VINTAGE FILM CAMERAS

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Yashica Electro GS

Rm200
Outlook 8/10
Everything Working, just the light for over and under part located on top some times light up together
but the lights for indicating under and over in the view finder is ok

Lubitel 166U Lomo before Lomography TLR

Rm320
Fully Working Condition

The Lubitel 166U was made by Lomo in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. The Lubitel is the poor man's twin lens reflex camera. Being made of plastic, it is sometimes lumped into the toy camera category, but it does have a glass lens and other features like several apertures and shutter speeds. Despite the apparent ability to "control" this camera, I have to admit that this isn't my favorite machine. Although bright, the screen is really hard to focus. It has a ground circle in the center and a small magnifying glass to help with the task, but the results don't seem worth the effort. You are almost better off estimating the distance Holga-style. But all-in-all, it is capable of taking pretty sharp photos, and if you are willing to put up with its idiosyncrasies, it can be a nice little camera.

specifications

Type: TLR
Manufacturer: LOMO
Year of launch: 1980
Film: 120 only
Frame size: 56x56 mm or 56x42 mm (12 or 16 pictures per film respectively)
Lens: T-22 triplet, 75 mm f/4.5
Shutter: leaf, manually cocked
Shutter speeds: 1/15 sec. to 1/250 sec. and B
Aperture: f4.5 to f22
Focusing range: 1.3 m to infinity
Flash synch: cord, all shutter speeds
Self-timer: mechanical
Film transport: manual
Frame counter: none (two windows at the back for controlling frame numbers of both frame sizes)
Double exposure safety: no
Tripod socket: 1/4"