Some pics of old cameras

[Lucky Strike]

Here's a few Leicas and other stuff of varying age, quality and pedigree, for LabelKing and the other classic shutterbugs:

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Lucky Strike

Portable.

Jon.

 

[Mustapha]

Not my watch, but it is my camera. That prism thing attached on the end lets you shoot pics from the hip.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Lucky Strike

Here's a few Leicas and other stuff of varying age, quality and pedigree, for LabelKing and the other classic shutterbugs:

I love this one.... what is it exactly, i mean i know it's a camera... but it's beautiful.

 

[Lucky Strike]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

I love this one.... what is it exactly, i mean i know it's a camera... but it's beautiful.
The disc-shaped one is, IIRC, a French "spy" camera, late 19th C. It uses one round glass negative, and the resulting photos are also circular. The shutter is operated by a chain, and it can be fastened to the insides of clothes, with just the lens peeking through a **** in the jacket. A few more:

 

[SoCal2NYC]

Photographs of photography equipment.

Now that's deep.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Lucky Strike

The disc-shaped one is, IIRC, a French "spy" camera, late 19th C. It uses one round glass negative, and the resulting photos are also circular. The shutter is operated by a chain, and it can be fastened to the insides of clothes, with just the lens peeking through a **** in the jacket.

So this was small enough to be hidden? I was hoping it was about the size of a globe... it'd be a great piece of history/art/conversation starter in my apartment if it were that size.

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

Photographs of photography equipment.

Now that's deep.

How existential.

 

[yfyf]

LuckyStrike, are these all yours? If so, it's a beautiful collection.

 

[Lucky Strike]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

So this was small enough to be hidden? I was hoping it was about the size of a globe... it'd be a great piece of history/art/conversation starter in my apartment if it were that size.
No, it's a disc around 1" thick and 5" across. Still a nice one, though.

Originally Posted by yfyf

LuckyStrike, are these all yours? If so, it's a beautiful collection.
Alas, no. Just the huge studio cameras would fill a room, and the old Leicas can be very pricey. It's stuff I've handled at the place I work.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Lucky Strike

No, it's a disc around 1" thick and 5" across. Still a nice one, though.

Would I regret asking how much one would cost?

 

[Lucky Strike]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Would I regret asking how much one would cost?
I don't think you'll regret it, but I wouldn't count on being able to get hold of one - I've only ever seen one in the last seven years. I'll check what it went for tomorrow.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Lucky Strike

I don't think you'll regret it, but I wouldn't count on being able to get hold of one - I've only ever seen one in the last seven years. I'll check what it went for tomorrow.

Haha no..... please don't. Just let me imagine!

 

[Nantucket Red]

The Leicas pictured are an M4 and an M3. These are available in fairly large numbers on Ebay and can usually be had in decent condition for just under $1000. They are still perfectly usable cameras and will work with the latest lenses.

 

[kwilkinson]

Okay, maybe someone could help me figure out these things
A)What year, and company all these are
B) How much they might be worth?
I don't plan to sell them, as they're all pretty important family heirloom-ish things (one was actually picked up off a German beach in WWII by my grandfather).
They're all in working condition, too.

Okay here's number 1, aka the one my gramps picked up

And the other three, all I know is that they are supposedly "turn of the century" so I'm assuming sometime between 1895 and 1910.

#2

#3

And last but not least, #4, my personal favorite.

 

[speedster.8]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Okay, maybe someone could help me figure out these things A)What year, and company all these are B) How much they might be worth? I don't plan to sell them, as they're all pretty important family heirloom-ish things (one was actually picked up off a German beach in WWII by my grandfather). They're all in working condition, too.

Okay here's number 1, aka the one my gramps picked up

Well as far a I can these are a no brainer. Since they are labled

Id do a search, there are plenty of forums dealing with this. Id stay weary on estimates on PM ... Il post my small selection, Just have to take the time to actually take the pictures. Mine are rather simplistic compared to Lucky's, one is a Voightlander, simmilar to "kwilkinson"'s first. Speed