Dating and identifying cameras

^^^ Darn nice find ! I would like to have this to.
 
Hi. I was wondering if someone could help me identify the following Minolta camera. I don't know anything about it except that these pictures were taken in 1972, so I'm guessing the camera was made in the late 60s or early 70s. It'd be great if someone could figure out what model it is. I already tried looking on Google but I didn't find any exact matches, only similar looking ones.

http://i.imgur.com/uvoE5xG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RVN1wyi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fG3bvLR.jpg
 
Sage, that's a Minolta SRT of some sort. I can't tell the exact model, but definitely an SRT.
 
SRT with self timer. Some models didn't have that.
 
Hi. I was wondering if someone could help me identify the following Minolta camera. I don't know anything about it except that these pictures were taken in 1972, so I'm guessing the camera was made in the late 60s or early 70s. It'd be great if someone could figure out what model it is. I already tried looking on Google but I didn't find any exact matches, only similar looking ones.

http://i.imgur.com/uvoE5xG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RVN1wyi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fG3bvLR.jpg

Try here:

Rokkor Files - Dedicated to the Minolta enthusiast - Cameras
 
Just wondering what can be found out about the Neoca range in particular the 1S with Rectus shutter system....

Dills
 
Hi. Found this camera in an old house in Texas. The inscriptions say "Okinawa 1948-49" on the back cover and "[staff sergeant] James H Kays" on the top. I know nothing about cameras but I can tell this has some value. can anyone help me out here?
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ARGUS C3. Made in the USA from the late 1930's to the 1960's--VERY popular. I own a couple. That one is very much user-grade. WHAT MIGHT, and I emphasize might make it have more than normal value is the military angle on the case...but of ocurse, that would be only to a particular type of collector...it's been personalized with the Staff Sgt.'s name and duty station...otherwise the case is in average, worn condition. Let's put it this way, last year at Goodwill I bought a like-new C3 in case, a 1958 model, for $25, for the cleanest, most minty case and camera I've seen in my lifetime. The first one I bought was in 1975, for $10. I would try and sell this via e-Bay for the widest possible audience, and emphasize the "US military in occupied area" angle....otherwise...$25-$40. Do NOT try and clean up the case in any way.
 
i like the canon. the entire history is in mc quens ( sp.) camera price guide. vin
 
A complete history of the Canon Rangefinder cameras is written by Peter Dechert. Easy to find in Google Books. McKeown is good but Dechert's book is best.
 
ARGUS C3. Made in the USA from the late 1930's to the 1960's--VERY popular. I own a couple. That one is very much user-grade. WHAT MIGHT, and I emphasize might make it have more than normal value is the military angle on the case...but of ocurse, that would be only to a particular type of collector...it's been personalized with the Staff Sgt.'s name and duty station...otherwise the case is in average, worn condition. Let's put it this way, last year at Goodwill I bought a like-new C3 in case, a 1958 model, for $25, for the cleanest, most minty case and camera I've seen in my lifetime. The first one I bought was in 1975, for $10. I would try and sell this via e-Bay for the widest possible audience, and emphasize the "US military in occupied area" angle....otherwise...$25-$40. Do NOT try and clean up the case in any way.
the infamous "black brick", after the war, Kodac sold cameras made in Germany, with much higher shutter speeds and the brick was dead. vin
 
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the infamous "black brick", after the war, Kodac sold cameras made in Germany, with much higher shutter speeds and the brick was dead. vin

Eastman Kodak and Kodak Ltd were selling German made cameras before WWI and continued to do so for decades. They bought the Nagel company in 1931 and their Retina's with Compur Rapid shutters had a top speed of 1/500.

Fast shutter speeds were nothing new though I have an 1890's focal plane shutter which has a top speed of 1/1000. The Argus needs to be looked at in context they sold well in the US at a time of war when German cameras were hard to buy, so they had little competition until the late 1940's when German camera production recovered.

Ian
 
Hi. I was wondering if someone could help me identify the following Minolta camera. I don't know anything about it except that these pictures were taken in 1972, so I'm guessing the camera was made in the late 60s or early 70s. It'd be great if someone could figure out what model it is. I already tried looking on Google but I didn't find any exact matches, only similar looking ones.

http://i.imgur.com/uvoE5xG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RVN1wyi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fG3bvLR.jpg

Try here:

Rokkor Files - Dedicated to the Minolta enthusiast - Cameras
check mc kuens price guide. vin
 
the infamous "black brick", after the war, Kodac sold cameras made in Germany, with much higher shutter speeds and the brick was dead. vin

Production of the C3 didn't end until 1966. It's cost was much lower than the German cameras and Argus sold literally millions of them.
 

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