My Thrift Store Find.

[Zodiark1593]

At the local thrift store, I found a Mamiya/Sekor Super Deluxe rangefinder camera. Being from the mid-late 60’s, all controls are manual and mechanical. Definitely pretty dirty, and some components are squeaky, but no dents to suggest a bad drop, and all the controls and shutter appear to function.
 

The dirt on the lens also appears to be mostly surface level. The 48mm lens is good for F 2.0 as well, so it’s actually fairly fast for something so early. 
 

I was able to get it for $6.00.

[sub68]

Good find!!

This reminds me that I have a couple of film lenses I need to get adapters to canon EF

[Zodiark1593]

1 hour ago, sub68 said:

Good find!!

This reminds me that I have a couple of film lenses I need to get adapters to canon EF

All it really needs is a brief cleaning, and some Ilford HP5 400, and it’s good to go. (A variety pack would be nice) Only thing is figuring out film development. I don’t imagine I’d be shooting 35mm enough to invest in my own development tools and chemicals, but finding a decent lab itself is pretty pricey. 
 

Never thought I’d get a 35mm film camera though. I figured I’d probably end up with a medium format film camera one day, owing to the format being quite good compared to digital.