Probably you visited

Wow, all bunch of rarities there. probably you visited WESTLICHT camera auction there! that's great

 

Something very unique here, GOWLANDFLEX 4x5 . Proudly made in the USA. twin lens reflex 4x5 custom made by famous Hollywood glamour photographer Peter Gowland . We do miss him !!

 

CL is a very nice an practical camera . I always liked it, especially on trips. is compact, and in a way a is a larger rollei 35 with rf and interchangeable lenses...and the C series lenses are quality lenses at lower prices compared with the other M lens for M3, M4 etc..

 

From the good old days of banquet events in the USA, here it is a "banquet camera" 12x20 inches , Korona View made by Gundlach Manhattan Rochester N.Y.. This monster cameras were made in early 1900's and used primarily for shooting banquets. in those days enlargers were not in use, so contact prints from ultra large negatives was the only way to delivery very sharp images of very large group of people well dressed at the banquets . I used a Folmer Schwing as well which is more practical than the Korona's, and it's very fascinating to shoot with them. You can see how small it is a Graflex 4x5" next to it!

 

another monster of mine: Eastman Kodak Cirkut Camera, # 10 ( negative height 10 inches). rotating panoramic camera ( 360 degrees in full) , from early 1900's

 

My oldest camera is a Canon Elan II that I took to England and Scotland in 2000, only a short time before digital cameras became the rage. Worked perfectly, but now I rarely use it. Considering the spectacular submissions shown in this thread, I won’t post a picture.

 

Do you have more

do you have more pics of this leica rifle? it's extremely rare . would be nice to see more . thks

 

Not as vintage, or as nice as some examples on here, but here's a couple of mine:

1950's Leica IIIf rangefinder, and a late 1960's Zenza Bronica S2 medium format camera, also whilst not a camera a Sangamo Weston V light meter.

Despite having cameras, as you can see I can't photograph worth a damn!

Just kidding... ad-hoc phone pic, my daily is a mid-range Nikon, but nobody would be interested in that I'm sure.

 

I don't really keep vintage cameras around much (and frankly I don't have patience for phone photography when my daily work is ... well... photography, so pardon the crappy focus and lighting).

This is one of my grandfather's Leicas, a Leica IIIf he used while in the service. I need to find his old slides from Subic Bay and make some prints soon.


This next one I actually use for work! A Mamiya 7II. Not super vintage but probably my best investment purchase. Bought the body and lens for around $1800 and in 3 years they're going for twice that.

 

actually have many of the various focal length lenses produced:
Dugon 19mm f6.3
Vitor 35mm f2.8
Vitor 35mm f3.5
Lator 60mm f2.8
Teletor 120mm f5.6

still looking for the 40mm f1.5, 40mm f 2 and 28mm f4...if you have one laying around let me know
O, and the fantom Aplantor 80mm f4.5

 

I think its a 50mm Krauss Zeiss Tessar lens, f/3.5...but I'll have to double check.

 

and some crazy deco and colored cameras made for only a couple years and marketed primarily to women...several came complete with matching makeup/vanity kits

"As modern as the Girl herself..."

 

@CajunTiger

Truly a lovely collection

My set-up for now...

 

Some cameras I had on display a few years back - most are now in storage boxes but will come out and see the light again soon

 

if one of these two black leica might ha an elmax or an anastigmat lens on them, a safe deposit box would be more appropriate to store them !

 

The only modern camera I own is my iPhone. Outside of that I use my Hasselblad 500cm, Leica M2, Leica MDa, and FujiFilm Klasse W though my Hassy is my daily shooter.