Sunday, October 31, 2010

Preowned NIKON L35AW AF



Never tested. Sell as is condition. Great for display items.
Price:RM80

This camera is a bit a drop out in the compact camera range. In 1986 this ´all weather´ (AW) camera may drop out of a boat literally as it is water proof (max. 3 meter). It was available in black, orange and blue, has a 2.8/35mm. lens and built-in flash. There is also a version with a data back (L35AW-AD). Although these cameras were relatively expensive, they were cheaper than the cameras in the Nikonos-series. In the USA this camera was marketed as 'Action Touch' .

Vintage FUJICA STX-1 camera



Never tested and sell as is condition. Great for display items.
Price:RM120

The Fujica STX-1 was manufactured by Fuji during the late 1970s and early 1980s and was their entry level SLR during that time. It was introduced to the United States in 1979. The focal plane shutter is mechanical, with a top speed of 1/750th of a second and a flash sync at 1/60th of a second. The lowest speed is 1/2 second and the camera includes a bulb setting along with shutter release cable connection. Selected shutter speed is shown along the left side of the viewfinder through a mechanical linkage. A DOF preview control is present, conveniently placed on the front of the camera next to the lens.


Everything about the STX-1 is manual. No program modes are available. The camera does require a battery, but only to run the meter.

Compatible batteries: Two of LR44-type alkaline-manganese batteries; HR44-type mercury batteries; SR44-type silver oxide batteries.

The light meter on the STX-1 is an averaging, moving coil analogue type, whose operation is scaled by the camera's shutter speed and aperture settings. This appears on the right side of the viewfinder. The later STX-1n model has a meter consisting of several small LEDs, but the overall effect of these is rather vague compared to the earlier analogue meter. The other change in the STX-1n is a redesigned battery hatch.

The STX-1 has a Fujica X mount, which is compatible with Fujica X lenses. Although often difficult to find, a decent selection of these lenses are available on online auction sites.

The STX-1 was also sold by Porst in Germany, as the CR-1.

Preowned KODAK VR35 K5



Never tested and sell as is condition.Great for your display item.
Price:RM80

Kodak's VR35-Series was a line of 35mm point-and-shoot cameras, introduced in 1986, marking Kodak's return to making 35mm cameras after a 17 year gap. The range continued until 1993. They had varying degrees of sophistication, ranging from the basic fixed focus models, with one aperture, no built-in flash and manual wind, to models with motor drive, programmed auto exposure and autofocus. Manufacturing sites included Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan.


K5-Motor wind, fixed focus, pop-up flash

Vintage CANON DEMI EE17




Never tested and sell as is condition.Good piece for display item.
Price:RM120

The Canon Demi is a half frame camera, 'Demi' being the French word for "half". It uses ordinary cartridge style 35mm film, but takes two 24 x 18mm exposures in the place of a normal 24 x 36mm film frame. This means a 36 exposure roll will actually hold 72 separate half frame photos. This could be quite a saving per exposure for a simple snapshot camera: economics was the reason for the half frame cameras of the sixties. Color film was very expensive in comparison to B&W films at the time.


The Demi is a beautiful child of the sixties. Yet its styling was ahead of its time. It looks more at home among the modern electronic point and shoots than it does among its heavy rangefinder Canonet and SLR contemporaries. Its sleek, metal body panels wrap around rounded corners giving the camera a comfortable feel in one's hands.

The first Demi was introduced in February of 1963, by no means was it the first half frame camera. (The very first half frame was the 1908 Lleo, since it was the first still camera to use perforated 35mm film. 35mm movie cameras expose frames the same size and orientation as a half frame camera. So in reality 35mm cameras are "double frame" cameras.) It wasn’t the first from the big Japanese makers either. The very popular Olympus Pen cameras were first released in 1959.

By the end of 1963 Demis came in four colors: the original black leatherette, red, white, and blue. The latter three colors were quickly discontinued.

Then in September of 1964 Canon released a higher end version: the Demi S. It had a better lens (30mm f/1.7 instead of the original 28mm f/2.8) and improved metering system.

In April of 1965 an interchangeable lens version came out: the Demi C. It had two lenses that only fit the Demi C: a 28mm f/2.8 and a 50mm f/2.8.

The Demi Rapid came out in June of 1965. It was basically a Demi S with the new fad "rapid loading system" a battery operated Cds metering system and a self timer.

May of 1966 saw the debut of the top of the line Demi EE17. It was a Demi Rapid without the rapid film loading spool. Progress!

The final Demi was the Demi EE28. It was released in April of 1967 and was a giant step backwards from the Demi EE17 having a selenium cell metering system and the 28mm f/2.8 lens.

Vintage CANON DEMI EE28 camera




Never tested and sell as is condition.Good piece to add to your display collection.
Price:RM120

The Canon Demi is a half frame camera. In fact, Demi is a French word for "half". And although it uses ordinary cartridge style 35mm film, it takes two 24 x 18mm exposures on a normal 24 x 36mm film frame. This means a 36 exposure roll will actually hold 72 separate half frame photos. Quite a savings in money if only simple snapshots are desired. Economics was the reason for the half frame cameras of the sixties. Color film was very expensive in comparison the B&W of the day.


The Demi is a beautiful child of the sixties. Yet it’s styling was much ahead of its time. It looks more at home among the modern electronic point and shoots than it does among it’s heavy rangefinder Canonet and SLR contemporaries. Its sleek, metal body panels wrap around rounded corners giving the camera a comfortable feel in ones hands.

The first Demi was introduced in February of 1963, by no means was it the first half frame camera. (The very first half frame was the 1908 Lleo, since it was the first still camera to use perforated 35mm film. 35mm movie cameras expose frames the same size and orientation as a half frame camera. So in reality 35mm cameras are "double frame" cameras.) It wasn’t the first from the big Japanese makers either. The very popular Olympus Pen cameras were first released in 1959.

By the end of 1963 Demi’s came in four colors: the original black leatherette, red, white, and blue. The latter three colors were quickly discontinued.

Then in September of 1964 Canon released a higher end version: the Demi S. It had a better lens (30mm f/1.7 instead of the original 28mm f/2.8) and improved metering system.

In April of 1965 an interchangeable lens version came out: the Demi C. It had two lenses that only fit the Demi C: a 28mm f/2.8 and a 50mm f/2.8.

The Demi Rapid came out in June of 1965. It was basically a Demi S with the new fad "rapid loading system" a battery operated Cds metering system and a self timer.

May of 1966 saw the debut of the top of the line Demi EE17. It was a Demi Rapid without the rapid film loading spool. Progress!

The final Demi was the Demi EE28. It was released in April of 1967 and was a giant step backwards from the Demi EE17 having a selenium cell metering system and the 28mm f/2.8 lens.

But the time of the half frame cameras was ending. Color film was getting cheaper so economics wasn’t the big incentive it once had been. And Kodak Instamatic 126 cartridges were becoming the newest short lived fad. Like the half frames, 126 cartridges were soon replaced by the very small 110 cartridges.