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After reading a thread this morning asking "What's film like these days?" it sort of hit a note for me...'cos I have a wide selection of cameras here (OK yes, lots of them are half frame) and I doubt if I will ever use them in anger, at least not all of them. As far as I know they are all OK and I've pretty much sorted any issues they have. What I'd like to do is maybe loan a couple out for someone to run a film through just for the hell of it and to confirm that the cameras are good or not. Your risk - a film and a developing cost... my risk, loaning out a camera to a complete stranger!
I think at first I will drop a list in this thread of the cameras I think will actually be available at the start and ask for "volunteers". Then, maybe have a peek at the trading detail for people wanting a loaner (or just general posting and so on to get an idea of the type of person) before deciding to go further. It would be a requirement though to post final pics (or at least the good ones!) here so all can see how good or bad they are and I get an idea of whether my cameras need just a polish or more work after all. The volunteers would need to be prepared to buy a film, run it through the camera and get it processed, as well as post the camera back to me afterwards. I would post the camera out to them at my cost.
Think carefully about this, I am not expecting a 6 month loan and the cameras are most definitely not going to be for sale - they are my collection, my babies... and they belong here.
Here's a few cameras to start with:
Rollei 35 LED (maybe with the 100XL flash)
Minox 35 GT
Voigtlander Vitomatic 11a
Konica EYE (1/2 frame)
Yashica Samurai 3.0 (1/2 frame)
Olympus Pen EE (1/2 frame - testing for travelling camera project)
I may add more later but try these initially and see if they light any fires. I do not want more than a couple out at a time though... too big a hole on the shelf! If there's a 1/2 frame anyone wants to try - ask and if I have one we'll see. Because of the nature of my collection... tending towards the smaller pocket-sized cameras, don't expect slr's or anything like that.
Arthur
I think at first I will drop a list in this thread of the cameras I think will actually be available at the start and ask for "volunteers". Then, maybe have a peek at the trading detail for people wanting a loaner (or just general posting and so on to get an idea of the type of person) before deciding to go further. It would be a requirement though to post final pics (or at least the good ones!) here so all can see how good or bad they are and I get an idea of whether my cameras need just a polish or more work after all. The volunteers would need to be prepared to buy a film, run it through the camera and get it processed, as well as post the camera back to me afterwards. I would post the camera out to them at my cost.
Think carefully about this, I am not expecting a 6 month loan and the cameras are most definitely not going to be for sale - they are my collection, my babies... and they belong here.
Here's a few cameras to start with:
Rollei 35 LED (maybe with the 100XL flash)
Minox 35 GT
Voigtlander Vitomatic 11a
Konica EYE (1/2 frame)
Yashica Samurai 3.0 (1/2 frame)
Olympus Pen EE (1/2 frame - testing for travelling camera project)
I may add more later but try these initially and see if they light any fires. I do not want more than a couple out at a time though... too big a hole on the shelf! If there's a 1/2 frame anyone wants to try - ask and if I have one we'll see. Because of the nature of my collection... tending towards the smaller pocket-sized cameras, don't expect slr's or anything like that.
Arthur
does that affect yoiur photography??? 
