I wouldn't say this is my favourite film camera, but it's by far the most endearing camera I own. Even my wife, who pays no attention to my cameras (which is useful, as I can buy new ones without her ever noticing) loves this one and she asked me to display it on a bookcase in our living room when I'm not using it.
This is the Bencini Comet S, a half-frame 127 film camera from around 1950. Got it in excellent working condition for CAD $40. It takes decent photos, and 127 film is available now from a few suppliers or you can cut down 120 film to 127 using CameraHack's handy daylight-usable 3D-printed cutting machine.
bjhurley wrote:
I wouldn't say this is my favourite film camera, but it's by far the most endearing camera I own. Even my wife, who pays no attention to my cameras (which is useful, as I can buy new ones without her ever noticing) loves this one and she asked me to display it on a bookcase in our living room when I'm not using it.
This is the Bencini Comet S, a half-frame 127 film camera from around 1950. Got it in excellent working condition for CAD $40. It takes decent photos, and 127 film is available now from a few suppliers or you can cut down 120 film to 127 using CameraHack's handy daylight-usable 3D-printed cutting machine.
bjhurley wrote:
I wouldn't say this is my favourite film camera, but it's by far the most endearing camera I own. Even my wife, who pays no attention to my cameras (which is useful, as I can buy new ones without her ever noticing) loves this one and she asked me to display it on a bookcase in our living room when I'm not using it.
This is the Bencini Comet S, a half-frame 127 film camera from around 1950. Got it in excellent working condition for CAD $40. It takes decent photos, and 127 film is available now from a few suppliers or you can cut down 120 film to 127 using CameraHack's handy daylight-usable 3D-printed cutting machine.
As you can probably guess from my recent posts, the Nikon SP fitted with the 35/1.8 is currently my favorite camera. While my Leica M3 and M6 have overall smoother ergonomics and handling, IMO, the Nikon is a pleasure to use and takes amazing photos.
I have posted before that decades ago we children gave my dad an SRT101 and a bunch of lenses. One of my brothers kept everything after dad passed away. The shutter started sticking and he had it worked on twice, but it is still problematic. So he is going to send me everything. I don't know the condition of the lenses or metering. It's been more than 50 years since I thought about it, does the 101 even have an internal meter?) If the rest looks good, I may see about getting the shutter serviced. Any recommendation on where or how?
All my lenses are F-mount but the last thing I need is another film camera, already have an F, an F2, and my original Nikkormat which works great. Still, it was my dad's.
Claude sent me here, kept talking about “FM” that I thought was Facebook marketplace. Finally asked “where are you seeing these deals and prices?” “Fred Miranda”
Claude sent me here, kept talking about “FM” that I thought was Facebook marketplace. Finally asked “where are you seeing these deals and prices?” “Fred Miranda”
Happy to have found it here.
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