Holga, Toy, Charity Shop, Car Boot and other Bargains (film only please)

Arrived home to my trial shipment from Four Corner Store:

35mm:
2x Fujicolor Superiro X-tra "return to Wl-Mart for quality film development"
2x Kodak 400
1x Made in EU ISO200 36exp
1x Made in EU ISO400 27exp

120:
3x Shanghai GP3 ISO100 dated 8/2013
3x Lucky SHD100 B&W ISO100 dated 4/2013, 5/2012, 5/2012

Guess it's time to put the OM system bodies down and grab a 645 body!

Has anyone had this stuff dev'd yet? I can't remember what this lot cost (need to go back to the site) but looking forward to cycling the 120 stuff at least...
 
I've used GP3 in 5x4 format and Lucky 100 in 35mm and like the results from both.

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Dungeness - Nagaoka GP3-2 by Raglansurf, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Konica C35 Lucky 100-15 by Raglansurf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Some people find the 35mm very curly and difficult to load onto spirals but I don't remember having a significant problem with it.

But for cheap film I really rate it, I think it's discontinued now but Mr Cad still have some stocks of the 35mm.
 
Any suggestion for boot sales or shops where I can find Film camera gems in London? And following this any idea where I can find cheap 120 Colour Film Rolls as I've got a cheap Medium Format Kit on ebay and I'm eager to try it.
 
plamen_gb said:
Any suggestion for boot sales or shops where I can find Film camera gems in London? And following this any idea where I can find cheap 120 Colour Film Rolls as I've got a cheap Medium Format Kit on ebay and I'm eager to try it.
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Most of the charity shops in London seem to sell their cameras through specialist dealers or on-line.

As for shops, there's the usual suspects like LCE but it's also worth having a look at MW Classics website, they will let you collect but you need to make an appointment and ring first.

Then it's just a question of perseverance to find the bargains.
 
****Then it's just a question of perseverance to find the bargains.***

True and luck plays a big part (unless you work in a charity shop and other places)......remember you can miss a bargain (which I have) because someone has bought it 5 mins before you.
 
Finally got my 10 rolls of Ektachrome; a little surprised to find no hint of any expiry dates anywhere. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to use it as fast as possible, assuming it is actually already expired!
 
Finally got my 10 rolls of Ektachrome; a little surprised to find no hint of any expiry dates anywhere. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to use it as fast as possible, assuming it is actually already expired!
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I don't think you saw my post a while back:

s162216 said:
If I remember you ordered some E100S, they've not made that for at least 8 years as that was replaced by E100G some years ago. Its quite sad to be honest that Kodak have discontinued all their reversal films now (The Ektachrome 100d motion stock which was near identical to E100VS is now gone as well) as I always liked the way in which they gave 'controlled' saturation with E100VS which allowed good skin tones yet fairly high saturation unlike Velvia etc (+ they were a bit cheaper!).
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Thanks Sam, I vaguely remembered that but in mid-compose, couldn't check. By then I'd already placed the order, I think. Oh well!
 
Just picked up a mint Vivitar 24mm f2 Komine in OM mount for £4, he also had a Vivitar 70-210 maybe that was for £4 as well but I have enough zooms. There was a nice Ricoh KR-10 super (body only) he said £5 but maybe I could have talked him down to £3, so why didn't I get it? Well it was wound on and wouldn't fire and I just didn't know whether it needed a battery to work.
 
excalibur2 said:
Just picked up a mint Vivitar 24mm f2 Komine in OM mount for £4, he also had a Vivitar 70-210 maybe that was for £4 as well but I have enough zooms. There was a nice Ricoh KR-10 super (body only) he said £5 but maybe I could have talked him down to £3, so why didn't I get it? Well it was wound on and wouldn't fire and I just didn't know whether it needed a battery to work.
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Bargain that mate, I just picked up a rare, Mint, close focus Vivitar 28mm Komine, mine cost £30 a bargain in my eyes :)

I also picked up a SMC Super Takumar 35mm f/2.0, for £40
 
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Swissy said:
Bargain that mate, I just picked up a rare, Mint, close focus Vivitar 28mm Komine, mine cost £30 a bargain in my eyes :)

I also picked up a SMC Super Takumar 35mm f/2.0, for £40
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You should be pleased with the vivitar as I have a couple. The Tak should be a very good lens as well (I haven't got that one) but by logic the M42 35mm f3.5 is very good and Pentax wouldn't make a later lens that was worse. (y)
BTW the Ricoh camera I mentioned takes Pentax pK lenses.
 
