bradtx

Most of the photos are lost. Here's a couple of poor photos, first is a No.5 Mk.1 and the second photo is a pair of RN parade No.4 Mk.1s.

Brad

xiaoman1 

Brad, too bad about the photos....spark suppressor on the Mk.1, right? thanks for sharing. Ben

mountaindave 

Without pictures, it didn't happen. It's been a while since I've seen a nice drilling.

Of my smooth bores, all but one are doubles and of those only one is a stack barrel. My wife's pump is a BPS with tang-mounted safety so she can shoot left handed.

Pics when I'm back from traveling.

Paramount1973 

Uh, actually trying to cut back on the saws and planes a bit. Down to some users and backup. Kind of like the bikes, or the cameras. Yeah, cameras...got a camera problem.

Some Spotmatics, Takumars and other M42 lenses. I have similar assortments of vintage Konica and Minolta cameras and lenses.

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Pentaxes, from older to newer. The Spotmatic on the left, Spotmatic F, K1000, and the MZ-5n.

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The camera that got me into photography, a 1950 Praktica with a Meyer Primoplan f1.9 lens. My father handed it down to me when he got an Exakta.

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jetboy 

nice. I have an old pentax k1000 SE on my shelf. one of the early ones (like yours) that was still made in Japan - such beautiful mechanics: A piece of art that is also an art making tool.

Chombi

My other prized collection isn't as old as my C&V bikes, but the subjects of the collection are definitely from older C&V eras.....








1:18 scale diecast model cars, from the 30's through the 80's, but with a big focus on 70's and early 80's race cars.

Gary Fountain

I don't mind the odd Puma knife:



Some of my Aussie built knives too:



The lot:

SJX426 

12/12/25-20 Made in West Virginia Pat. 1900
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My small assortment of Olympus OM bodies and accessories are becoming a collection!

Deal4Fuji

The Pentax K-1000 was a great camera to learn photography on with all manual settings, tough as nails too. I haven't made the transition over to digital other than a small point & shoot. I miss not being able to participate in the photo threads Is there any quick & easy way to convert slides over to digital ? I digress....here's my other collecting interest before getting back into cycling - C&V weight equipment

oddjob2

I've used one of the ebay services for slide conversion ten years ago for my parents 60th with satisfactory results; it was a fellow in your part of the country. Since then, I've bought Nikon slide copier used, but haven't tried it yet.

SJX426 

@Deal4Fuji - Conversions are a challenge. Good quality copies are dependent on the equipment of which reasonable cost ones are nearly non-existent. I have over 10,000 slides I would like to digitize but the task appears daunting.

One of my thoughts was to buy a Digital Olympus Pen E-PL1, which has an adapter for the 35mm Zuiko lenses as an accessory. I had purchased Olympus bellows and slide copy accessories with lens and was thinking that would be a good way to get the quality I would be happy with. Since I have the OEM flash, I thought that would help with the lighting issue too. The only piece I am missing is the body. Now they have even better resolution and I should upgrade my thinking!

rootboy 

Wanted to buy one of those slide and negative scanners, like Nikon, years ago, but they were spendy. Wonder if they've come down some?
I too have thousands of slides, and negs.

Wow, there's some great stuff here! Xiaoman's NOS Canon F1s. Zowie! Paramount's Pentax collection. Nice. Always enjoy viewing Chombi's wonderful die cast car collection. And SJX's …um….projectile dispensers.

I must have about 50 hammers …. is that a collection?

oddjob2

I have a small cellar, maybe 25 cases, divided into about 25% epic, 25% special occasion, 50% everyday. No Two Buck Chuck, but I do get some amazing closeouts. Most of the cheap stuff ends up in NJ for my white zinfandel loving family.

Very generous friends too; a pal just gave me a bottle of Opus One at a dinner I hosted.

Magnum 1.5L - 1993 Joseph Phelps


Jerobaum 5.0L - 1994 Sterling Diamond Mountain Ranch Cab


Besides bikes, the only other French collection

Deal4Fuji

Thanks guys ! I was afraid it might be involved and/or expensive. rootboy lets see those hammers

SJX426 

@Deal4Fuji and @oddjob2 - my research of a couple years ago indicated the old Nikon was the best with high resolution and adequate batch processing and image clean up (dust).

clubman 

You're killing me here.What a great hobby, you don't need deep pockets and the rewards are huge.

I think C&V wine tour weekends would work, just don't go near wineries. You bring your own nice wines, do some great riding anywhere, camp and celebrate with good food, C&V wine and friends.

ncrnelson

If you've got tons of slides to scan I'd recommend farming it out to a service, the results should be acceptable for web and small prints. If you find you've got any real gems, best option is to find someone with a drum scanner, but it's typically not cheap, save it for the very best. I get great results with my relatively cheap ~$200 Canoscan 9000f mk ii, but there's a learning curve and quite a bit of post processing to do to get the best results. Figure 15 minutes to scan 12 35mm frames at 4800ppi then 5+ minutes for dust removal, sharpening and downscaling in Photoshop.

Film is just more fun, so the extra effort is worth it for me. Ymmv.

oddjob2

I've been a Nikon SLR fan since high school. Yearbook photography and editing was great benefits and pay in college, including free admission to all events and even staff parking permit. I'll post a photo of the slide scanning gear later, got it relatively inexpensively from the local community college.

Below is a sample ebay scan, from a mid 1960's photo of Mom's first and last day on a two wheeler. Probably a Brownie or Instamatic slide.

xiaoman1 

Me either...nice collection!
Regards, Ben

oddjob2

Great social way to spend 4-5 evenings a month. I join a group that meets EVERY week, hosted by a merchant. We sample/taste 15-20 wines for $10, done within 2 hours. Once a quarter, the more expensive product is brought out and the tab is $20.

Another group meets once a month, and our generous host breaks out his odd lots, as old as 1970s. He is an avid collector with probably 300 cases in his seller and is very philanthropic with them.

bradtx

Because it's a carbine rather than a rifle, the No.5 has a flash suppressor rather than a spark suppressor. It's quite an impressive lick of flame when seen at dusk and could possibly set dried brush on fire.

Brad

SJX426 

LOL! Too much powder in the case?! Burns past the muzzle!

SJX426 

@oddjob2 Do show us a picture of which model you have! As a result of our discussion, I did a google on Nikon scanners, nice selection with 2000dpi capability. Pricy!

My dad liked the NIKKOMAT line and had a number of bodies with a few lenses. I suspect I could get them from my mom at some point. He had a killer 50mm 2.0 macro lens that I really enjoyed back in the early '70's! He inspired me to get the Olympus due to smaller size. I have an OM1 and 2 and wished I had had the experience of using an OM-4.

xiaoman1 

Paramount 73,
Nice collection, I suspected that I was not alone for my passion for mechanical cameras.
I like Pentax Spotmatics as well, even better when they moved to full aperture metering. They were built like tanks and the universal screw mount would accept thousands of lenses....a real work horse of a camera, like Canon and Nikon Pentax help to advance photography and make it more a accessible to the masses. Praktica's as I recall they had a super viewing system that made low angle shots easier.. one of the first removable pentaprisms, correct?

A few more mechanical slr wonders from Nikon all motor ready and well loved! I mainly shot Eos now as It's hard to find film anymore, much less a place that can process and not do digital prints....Ahh, the days of Agva and Kodachrome 25, some of my digitals do have a "film" setting but just not the same "feel".




Regards, Ben

xiaoman1 

oddjob2,
I think we can find a cork screw so you can start on that cork collection you always wanted.
Regards, Ben