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1978

New finds this weekend

By Peter on September 9, 2017 0

6 new cameras for the collection this weekend… on a $17 total expenditure. First up… and I’m quite excited by this one: a 1978 Agfa Optima 1035 in fantastic condition.  For $4 it was my most expensive purchase of the day.  It takes 3x 625 mercury batteries (no longer available), which normally would be an […]

Canon A1 (black, databack) [1978]

By Peter on May 29, 2017 0

This came from a local sale.  The owner wanted to offload a bunch of 4 or 5 older cameras, all original purchases from his family.  It was a simple “lets meet and haggle” type arrangement.  His post didn’t even list this camera, and had a slightly blurry photo which included a nice Argus Astigamatic and […]

Canon A-1 (black) [1978]

By Peter on April 4, 2017 0

Well it turns out when I bought my Yashica Mat 124G, the seller was cleaning out for a move.  She also had a Canon A-1 (black) and an AE-1 (silver, NOT program) for sale on the cheap, along with stock 1.8 primes and a large pile of off brand lenses. This is my first A-1 […]

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