a T90 and a SureShot Supreme and you're holding three aces right there!
no dents
Those old "Leica" Cameras can be mock-ups of two or more different cameras, so do not get too excited ! The Nikon F2 is one of the best analog SLR Cameras ever made together with Nikon F, Canon F-1, Canon F-1n and Canon New F-1 and the Leicaflex plus a few more.
This looks like a real Leica to me - the slower shutter speed knob for a start, and the range finder connector is a wheel rather than a rounded triangle. Soviet (Zorki or FED) are based on the IIc so copies that are faked to look like Leicas can be spotted quite easily
everybody loves cloth shutters not me
You talk about old cameras but don’t recognise a focal plane shutter! I am kind of lost for words
The Nikon sticker is a repair shop after a repair
Wow you nailed it! I looked it up and I'm thinking it's from Southern Photo Technical Service. They've been around long enough. So the Nikon may have lived in Florida for awhile. Thanks for that
my F.T.N.s is full of them
Never open a camera without rewinding.
A self loaded canister it’s a crap shoot if you are developing it. The ASA setting in the camera might give you a clue. B&W or Colour
I have just acquired a Minolta Dynax 300si (the Maxxum is the equivalent USA model). It is a point and shoot film slr. Nothing adjusts! DX code film and progam mode only. The flash is supposed to not like working with anything other than the kit 35-70 lens. Mine replaces a broken Dynax 404si body so has the 404 kit lens 28-80 but it seems to work. The slowest firing response possible; the autofocus snaps in and about 2 seconds later it takes a photo! Who would want a point and shoot with a removable lens (not even certain that other lenses work reliably)?
The Minolta Maxxum was a good camera and yes because of the autofocus the flash was specially designed that way. The Canon was a forerunner for the digital age, lol.
Sony made a digital camera similar to it that used CDs, if I remember correctly.... Great New Year to you, and the Nikon F2, and Leica should be fun to experience.
I got a Nikon Nikkormat FT last year and I can't wait to get an AIS lens to start shooting....
Remember to scrub your hands with disinfectant lol
17:58 that is German. Auf=open, zu=close, Wetzlar is a City in East germany. D.R.P. Is german Patent office in DDR.
"...the shutter is so beautiful.." LOL.
Weird looking Canon is not an SLR. Mine though takes a great picture and a great camera to use. Won't make your fortune though (unless things have changed). Better to keep and use. Nikon and Leica though make your bundle a good deal, well done.
Thw camera 6 looks really interesting! Especially thay flash omg 😅 I really wonder if lens is any good and how images will look with that flash
I had one and it took very decent normal looking photos. The flash being on the zoom focused it into a similar diameter as what the camera lens was seeing. I don't remember if the flash power changed when you zoomed.
I love your passion. Looking forward to videos on the last two cameras. And film?
Yeah.. really natural..like a starving person smearing peanut butter over themselves hoping it will appease their hunger. No soul.
Fascinating to see the Canon lens, Leica body combo. Any a-mount lenses should fit the Minoltas and work (ish).
Cant wait for another video of that Leica!
Don't under estimate the quality of that canon screw mount lens. Some on a par with the Leica lenses, and more reasonably priced and available.
So true! the craftsmanship is undeniable
Southern Photo Technical Service.
I think you're right. Tempted to see if they had a record of the work on this body. Thanks for that!
The real gem in that box, and better than any early Leica, was the Nikon F2. I cut my teeth (and career) on an F2. I only moved to Leica M because of the hype. I quickly went back to a Nikon FE and FM. But the F2 was a brilliant machine/tool. Leica are so overrated.
You have such a good point! With no Nikon experience, I had to look up the F2 and the Nikon experience. It's fascinating, from the interchanging parts, didn't change lens mounts like everyone else, and the features these bodies offer are of real value in shooting. No gimmicks. Such an amazing system
is F2 metal vertical shutter like FM FE
The F2 is a great camera. That is an F2 with the photomic head.
Hey! Just for curiosity where did you buy this bundle?
I knew the Epoca when they were new.
Azriel Knight has had a series on TH-cam called This Old Camera for years
I used to shoot a Canon Epoca in the early '90s. Pretty decent camera
Oh yeah! Then you know what it's like. I did take it out and had a blast. Took great photos and was really fun to handle
@@ThisOldCamera This is the 35-105, there was also a 35-135 (in black) later. I loved the fresnel lens that zoomed with the lens to diffuse the flash, quite effective
@@tns5044 oh now I want the black one!
Were going pretty cheap a while back in UK. Bought mine for £20 a few years back. Great camera.
No Hasselblad?? What a bummer
What bidding site did you use?
Hi, not a Leica but a Nikon « made in japan » 12’21’’…!!! 😅
7 8 and a pile of junk :D
what a ripoff, all trash. for $200 bucks you can get a canon 5d or the orignal sony a7