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^^^ Darn nice find ! I would like to have this to.
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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
the infamous "black brick", after the war, Kodac sold cameras made in Germany, with much higher shutter speeds and the brick was dead. vinARGUS 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.
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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
check mc kuens price guide. vinHi. 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
the infamous "black brick", after the war, Kodac sold cameras made in Germany, with much higher shutter speeds and the brick was dead. vin