Photography equipment at its finest...

I offered him what I had in my wallet at the time... He didnt take it.

I have stopped in to goodwill a few times since then. Its becomeing a weekly thing. There may not be another camera. But there has to be something else come through that is as good of deal.

DStanic wrote in post #10704410
Was the color lens before or after Darwin??

I think Voigtlander invented it in the '40's or '50's.

Wow you really pushed the boat out with these purchases didn't you?

A bargain and worth it for the fun of trying a roll or two. Not sure about the disc one though - nice shelf ornament perhaps?

haha yeah, I only got the disc one just to show people that these things used to exist...you can still get (horribly expired) film for it on ebay and there's a place in the States that develops it...but it's ridiculously bad quality since the negatives are tiny!

Mark1 wrote in post #10705225
I offered him what I had in my wallet at the time... He didnt take it.

I have stopped in to goodwill a few times since then. Its becomeing a weekly thing. There may not be another camera. But there has to be something else come through that is as good of deal.

I can't even find 35mm SLR gear at the thrift shops, just old film P&S.

LowriderS10 wrote in post #10711381
haha yeah, I only got the disc one just to show people that these things used to exist...you can still get (horribly expired) film for it on ebay and there's a place in the States that develops it...but it's ridiculously bad quality since the negatives are tiny!

I bet it makes Lomo look good!

DStanic wrote in post #10713558
I can't even find 35mm SLR gear at the thrift shops, just old film P&S.

It's hard to find SLR stuff...some of them are getting ridiculously overpriced...a local Salvation Army has started selling stuff at more than market value...I find that disgusting...they get stuff donated for free...I'm not saying don't make a profit...but don't make a KILLING on it...they're now printing out ebay auctions to back up their ridiculous prices...of course all those ebay auctions have ZERO bids on them...

On the bright side...I picked up a Slik 500 G tripod for $2.50 at a different thrift store...

In the old days, lenses were called "color" lenses because they were achromatic. The earliest lenses were not, and would cause terrible color fringing with color film. In the old days, the lenses were used with filters to remove most of the spectrum to maintain sharp images on black-and-white film.

When lens design progressed to the point where the visible colors all focused at one plane, they became useful for emerging color films, and the word "color" was often included in the name to emphasize this new feature.

None of this is relevant to the single-element plastic lens in the camera shown above, of course, but when Voigtlander used the term "Color Skopar" back in the day, it meant something.

Oh, and those disk-camera lenses were actually quite sophisticated considering the price point of the cameras. The main limitation of those cameras was the tiny format.

Rick "thinking no junque camera collection is complete without a Holga" Denney

DStanic wrote in post #10713558
I can't even find 35mm SLR gear at the thrift shops, just old film P&S.

just a secret between photographers, I'll share it with you guys cause I know you can keep a secret, the REAL deal at goodwill is the FRAMES. there has been so much bad art framed in the United States over the past twenty-thirty years, and alot of it is finding it's way to the goodwill in perfectly serviceable, often glass faced frames.

Don't tell anyone.

birdfromboat wrote in post #10717432
just a secret between photographers, I'll share it with you guys cause I know you can keep a secret, the REAL deal at goodwill is the FRAMES. there has been so much bad art framed in the United States over the past twenty-thirty years, and alot of it is finding it's way to the goodwill in perfectly serviceable, often glass faced frames.

Don't tell anyone.

I have noticed this as well, and been tempted to buy frames. however I'm a lazy photographer that hoards images on my hard drive rather then printing. Maybe if I just do more prints in anything other then 4x6 (I hate 4x6). And first I need to fill the frames I already have (I like to buy cool looking ones when they're on sale at Black's and places like that).

rdenney wrote in post #10715062
In the old days, lenses were called "color" lenses because they were achromatic. The earliest lenses were not, and would cause terrible color fringing with color film. In the old days, the lenses were used with filters to remove most of the spectrum to maintain sharp images on black-and-white film.

When lens design progressed to the point where the visible colors all focused at one plane, they became useful for emerging color films, and the word "color" was often included in the name to emphasize this new feature.

None of this is relevant to the single-element plastic lens in the camera shown above, of course, but when Voigtlander used the term "Color Skopar" back in the day, it meant something.

Oh, and those disk-camera lenses were actually quite sophisticated considering the price point of the cameras. The main limitation of those cameras was the tiny format.

Rick "thinking no junque camera collection is complete without a Holga" Denney

Huh...learn something new every day! Thanks for the info One of my latest acquizitions is a Voigtlander Vito B with the Color Skopar lens