Konica EE-matic, a total failure.

I fixed the lens in the Konica EE-matic and put some expired 100 ASA film to test it. As the selenium meter is not working I used the 1/60 speed in the flash mode setting. The aperture was calculated by me for an 25 ASA or a 16ASA film, I used f2.8 to f8.

Unfortunately the lens got loose and I lost the rangefinder focusing, Most of the photos came out blurry.
The pictures of close up objects got better focus, distant ones where totally out of focus.
Here are the better ones from the film roll:

Agfa box 44, a cheap oldie

From Camerapedia,
In 1932 the German Agfa company had a new idea for an advertising campaign. German coins had a letter imprinted that indicated the place of minting. Customers should collect four single 1-Mark coins with the letters "A", "G", "F" and "A". With this money in hands money they could avail a special offer of Agfa: the new Box 44. Most box cameras were quite simple. So was the Box 44. But four marks were still a dumping price. The camera was nicknamed "Preisbox". The loss that Agfa made by selling the cameras so cheap was more than compensated with the following sales of Agfa film rolls.
I found this camera without a front plate and the prismatic viewfinders. I paid 5 euros for this. Later I fabricated an art-deco front plate from paper.

The camera has one shutter speed, possibly 1/30 and B and an aperture of f9.5(?). The slow speed made my pictures blurred from camera shake.
I used a 160 ASA Kodak Portra film.

 

Olympus AF10, fully automatic

The Olympus AF10 is a plastic point and shoot automatic camera. There are not any settings available, just point to the subject and the camera makes the rest. It has autofocus, auto exposure, auto flash, auto wind and rewind. The lens is 35mm with a maximum aperture of 3.5
I gave 2 euros for the camera and there was still an unused film in it.

The film was very old and parts of it were exposed to light. I continued the roll but when it was finished the camera put the film back in the canister without taking it off from the advance spool. So, I did not understand what was happening and continued shooting dounle exposing the film. Finally the lab scanner got confused from such an old film and did not scan all of the shots.

Here's what I got:
 The former owners touring in Crete, I made a B-W conversion to clarify the picture.

 Upper left area was exposed by me, center and lower right from long ago

 Left part from Crete, right part from me. 

 That is from me

 Frames mixed up and scanner confused

 

Zorki 10, a panorama

I have taken some photos to make a joiner, but they came out blurred from camera shake with some sharp pedestrians. When I stitched them together I got a panorama with sharp and blurred areas that is not very bad.

Konica Pop, out to party

Some more samples from this simple bright red camera.

Konica Pop, Colour and fun.

A colourfull funny camera of the late 70s - early 80s. I found a red one and paid 1 euro.
It takes 2 batteries for the flash.
The camera has one shutter speed of 1/125s and the following combinations are available:
400 ASA film f16, f8 with flash
200 ASA film f11, f5.6 with flash
100 ASA film f8, f4 with flash.
 If no batteries are inserted the camera can be used in manual mode by changing the ISO/ASA dial to change the aperture.

 I used a Fuji 100 ASA film and played with the settings

 I found light leaks in this one and converted it in B/W

Chaika II, anniversary edition.

This camera was made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the USSR as a state. The camera only has a different beige leatherette with none anniversary marking.
The Russian word chaika (Чайка) translates into “seagull” which was the call sign for Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereskova, the first female ever to go into space.
It is a half frame 135 camera, that means for 72 exposures on a 35mm film. I gave 5 euros for this camera, but it was badly damaged from oil. After a lot of cleaning with alcohol and lighter fuel i managed the shutter to work. I have to put a roll of film in to test it.

Agfa Isola I, simple and sharp.

That's a simple camera that takes 120 film. Only one shutter speed (1/30s?) and B, plus two aperture settings, sunny (f16?) and cloudy (f11?). It has a collapsible lens and is very light.
I must have bought it at the flea market but I can't recall where, when and how much.

 

The negatives came out very sharp, I rephotographed the frames and inverted them in Lightroom.

The camera has a double exposure prevention mechanism, but it did not work in here: