BOLSEY B2 Vintage 35mm Film Rangefinder Camera
Oct 1, 2021 13:04:27 #
rck281 wrote:
I don't understand why your post would "upset" anyone. What is the problem?
Ditto! Keep 'em coming.
Oct 1, 2021 13:13:42 #
analogman wrote:
Like yourself I too collect old cameras. Currently I have about 200 in my collection, the Bolsey B2 is in there. I would like to collect more but $$$$$ restricts what I am able to buy. If anyone reading this has suggestions on old and unusual cameras to hunt down and purchase please share your thoughts @ dll5791@gmail.com. Thank you.
I collect "old" film cameras. I had both Bolsey B2 and the Military Bolsey camera, both work. Sold both. What are you looking for? I may be able to help you. Yes, "I would like collect more but $$$$$ restricts what I am able to buy."
Oct 1, 2021 13:21:06 #
Keep posting the photos of the old cameras and sharing your enjoyment of them. As you can see, there are those here who do not appreciate the old cameras just as there are those of us who don't appreciate BIF or flower photos. Keep posting them as you do have an audience here, UHH is a big room.
Oct 1, 2021 13:44:10 #
Still wish I had my Olympus film camera. Bought it for $80 in 1970, sold it for $110 45 years later.
Oct 1, 2021 14:55:41 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
I don't know why your cameras annoy anyone. When there is a post that annoys me, I just don't read any more and move on. Anyway, I wanted to add to the lore about your Bolsey. One of my best friends in high school had a camera that looked just like yours, but had in addition to the usual range finder, Mike's camera had a twin lens reflex viewer incorporated in the top of the camera.
Here's a link to a pic. The feature seems of dubious value to me, but he was ok with it. https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m55846640507/?gclsrc=aw.ds&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12877497079&utm_content=t0&adgroup=120335190446&network=g&device=c&merchant_id=130633468&product_id=m55846640507&product_id=530638316398&gclid=CjwKCAjw49qKBhAoEiwAHQVTo2fXVNO5Z5FG6BMjYzaVsohNulX0oKMujUHTdfDHHGlz8PDThJiILxoCiREQAvD_BwE
Here's a link to a pic. The feature seems of dubious value to me, but he was ok with it. https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m55846640507/?gclsrc=aw.ds&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12877497079&utm_content=t0&adgroup=120335190446&network=g&device=c&merchant_id=130633468&product_id=m55846640507&product_id=530638316398&gclid=CjwKCAjw49qKBhAoEiwAHQVTo2fXVNO5Z5FG6BMjYzaVsohNulX0oKMujUHTdfDHHGlz8PDThJiILxoCiREQAvD_BwE
Oct 1, 2021 15:15:03 #
Oct 1, 2021 15:24:00 #
I enjoy your old cameras too! I gave all of mine to a local camera club when I downsized. I still see them in my memory....wish I had taken pictures of them.
Bob
Bob
Oct 1, 2021 16:31:31 #
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
BOLSEY B2 Vintage 35mm Film Rangefinder Camera br ... (show quote)
Gorgeous equipment ⭐⭐🆒⭐⭐
Oct 1, 2021 16:57:06 #
GeneV
Loc: Lampasas, Texas
I too enjoyed seeing all the old cameras you have in your collection. The latest star, the Bolsey B2, brings back a bunch of memories. My dad and I both had one back in the 50s and I now have both. I don't think either are in working condition having spent many years in boxes. Great little camera in its day.
Thanks for the spotlight.
Gene
Thanks for the spotlight.
Gene
Oct 1, 2021 19:09:36 #
My father bought me a twin lens Bolsey when I was in high school and to this day I have no idea why he did that - but it got me started in photography
Oct 1, 2021 21:31:07 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
DIRTY HARRY wrote:
Newer model?
No idea, he bought it used from an ad in the newspaper. We weren't particularly wealthy so when the photo bug bit us, we scrounged what we could. I bought a Kalimar from a pawn shop. As you can tell from the photo in the link, his camera looks just like yours except for the viewing lens and the pop up viewfinder.
Oct 2, 2021 02:47:09 #
Love your old cameras! My grandpa had a couple of them.
Wonder if anyone will collect Sony A7s 60 etc. years from now, or they will work at all.
Wonder if anyone will collect Sony A7s 60 etc. years from now, or they will work at all.
Oct 2, 2021 09:20:48 #
Bret Perry wrote:
Love your old cameras! My grandpa had a couple of them.
Wonder if anyone will collect Sony A7s 60 etc. years from now, or they will work at all.
Wonder if anyone will collect Sony A7s 60 etc. years from now, or they will work at all.
Good question, The way technical is going in today world I would said that Sony A7s and other cameras like the Sony A7 will end up in land fills and have no value.
Oct 3, 2021 04:54:39 #
Oct 3, 2021 13:26:38 #
Ken Owen
Loc: mid-Michigan
Perhaps you're thinking of Bolex for movie cameras. I think Bolsey was strictly still photography.
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