A couple of new TLRs

[Dany]

Hello
I’d like to show you two new TLRs that I’ve just added to my collection.
They’re both Japanese.
The first is a Yashica 44. It’s my first 4x4 cm TLR.
The second was manufactured by Hara Factory Ltd. It’s a Halma Flex II B.
Both were released in the early 1960s.

 

[cgw114 139]

35mm conversion for the Yashica...

 

[Jeff1545 45]

It's still nice to see cameras from the Stone Age ...

 

[Dany]

My two old cameras are over 60 years old and still work perfectly. I wonder if our wonderful modern digital cameras will still be ready to shoot in 60 years’ time.

 

[cgw114 139]

My two old cameras are over 60 years old and still work perfectly. I wonder if our wonderful modern digital cameras will still be ready to shoot in 60 years’ time.

Unless you adapt them for 35mm, they will be attractive paperweights when 127 film vanishes...

 

[Dany]

And in 60 years’ time, digital cameras won’t even be attractive enough to serve as paperweights

 

[Dale H. Cook108 2]

Those bear a strong resemblance to the Graflex 22 which I sometimes used in the late '60s.