It's actually a Pentax Super-Takumar 35mm f/3.5 :)
 
excalibur2 said:
Just picked up a mint Vivitar 24mm f2 Komine in OM mount for £4, he also had a Vivitar 70-210 maybe that was for £4 as well but I have enough zooms. There was a nice Ricoh KR-10 super (body only) he said £5 but maybe I could have talked him down to £3, so why didn't I get it? Well it was wound on and wouldn't fire and I just didn't know whether it needed a battery to work.
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Which you are going to sell to me for, oh, £2 plus postage! :nuts:
 
tikkathreebarrel said:
Which you are going to sell to me for, oh, £2 plus postage! :nuts:
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:wave: Well if I knew you wanted a Vivitar zoom in OM I would have bought it for you, and you could have had it for £3.50, as I would have offered £7 for the two ;) ....well assuming the Vivitar zoom was £4 as I didn't ask.
 
excalibur2 said:
:wave: Well if I knew you wanted a Vivitar zoom in OM I would have bought it for you, and you could have had it for £3.50, as I would have offered £7 for the two ;) ....well assuming the Vivitar zoom was £4 as I didn't ask.
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No, that's very sensible of you. :puke: Very wise.

Right, for future reference, if anyone comes across reaaaalllly sharp, reaallly fast or even really wide OM mount lenses in working to mint condition at "couldn't bear to leave it" prices please will they kindly think of me?:clap:(y)

I have zooms enough covering up to 200mm so prime lenses please or zooms of 300mm + please....

Oh aye, that cheap as chips Shanghai GP3 MF fillum from Four Corner Store: the glue on the end-of-film sealdown strip is less than convincing - you've been warned. Actually, today you've also been warmed! :beer:
 
Well you never know as it's all luck at boot sales, as I missed these lenses first time round because the seller had a table full of new stuff like cables, adapters, mobile phone covers etc and I walk past them 99.9% of the time, but an hour later 2nd time round spotted these two lenses in the middle...so every other lens hunter missed them as well.
 
steveo_mcg said:
I don't think Gp3 has any sticky stuff on it. I always use elastic bands.
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Well, either it's such a delicate glue that there is neither taste or texture to it, or I licked it so hard that it's pure spit holding in place but tucked in a film box and in a dark place.
 
New(ish) forum member here, will be picking up a Canon 5d classic at some point later this year, but in the meantime, having just relocated from Bristol to Kent, I'll be picking up a couple of film cameras to keep me going and get back into photography :cool: I used to have a nikon D70 a few years ago but got rid due to not being used, really want to get back into shooting though.

Trawled round the local market/boot sale today and found this for a fiver. :)

(Excuse the phone camera shot!)

Needed to do a diy repair as the aperture ring inside the mount had become "de-sprung" so the meter was constantly reading at f2.8. Haven't run a film though it yet, picked up some poundland Agfa 200iso film too.

Was really looking for a Canon A-1, I see ffordes have quite a few at decent prices, so will probably pick one up very soon. Had a good look at a 50mm f1.8 and a 100-200mm fd mount lens in a charity shop today as well, £8 and £10 respectivley (with cases!!) so will probably be back to nab them while they're still there :D
 
Well Paul you got a bargain as that lens is good...dunno anything about the camera tho'
 
Paul, welcome and congratulations on the Cosina bargain. It will be a good camera to get back into photography. The Cosina CT1 was Cosina's equivelent of the Nikon FM/Pentax MX/ Olympus OM-1 equivelent if I recall correctly. A good basic Pentax K fit manual camera. Look forward to seeing some results when you have ahead a chance to run a film through.
 
Steve Smith said:
It does. Go back and get it! It's a great body for Pentax lenses.


Steve.
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Someone else had bought it. :shrug: Another nice camera I'm sure a student would have wanted was a Minolta SRT 100x with Minolta lens, plus a non minolta 70-210 zoom and case for £10...but what can you do but pass as I already have a Minolta 101b and plenty of zooms.
 
I think there is a general agreement that Acros 100 performs extremly well, I have been looking for a purchase at a reasonable price on the bay the dates are so OOD at the price, it is just not worth the risk and in date film for 35mm is like circa £8.00 a roll, until I found this.

In date 5 rolls total inc delivery £26.00, bargain in my book and have ordered.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370791245844?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
 
s162216 said:
If I remember you ordered some E100S, they've not made that for at least 8 years as that was replaced by E100G some years ago. Its quite sad to be honest that Kodak have discontinued all their reversal films now (The Ektachrome 100d motion stock which was near identical to E100VS is now gone as well) as I always liked the way in which they gave 'controlled' saturation with E100VS which allowed good skin tones yet fairly high saturation unlike Velvia etc (+ they were a bit cheaper!).
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I've just checked, and I have 5 E100SW (that apparently replaced E100S) and 5 E200.

