Guess the camera 2

[David Mitchell]

Guess the camera

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Struggling with this one.....

 

[David Mitchell]

Struggling with this one.....

This is why I like collecting unusual cameras

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That is odd - looks like the foot of a fishing reel!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Another piccie ... Maybe?

 

[David Mitchell]

This photo might give it away a bit but here is the back of it:

 

[Hamish Gill]

Yashica samurai

 

[Dan Cattermole]

BOOOOOOOMMM!!! in ya face Ace!!
Good guess. I was totally lost on this one I'm afraid.

Although, I do enjoy guess the camera game.

 

[David Mitchell]

Hamish is the winner







Mine still has the original receipt

Btw, there will be another camera to guess from tonight, I doubt anyone will get the answer to it though, its quite specialist and they aren't usually encountered much.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Looking forward to it David.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That's a unique looking bit of kit - great name!

 

[David Mitchell]

That's a unique looking bit of kit - great name!

Its amazing to actually hold, really really ergonomic, its fully automatic and its half frame, so it takes 72 shots on a 36 shot exposure roll. It also zooms the cool thing about it is that the film goes through the camera vertically rather than horizontally like other cameras (hence its quite an upright SLR like a video camera). This means that unlike most other half frame cameras the 'normal' shot is horizontal like a full frame camera, just half the size.

Its the 'mark 1' of the range, there was the slightly bigger x4.0:

Then there is the ratehr odd 4000iX, decided to go with the 'original is better' option

Here is an example of a frame shot (made up from the 2 half frame) by someone else with the x3.0:

 

[Dan Cattermole]

It's quite an ugly little thing ,'/ lol

 

[David Mitchell]

It's quite an ugly little thing ,'/ lol

Its not the prettiest of cameras I grant you that - you see now why I look for cameras like an Agfa Billy Clack or a Kodak Bantam special! Its really comfortable to hold and I guess its probably one of the few cameras that I have that are mass market 80s plastic. Its just nice to be able to shoot half frame (like the Pen FT) but it not cost ££££s to buy, defiantly an interesting point and shoot sort of camera.

 

[Andrew Cotterill]

I like the look of this camera, landscape half-frame sort of thing. There is one on that eBay now, calling my name...

 

[David Mitchell]

I like the look of this camera, landscape half-frame sort of thing. There is one on that eBay now, calling my name...

Be very careful with looking on ebay and cameras.....its addictive...not like I have had loads of cameras being delivered over the last few days and cleared out most of Hamish's spare cameras or anything lol

For half frame look at the Agat 18 or 18k as well as the Pen EE, its not difficult to just turn the cameras to give a landscape format lol

 

[Andrew Cotterill]

For half frame look at the Agat 18 or 18k as well as the Pen EE, its not difficult to just turn the cameras to give a landscape format lol

I saw the Agat in Hamish's sale, but was too late. They look very interesting.

Yes, bloody dangerous having cameras on ebay! I got my latest Vito B only 2 days ago, and I'm already looking at what comes next, which if the price doesn't go too high, might be this Samurai I've got my eye on.

 

[David Mitchell]

I saw the Agat in Hamish's sale, but was too late. They look very interesting.

Yes, bloody dangerous having cameras on ebay! I got my latest Vito B only 2 days ago, and I'm already looking at what comes next, which if the price doesn't go too high, might be this Samurai I've got my eye on.

Check my signature....then add a few more to the list lol