Agfa Optima 1035

The Agfa Optima is a nice designed camera from the seventies. It has a 38mm/2.8 lens and a big, bright viewfinder. It is fully automatic, therefore battery dependent. A green led in the viewfinder indicates that it is ok to take a picture, a red led indicates risk of handshaking but allows the shutter to open.

Kodak Instamatic

I paid 1 euro for this cute but beaten up Kodak Instamatic Camera. I could use it if film for this camera was available.



Canon Canonflex

Canon's first SLR camera. It's big and impressive.
I found it with the normal 50mm/f1.8 lens and a 85mm/1.9 lens.
The 85mm lens is from the Canon rangefinder cameras, without a focusing helicoid. At the time Canon put those lenses on an adapter for their 1st SLR the Canoflex. The adapter has a focusing helicoid with an R mount that is similar to FD mount.
I have shorten the working distance a lot, by fabricating a brass coupling thread for the adapter, now I can focus to infinity to use it on the EOS.
I can use a Maginon and a Leica 90mm projection lenses with this adapter.

More photos from Chaika 2M

More photos from Chaika 2

Bencini Comet

Found at the flea market for 10 euros. Takes 127 roll film. One shutter speed (1/50) + Bulb (B).
aperture f 5.5

Zenit E, Moskva 1980 edition

This is the first used camera I bought from the flea market. I was mainly interesting to adapt the Helios 58mm/f2 lens on my EOS. It has an ubcoupled selenium meter that works.
It's the Olympic Games of Moskva 1980 edition, made in USSR in 1978.

Minolta Weathermatic 35 DL

A full featured underwater camera from 1987. It has Autofocus, auto winder, auto exposure, auto flash, dual lens (35mm which becomes 50mm with a touch of button) with close up button.
It's waterproof down to 5 meters.
I bought it from an antique store for 7 euros. Unfortunately when I put the 4 AAA batteries in, there was a bakelite smell, the electronic circuit is burnt.