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Kodak Signet 35mm Army Signal Corps Green Camera w/Case Rare

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Own the Kodak Signet 35mm I posted a few weeks back.  Up for auction on eBay now!

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Nikon S3 Olympic Black Rangefinder S36 Black Motor & Zunow 5cm F1.1 Lens.  Three of the rarest Nikon S pieces ever made, all together.  This perfect storm of Nikon rangefinder equipment came in as a chance encounter.

The Zunow 5cm F1.1 was the fastest lens made for the S mount until Nikon produced a 50mm F1.1 of their own. Before Zunow went bankrupt they made a name for themselves creating extremely fast rangefinder and cine lenses.

Nikon S3 Olympic was a small run of black Nikon S3 rangefinder bodies.  Only about 250 were every produced before Nikon killed off the S3 line.  The S36 motor is the rangefinder motor drive done right.  Nikon was the first company to mass produce an electronic motor drive for a rangefinder, and it was seen as a game changer.  The same technology in the S3 and the S36 motor were used in creating the legendary Nikon F and F36 motor drive, both of which propelled Nikon into one of the worlds best camera companies.

The three piece combination may be the most expensive Nikon rangefinder equipment I ever get to use.

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This is the Way a White Camera Should be Done « Canon Rumors

Canon P Imperial Edition Canon Rumors reader Bernard sent me a few photos of his custom Canon P rangefinder. He had it redone in Tokyo with the help of The Japan Camera Hunter. The camera is fully

Absolutely gorgeous refurbishing.

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Kodak Signet 35 Army Signal Corps.  The US military designation was KE-7 and it was produced in olive green for the Army and black for the Air Force.  The Signet was the top selling US made camera in the 1950's.  The aluminum construction was rugged enough to be used by the US military without any further enhancement.  They simply powder coated the housing and slapped olive leatherette in place of the stock black.  A very cool piece of 50's militaria.

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Rolleiflex 6008 Integral with Planar 80mm F2.8 HFT Lens.  As over engineered as a German camera should be.  Rollei never gained much traction outside the TLR market, but they do produce some beautiful medium format system cameras.  The 6008 is a 6x6 format camera with 7 photo diode metering, winder, and 1000th of a second maximum shutter speed.  This is a remarkable Hasselblad killer, and quite a rare sight in the states.

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Nikon F Photomic FTn F250 Motor Drive.  When 36 exposures was not enough, you can reach for the F250 Motor Drive.  Operating on 33' rolls of 35mm film, allowing you to fire 250 exposures before having to re-load.  The fully automatic weapon of the early 70's.

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Kodak Petite Model B Vest Pocket Camera.  In 1929 Kodak decided to take its popular Model B camera and market it to women.  The Petite was born, adorned in bright colors such as blue, green, grey, lavender and old rose.  The cameras were wrapped fabric and included matching fabric cases.  It is rare to see any Petite with the original colored bellows intact, as many of them were replaced with more durable black rubberized bellows.  This was the must have style accessory for the to-do women of the 1930's.

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Pentax Spotmatic SP II with Motor Drive & 250 Roll Back.  Asahi Pentax Spotmatic Motor Drive is the name of the special Spotmatic camera designated and constructed to operate with the Asahi Pentax Motor Drive Unit.  Originally sold in two "sets". The Set 36; motor drive, battery grip, battery loader, battery checker, and soft leather case.  The Set 250; Set 36 plus, 250 bulk film magazine, film winder, and attache case.  A very cool piece of Asahi Pentax history.

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Rolleiflex 4x4 "Gray Baby" Model K5.  The last of the "Baby" Rolleiflex TLR cameras, this camera uses a Schneider Xenar 60mm f3.5 taking lens. Rollie produced this camera from 1957 to 1963 making just over 62,000 gray versions.  A rare all black version was also produced after the gray model was discontinued.

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Hasselblad SWC/M vs. Hasselblad 503CW 40mm CF.  Side by side comparison to highlight how small the SWC.  Not only is it less than half the size of a fully equipped and comparable Hassy body, its wider; 38mm vs. 40mm, and sharper to the outside edge.  Whats not to love?

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Hasselblad SWC/M Super-Wide T* CF.  Extremely wide, extremely sharp, extremely small.  Everything you could want in a 6x6 body.

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Nikon 15mm f3.5 Nikkor AIS. Legendary ultra wide-angle as sharp today as its birthday; 1986.  Long a go to lens for interiors, it has been reborn in the age of adapters and videoSLR.