So, how should I shoot such out of date film? I'm shooting 2007 Reala 100 at 80 ISO; is that similar advice for transparency film?
 
ChrisR said:
I've just checked, and I have 5 E100SW (that apparently replaced E100S) and 5 E200.

So, how should I shoot such out of date film? I'm shooting 2007 Reala 100 at 80 ISO; is that similar advice for transparency film?
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E100SW is E100S with a warmer tone, see here: http://www.kodak.com/cluster/global/en/service/faqs/faq2500.shtml

I would shoot a roll as normal and use a lab which offers a clip test (for a small fee) such as Peak Imaging, that way they cut off and process a couple of frames as standard and then analyse them with a densitometer etc so that the processing time can be adjusted accordingly
 
Two boot sales and only a Pentacon pre set 200mm f4 bokeh monster for a £1 :crying: But time and fuel costs weren't wasted as I got a kiddies bike for £10, which to buy new is about £165.
 
freecom2 said:
15 blades, wow!
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On another forum I was saying that a preset 135mm f3.5 Galaxy lens must be of some use as it has 15 blades. Anyway some of the shots I took with it are good...............but mention Galaxy and it's :thumbsdown: even if you paid 50p for it. :shrug:

Galaxy 135mm f3.5 preset, M42, 15 blades...must be worth at least £2
 
I thought that the Topcon RM 300 was a desirable camera. There is one on ebay, which did not sell yesterday, and has been relisted. It also has 2 lenses with it, I seem to recall a recent article in AP - Iconic Camera feature, where the comment was - " You may also like - Topcon RM 300, if you can find one."
 
pityacka said:
I thought that the Topcon RM 300 was a desirable camera. There is one on ebay, which did not sell yesterday, and has been relisted. It also has 2 lenses with it, I seem to recall a recent article in AP - Iconic Camera feature, where the comment was - " You may also like - Topcon RM 300, if you can find one."
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Most Topcon\Topcor were sold in the US and the US navy used to use em...not many in the UK :shrug:
 
Steve Smith said:
It does. Go back and get it! It's a great body for Pentax lenses. Steve.
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Saw another Kr-10-super body with case, same problem couldn't wind on or fire, so this time bought it for £3. Anyway I said where are all the lenses? and she said they were all sold about 6:30 AM WTF I was there at 8:15....so after the early birds, other stall holders looking at other stalls, staff on the lookout for bargains...you have to be lucky to get something the others missed or usually what they don't want.
Well put the batteries in and it fired up about 5 times, but then locked, so I took the bottom plate off to fiddle around to release the wind on....well it looks like it's a camera I can't trust as it could happen again, and also it hadn't been used in years as the camera is in very good nick and at first I couldn't open the back as it was stuck with gooey seals.
 
Well trying to keep my moving grandchildren in focus is difficult, so thought I'll have to get a AF digital camera or SLR AF film camera...anyway saw this at the bootie for £10 and thought the person looked honest when she said "It works", so I bought it and so far it focuses ok, but some annoying things like in low light on AF it wont fire, and have to switch to manual....I would have thought in low light on AF the flash would pop up to help make sure you got the shot.
Well something to play with:-

 
excalibur2 said:
Well trying to keep my moving grandchildren in focus is difficult, so thought I'll have to get a AF digital camera or SLR AF film camera...anyway saw this at the bootie for £10 and thought the person looked honest when she said "It works", so I bought it and so far it focuses ok, but some annoying things like in low light on AF it wont fire, and have to switch to manual....I would have thought in low light on AF the flash would pop up to help make sure you got the shot.
Well something to play with:-
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Those early AF Nikon cameras were notoriously bad at focussing in low light, I've still got my F801 I bought in 1989 and the big dedicated Cobra flash that has two huge IR focus aids on the front and it still struggles a little.
 
RaglanSurf said:
Those early AF Nikon cameras were notoriously bad at focussing in low light, I've still got my F801 I bought in 1989 and the big dedicated Cobra flash that has two huge IR focus aids on the front and it still struggles a little.
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Hope the AF is fast enough for children :shrug: as I only have one manual Nikon lens, but have a Tamron adapter for other manual lenses.... Is this sigma 70-210mm f4-f5.6 any good?
 
excalibur2 said:
Hope the AF is fast enough for children :shrug: as I only have one manual Nikon lens, but have a Tamron adapter for other manual lenses.... Is this sigma 70-210mm f4-f5.6 any good?
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It's not bad but not a patch on modern AF, have you considered putting a shot of brandy in the kids orange squash? That should slow them down a bit.
 
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