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 […]
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Canon A1 (black, databack) [1978]
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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]
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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 […]