Polaroid Land Camera Model 80A with Polaroid BC Flash
Vintage Polaroid Land Camera Model 80A (Highlander) with Polaroid BC Flash Model 281 Vintage 1957
Specs:
Lens: 100mm f8.8 3-element glass
Shutter: 2-speed everset rotary-leaf design; 1/25 and 1/100 plus Bulb
Flash: M-sync via Polaroid Hot Shoe
Exposure set by Light Value scale
Rigid viewfinder on top of camera
Scale focus by rotating lens front-element, no rangefinder
Self-erecting bellows design
This vintage Polaroid Land Camera is in good condition and the included Polaroid BC Flash is in good condition also. The bellows is in good shape with no rips or tears, all mechcanisms moves, turn and click including the shutter. This wonderful vintage Land Camera is used, in fair condition and sold as is. This camera has plenty of eye appeal !
GE ENX Projection Lamp NOS
Vintage GE ENX Projection Lamp, ANSI Code ENX, MR16 Lamp Shape, GX5.3 2-Pin Lamp Base, Overhead Projection, Flat Pins, 360 Watts, Voltage 82, Average Life (Hours) 75, Max. Overall Length (In.) 1-3/4, Color Temp. This is a GE multi-Mirro projection lamp bulb ENX ,82 V / 360 W, it appears to be new old stock. It tested fine with a continuity tester.
Makinon Pro Auto Tele Converter 2x Multi Coated
Makinon Pro Auto Tele Converter 2x Multi Coated Lens made in Japan
This is a vintage used Makinon 2x tele converter in good condition and sold as is.
Kodak Automatic 35 Film Camera with Synchro 80 Shutter
Vintage Kodak Automatic 35 Film Camera
The Kodak Automatic and Motormatic series were Kodak’s last American made 35mm cameras, and their first automatic exposure 35mm cameras. Tracing their original roots back to the Kodak 35 of 1938, there were seven different models; the first, the Kodak Automatic 35, was introduced in 1959 while the last, the Motormatic 35R4, was introduced in 1965. Production ceased in 1969. Based largely on the Kodak Signet 50, the Kodak Automatic utilized that camera’s basic body, film transport, and lens. The lens was a 44mm f/2.8 Kodak Ektanar (Lumenized), a 4-element Tessar design with front element focusing. Like many of Kodak’s better lenses of this period, the lenses are somewhat radioactive. The camera had a drum take up spool and bottom mounted advance lever. The various Automatic and Motormatic cameras differ only in that the Automatics had a two speed (1/40 for flash and 1/80 for existing light) Kodak Synchro 80 Shutter and manual lever film advance, while the Motormatics had a four speed (1/40, 1/80, 1/125, and 1/250) user selectable Kodak Automatic Flash Shutter and a spring driven power film advance. The spring motor was wound by a ratcheted knob on the camera’s right bottom plate, and could be disengaged for a “stealth” mode of operation. The concept of a spring driven film advance was to reappear on Kodak’s Instamatic 800 series. The main difference between the successive models of each camera were in the flash capabilities, evolving from the side mounted M2 flashbulb gun of the original models, adding an aperture/distance guide number (GN) interlock on the B model), through the integral top mounted AG-1 socket and reflector of the F models, and finally to the top mounted Flashcube socket on the R4 models. Only the original models had manual exposure settings, Kodak evidently feeling that manual exposure control was only necessary for flash operations. On the B, F, and R4 models, it was not possible to manually set the aperture. These are fixed-lens viewfinder cameras; focusing is by scale or estimate. The bodies are made from bake-lite, with metal inserts, fittings, and attached plates. The top plate contains (from the right) the bright-line window, the centrally located viewfinder, and the selenium meter cell. In addition to the viewfinder having a brightline for the 44mm lens and parallax marks for 3 and 5 feet, it displays the words “Close-ups”, “Groups”, and Scenes” when the focusing ring is set to the appropriate click stop. The selenium exposure meter was calibrated for ASA speed via a dial on the left top plate. With the introduction of these cameras, Kodak finally abandoned the EV system, the meter now reading out in f/stops. Both cameras utilized the trap needle exposure automation system first developed in the Kodak Super Six-20 of 1938. Slight pressure on the shutter release set the 4-bladed aperture diaphragm at the f/stop indicated by the meter needle. The meter readout was located on a flat panel directly on top of the lens mount. On the original models, the same panel featured a movable pointer used to select f/stops when the camera was in manual exposure mode. The selenium photocell required no batteries, however the F and R4 models had a battery compartment to power the built in flash units. The Automatic 35 originally sold in 1959 for a list price of about $85.00 USD which currently is approx $685 USD. This used vintage Kodak camera is in very good condition and the included leather case is in very good condition. All the buttons, knobs, levers, exposure needle and dials move and turn as they should and the shutter clicks. Due to the age of this collectible camera it is sold as is.
Kodak Pony IV Camera Vintage 1950's
This awesome camera was the apex of Kodak’s Pony line. The rigidly mounted lens is similar to the Pony II, but is nearly one-half stop faster. The four speed (plus bulb) shutter is calibrated in the more modern scale of 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, and 1/250th second. It is the only Pony model to feature an accessory shoe. The camera back mounted film card holder is similar to the Pony II. Flash synchronization is both X and M. M sync is provide through the normal Kodalite connectors on the camera’s left side. X sync requires an obscure Kodalite adapter. The top of the lens mount is marked with lens numbers 3.5 to 9 in half steps and shutter numbers 5 to 8 in whole steps. These numbers are related to EV numbers in that summing the lens and shutter values in use provides the EV number of that particular setting. That EV number can then be referenced to the rare EV cards for each Kodak film type or to an appropriately marked exposure meter. Fortunately for all concerned, conventional shutter speeds and f/stops are somewhat inconveniently displayed on the underside of the lens mount. Engraved upside down, they can be read by rotating the lens towards one’s self while holding the camera at chest level. Their use while the camera is mounted on a tripod is challenging. The Anastar lens on the Pony IV utilizes components containing Thorium oxide, which results in a very high refractive index of the glass. Thorium is radioactive, and these lenses easily register on a Geiger counter (at app. 1 mr/hr). It is suspected that the lenses on the other Pony cameras share this trait, as do the lenses on the Signet 40, 80, the high end Instamatics, certain Ektars, and many other Kodak lenses from this era. Specs: Produced from 1957-1961, the Film format is 135, Shutter Speeds Kodak Flash 250 B, 1.30 – 1/250 (M and X sync), and the Lens is the Kodak Anastar 44mm f/3.5 – f/22. This camera is in very good condition with a good condition leather carry case (the carry case top is mis-matched but fits and reads Kodak). This collectible Kodak Pony Camera is used and due to its age sold as is. Everything on this Kodak Pony IV Camera turns, clicks and moves as it should, the shutter clicks. The Kodak Pony IV originally sold for around $40 USD which is currently equal to about $375 USD.
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