the first one is for focusing using the enlarger you put it ontop of the paper and look through it for grain
@andrewchild15923 ай бұрын
I think it's a 35mm slide viewer for use on a Light Table
@johntyson89324 ай бұрын
On the current exchange rate £18 is ~$34 Australian. There is one of those Brownie Reflex cameras for sale not far from me for $50 and it is in way worse condition than the one you pulled out of the box. I reckon your £18 was pretty well spent, overall.
@jezp19764 ай бұрын
My first 35mm was a Halina 160 it had a little switch to select the ISO. All it did was change the apperture.
@Whywas6scared4 ай бұрын
I bought a non working Electro 35 GS a year or so back and I managed to replace the pad of death without removing the leatherette. It was a bit fiddly, but with the top off, I was able to get into the pad area with a pair of tweezers, clean off the old pad and fit a new one.
@kenjames35063 ай бұрын
First one is a slide viewer, I have one too.
@f1remandg3 ай бұрын
I collect and so I’ll be interested to see what you got in other lots and maybe pick up some tips
@Ybalrid3 ай бұрын
I would be interested to learn more about the thing you mention regarding vintage flashes and new camera. I assume the electronics generate very high voltages and this high voltage probably do no good to the hot shoe of a modern one, but I don't know the details
@mitchellwnorowski67474 ай бұрын
#1 is a slide viewer
@sputumtube4 ай бұрын
I bought a Yashica GTN (and the battery adapter) with POD problems. Took it to a reputable service centre who told me the cost of the repair would be worth more than the camera. Told them to use it for parts. They didn't charge me for the examination and scrapped it. I also found that the diamond shaped focusing patch in the viewfinder was too small and unclear (for me as a glasses wearer). Just because Spiderman used one doesn't make them any good.
@londoncameraproject11413 ай бұрын
Hi, I'd defo love to hear about using old flashes on modern bodies. I have a ton of them but I'm scared to put one on my Fujifilm X-T5 in case I fry it.
@andrewwilkin19234 ай бұрын
Hi Gideon, unlucky this time although I'd leave the batteries in the Electro as it may come back to life eventually once the capacitors re-charge. Bargains still out there, last Sunday at a car boot sale picked up a 1962 Canon FP body only for £5.
@alecbuxton76344 ай бұрын
My photography class at school used the Kodak instamatic cameras they were good basic cameras back in their time and I am surprised that they still exist as collectors pieces because once they stopped working most people just threw them away because of their age and condition
@johnh100003 ай бұрын
Yeah a flash tutorial would be cool
@gideonliddiardphotography3 ай бұрын
Cool - I will add it to the list
@johnh100003 ай бұрын
In a charity shop, I found a corroded FinePix s7000, for a fiver (cleaned works fine) the following week found a new in box, never used Hanimex TS/855 for £7 with all the filters and everything. Back in the day I used om10/20s and used flash to "stop" action/
@gideonliddiardphotography3 ай бұрын
@@johnh10000 Nice finds
@theoldunsshot10054 ай бұрын
Unlucky with the main item. It is a camera that I have seen listed often and been put off bidding as the prices have got stupid. Thanks for the heads up about the common problem that I wasn't aware of, so I will be cautious about that model. Keith
@jeffreycrawley12164 ай бұрын
Interesting - on the plus side an empty 620 spool ready for loading with 120 film!
@richardwall26923 ай бұрын
Hi, I'm new to your channel. May I ask where you source your job lots, please? Thank you.
@gideonliddiardphotography3 ай бұрын
I've got them all from eBay, and welcome to the channel
@GraemeSimpsonPhotography4 ай бұрын
is the first item a simple daylight slide viewer?
@danem22154 ай бұрын
I've been looking for a focus finder like that forever. I have the microscope style one and it's bloody impossible for me to see through. I'd have been happy just with that for 18 quid!
@eclecticjon10194 ай бұрын
I'm sure he'll sell it to you when he sees your comment 😉
@TheHatMusic4 ай бұрын
I’ve had 7 electro 35s in various guises over the years. Not a single one has ever worked fully. One was sold as working, but the shutter was sluggish, and thanks to the badly manufactured thread inside the lens barrel, I couldn’t get the front element out. Frankly, I don’t rate the build quality of the electro 35 at all, which given that the fx-2 and the fx-d were such great cameras, it’s hard to believe they were from the same manufacturer
@gideonliddiardphotography4 ай бұрын
Not surprised at all, I've now picked up a Lynx 5000E and the difference is night and day. The Lynx is smaller, better built, has a different shutter mechanism (with no Pad of Death), is fully mechanical, and is fully manual. Yet the sell for far less than the Electros!
@TheHatMusic4 ай бұрын
@@gideonliddiardphotography Makes sense. A mate of mine has a Lynx 14 which he loves. The electros should in theory be superior, but they are just not reliable enough after such a long time, and they're a pain to work on if you need to dismantle the lens. The prices for them in working condition are still quite silly as well, but that's Spiderman's fault entirely :) I'm definitely not on ebay no looking at Lynx 5000E's.... not at all.... not even a little bit.....
@MattSchulze4 ай бұрын
looks like a slide viewer
@harpersisland4 ай бұрын
Looks like a slide viewer
@andrewcroft25704 ай бұрын
The first thing you pulled out is a focus finder for the darkroom.
@gideonliddiardphotography4 ай бұрын
Had a feeling it was, thanks for confirming
@Olyvia..4 ай бұрын
@@gideonliddiardphotography it is not, they look very different (compare with say, a patterson grain focuser), its a slide viewer (compare to the various KAISER offerings)
@chriswilcockson85954 ай бұрын
Slide viewer?
@mikehowlettfogs4 ай бұрын
Off subject SRV fan?
@gideonliddiardphotography4 ай бұрын
I am indeed :-)
@stevemarks93604 ай бұрын
What is a bat tree?
@AtheistOrphan4 ай бұрын
A tree that bats roost in. 🦇 🌳
@apistosig41734 ай бұрын
Nothing Ventured as they say.
@gideonliddiardphotography4 ай бұрын
Indeed, but I'm giving up on Electro 35's, the Yashica Lynx looks like a much safer bet.