Dang...just Missed A Leica M3 On Ebay

[Rob MacKillop]

Thinking OM-4...

 

[Hamish Gill]

I think you should buy a leica m2

 

[Brian Moore]

Yes,...I think the OM-4 is highly regarded. Also, the OM is a system camera so there are lots of lenses and accessories. (I read that Olympus's original plan was to compete against Nikon and Canon for the pro photographer market. Can't remember what happened about that.)

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Surprise, surprise...my mother-in-law has told Susan that she has a Leica in a wardrobe somewhere! She doesn't know what type. Also a Polaroid, 30-minute development type. I think I'll pay her a visit!

 

[Brian Moore]

Surprise, surprise...my mother-in-law has told Susan that she has a Leica in a wardrobe somewhere! She doesn't know what type. Also a Polaroid, 30-minute development type. I think I'll pay her a visit!

Get over there, Rob!

 

[Brian Moore]

Polaroid,...30 minute development type,...? Eh?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Urg I hate you ... If it has three little crowns on the back of the top plate, it's worth nothing, send it my way

 

[Pete Askew]

Didn't Oskar Barnack have relations in Scotland?..

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ha. Well, families being families, things are not so simple. It was Susan's (late) father's best camera, and they don't want me (or anyone else) to use it...Too many memories for them associated with it. Turns out he was a real enthusiast, and the garage has lots of his lighting equipment. Why has all this just suddenly come to light, so to speak? Well, Rhona is doing a project for her Product Design class, and has chosen the history and development of the camera. I offered her use of my Mamiyas and Zeiss Nettars, and Susan said her mother has a Leica, at which point I fell off my chair. But I'm not allowed to use it! Frustrating, but I respect her feelings, obviously. It's a very sensitive area. Rhona will be allowed to photograph it for her project, and also include some images taken by her grandfather - which is really wonderful. We are visiting Granny tonight to have a look at it, maybe even bring it home...

Brian, the Polaroid is the SX-70 (if Susan's memory is correct) and it apparently took 30 minutes to develop each shot - not quite an 'instant' camera, but kind of. Apparently there is film for it, but I doubt it will be useable...or will it?

And also a little box Kodak...

Amazing I've just learned about all this...

 

[Hamish Gill]

you will have to show us a picture of it Rob! fascinating stuff really!
The sx70 is a 70s icon in my mind ... probably the most beautiful of all the polariod cameras!

 

[Pete Askew]

Interesting and, as you say, frustrating. I would have thought they would have loved someone else to use it again - I'm sure he would.

The SX 70 film was a bit quicker than that but took a while to fully develop and stabilise. That is why you can manipulate the image (move bits around) using a dull, pointed stylus. http://www.alternativephotography.com/wp/processes/polaroid/polaroid-sx-70-or-time-zero-process. The films tend to dry out and often will only partially develop as there won't be enough chemistry in the little pod incorporated into the 'print' to spread across the whole exposure. Amazingly though, the batteries in the cassettes seem to last forever. Impossible make films that fit these cameras.

Looking forward to seeing what the camera actually is.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

No way - a Leica in the family!

Just work on them slowly - it deserves to be tested right?

 

[Hamish Gill]

And kept working

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The politics of my related family has cost me many an sleepless night...I'll say no more. But, I have the cameras here, and am photographing them. I'll start a new thread for each camera...

 

[Hamish Gill]

looking forward to it!