Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. I recently purchased a camera lot in Elmhurst, IL, that included a Wardflex camera. It’s a twin lens reflex camera that seems to be well made. The Craigslist ad had a photo of a brown case in the shape of a twin lens reflex. It looked something like the photo below….
When my Canon Powershot A570 IS drowned in the bottom of a Florida canoe in 1/3 inch of water (even in its case) it pushed me forward on a journey of camera collecting. You can see the damaged Canon A570 below with corrosion in brown towards bottom right of the black display. Canon Powershot A570…
Yes, I now have an operational Super Ricohflex twin lens reflex camera thanks to my super wife. (Yes honey, this blog post is for you.) If you’re lucky, you have a spouse or a significant other who doesn’t throw out your cameras during a house cleaning frenzy. If you’re really lucky, your wife tolerates your…
Yes, I found my Lubitel 166B on Craigslist. A Craigslist Picture is better than a Thousand Words I passed on this original Craigslist ad about two weeks ago. I originally emailed the owner and I still didn’t see the magic word “Lubitel” in his response. Silly me. Most people can’t read Russian (I learned a…
Yes, I find eBay camera bargains and some of them are a pleasant surprise. Guilty eBay Sellers and Bonus Cameras Recently I purchased a Sears TLS camera from an eBay seller (in the last 5 seconds as always). Then I purchased a Chinon SLR that he was selling for $5. Total was $15 dollars plus…
I recently saved a Kowa H camera from an Elmhurst, IL garbage can. I found an ad for a camera lot for sale in Elmhurst, drove to Elmhurst, and purchased 20 to 30 cameras ranging from good to bad, from 1880 to 1980, from rangefinder to SLR to point and shoot. (I once wrote incredibly…
Muhammad Ali and my Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL In the summer of 2011 I found a Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL at a Wilmette, IL, garage sale. Greg the owner had a Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL. I didn’t know much about it but I knew it was a heavy, metal SLR from about 40 years ago. Perhaps I would…
Honestly, I believe you can find camera bargains on Craigslist every day. Having said that, it doesn’t mean you’ll make a living doing it. But it does mean you can expand your camera collection and collect nice stories in the process. A few days ago I found Ric on Craigslist and today (July 22, 2012)…
Do you want to become a better photographer? A visit with my friend Paula became a lesson on becoming a better photographer. I visited her home and she took out her cameras to show me. She had two Rolleiflexes that looked pristine, and 35 other cameras. Tennis and Photography First a discussion on tennis and…
If you’re from Chicago, keep in mind the Old Town Triangle Garage Sale day sometime in July. It takes place around Bastille Day (the French national holiday for the storming of the Bastille in 1789). The Old Town Triangle is wealthy now but when my friend Tom grew up in that area in the early…