Unboxing a mystery lot of old cameras. Will there be a Leica?

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  • @michaelsherck5099
    @michaelsherck5099 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    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!

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Oh that makes so much sense LOL thanks for that! I'm just keeping it for parts... in the recycling bin

    • @wullieg7269
      @wullieg7269 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      wouldnt burn

  • @edmundisanski982
    @edmundisanski982 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Why on earth did someone sell a Nikon F and a Leica III bundled with some junk cameras for $200?

    • @arricammarques1955
      @arricammarques1955 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Clearly, don't know the value of the 35mm cameras.

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I really don't know, but it haunts me. Now I think everything I see is something of value

    • @pwood5733
      @pwood5733 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Sending boxes to himself i reckon lol

    • @HansRutenbrecher
      @HansRutenbrecher 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yeah Video could be Fake lol

    • @fretlessfender
      @fretlessfender 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It is not a Nikon F...
      It is an F2...

  • @timrpbrown
    @timrpbrown 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    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

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      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

    • @rupertcullinane1257
      @rupertcullinane1257 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ThisOldCameracan I ask what site did you buy it off? Thanks

  • @amplifierheadache
    @amplifierheadache 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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.

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

  • @housemusic325
    @housemusic325 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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.

  • @johnyoung1606
    @johnyoung1606 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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 :) :) :)

  • @peterharrington8709
    @peterharrington8709 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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!

    • @wullieg7269
      @wullieg7269 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no dents

  • @cameraprepper7938
    @cameraprepper7938 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    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.

    • @timrpbrown
      @timrpbrown 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

    • @wullieg7269
      @wullieg7269 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      everybody loves cloth shutters not me

  • @motorvelo
    @motorvelo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You talk about old cameras but don’t recognise a focal plane shutter! I am kind of lost for words

  • @michaelharmon721
    @michaelharmon721 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The Nikon sticker is a repair shop after a repair

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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

    • @wullieg7269
      @wullieg7269 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      my F.T.N.s is full of them

  • @harpersisland
    @harpersisland 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @jolyonstone4942
    @jolyonstone4942 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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)?

  • @philipcupid6660
    @philipcupid6660 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @SteveM45
    @SteveM45 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @buckybucky8596
    @buckybucky8596 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "...the shutter is so beautiful.." LOL.

  • @picsntech
    @picsntech 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @quite1enough
    @quite1enough 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

    • @IanPageEchols
      @IanPageEchols 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

  • @jackieb7476
    @jackieb7476 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love your passion. Looking forward to videos on the last two cameras. And film?

    • @anandarochisha
      @anandarochisha 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah.. really natural..like a starving person smearing peanut butter over themselves hoping it will appease their hunger. No soul.

  • @chaoringmeister
    @chaoringmeister 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating to see the Canon lens, Leica body combo. Any a-mount lenses should fit the Minoltas and work (ish).

  • @MrScissorarms
    @MrScissorarms 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cant wait for another video of that Leica!

  • @michaelcase8574
    @michaelcase8574 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true! the craftsmanship is undeniable

  • @mnoliberal7335
    @mnoliberal7335 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Southern Photo Technical Service.

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think you're right. Tempted to see if they had a record of the work on this body. Thanks for that!

  • @tomfenn7149
    @tomfenn7149 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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

    • @wullieg7269
      @wullieg7269 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      is F2 metal vertical shutter like FM FE

    • @davidmam
      @davidmam 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The F2 is a great camera. That is an F2 with the photomic head.

  • @victorcasauslorente5966
    @victorcasauslorente5966 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey! Just for curiosity where did you buy this bundle?

  • @matthewridgeway9250
    @matthewridgeway9250 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I knew the Epoca when they were new.

  • @goldenhourkodak
    @goldenhourkodak 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Azriel Knight has had a series on TH-cam called This Old Camera for years

  • @tns5044
    @tns5044 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to shoot a Canon Epoca in the early '90s. Pretty decent camera

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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

    • @tns5044
      @tns5044 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@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

    • @ThisOldCamera
      @ThisOldCamera  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tns5044 oh now I want the black one!

    • @picsntech
      @picsntech 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Were going pretty cheap a while back in UK. Bought mine for £20 a few years back. Great camera.

  • @henkvanzuylen
    @henkvanzuylen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No Hasselblad?? What a bummer

  • @raidriar01
    @raidriar01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What bidding site did you use?

  • @paulbourdin5477
    @paulbourdin5477 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, not a Leica but a Nikon « made in japan » 12’21’’…!!! 😅

  • @Moonrakerd
    @Moonrakerd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7 8 and a pile of junk :D

  • @Platserviminns
    @Platserviminns 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what a ripoff, all trash. for $200 bucks you can get a canon 5d or the orignal sony a7