Pete M Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 not my photo, but one of these bad boys fell into my lap. now I just need to find a floppy! and what I'm photographing better be within range of a cord, because that battery is loooong dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 You call that "ancient"? Ancient is cameras that use -- you know -- FILM. I have 3-1/2" floppies if you want a couple. [Edit to add] It says "Dual Media." What are the dual media. Does it also take CF cards, or does that just means standard and high-density 3-1/2" floppies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 my film SLR was younger than this brick. it also takes what they call a "Memory Stick" which was a defunct Sony-specific card. a whopping 64mb version was included with this camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 I’ve got an old Kodak cinema 8 that I found at goodwill. I’ve seen older pop up and goodwill wants a small fortune for them. That being said I’ve got some floppy’s if you want some Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75sv1 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Looks AC, After Comanche. So, not Ancient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I have one of these, which by digital standards is pretty ancient: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_Dimage_A1 It takes CF cards, of which I have a couple because my Canon EOS Rebel also uses CF cards. But this Minolta (which I got used) came with a MicroDrive card. MicroDrive was an IBM achievement back in the day. It's the same length and width as a CF card, but a little bit thicker. And inside is a very tiny, physical hard drive. The MicroDrive worked for a while after I got the camera, but it eventually died and I now have a CF card in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 My ancient camera came from my grandpa. He was lucky enough to be drafted and sent to Germany during the Korean War. He purchased this 35mm and spent time photographing the castles of Germany. I have everything for it, flash bulbs, light meters, remote triggers. Someday I'll buy some film and take photos with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 This is the way. I got a panasonic superdisk camera for christmas 2 years ago. The camera is a tank and the batteries still work. It uses 2 cell sony np style batteries. Such an absurd camera. Otherwise, I repaired a mamiya rb67 as my brother's christmas present this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 3d printing for the win. truly we are living in the future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatslug87 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 23 minutes ago, Pete M said: 3d printing for the win. truly we are living in the future! Yeah but we still need the old school lathe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75sv1 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 8 hours ago, fiatslug87 said: Yeah but we still need the old school lathe. South Bend 10K??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 It's a Southbend 9in. Pretty close Since the mamiya shaft was solid brass, I was able to get it within 6 thou of center true by doing nothing other than lightly tapping the bent end with a piece of hickory and keeping a close eye on the indicator. Pretty dang good. Prevented me from machining a new shaft or sacrificing another rb67 to harvest a working focusing shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankTheDog Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 .006? Get yourself a four jaw chuck and you’ll be able to get it within .001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 On 1/15/2023 at 1:32 PM, FrankTheDog said: .006? Get yourself a four jaw chuck and you’ll be able to get it within .001. Very true! However, both my 3 jaw and 4 jaw backplates on the chucks have a few thou of runout on them. This is an unfortunate consequence of inheriting a retired school lathe. I am not complaining though, it has been invaluable over the past few years. If anyone's interested, I completed my writeup on the Mamiya RB67 repair process here: https://www.salvagedcircuitry.com/mamiya-rb67-repair.html Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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