I used to love looking through the used equipment at Olden. I bought a
Mamiya TLR 250mm lens there and a Polaroid back for my Speed Graphic.
Great store.
Paul
On Mar 1, 2006, at 11:10 PM, Cesar wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Cesar wrote:
http://groups.msn.com/MyRugbyPictures/misc.msnw?
action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=42
This is a 1950 Leica IIIf with a 1950 Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Summitar
f=5cm 1:2.
1950 ... a black dial IIIf. Very sweet old camera. Enjoy it!
I bought a pair of these cameras, a IIf and IIc with Elmar 3.5cm and
5.0cm f/3.5 lenses, from Olden Camera in 1969 for $99, used them
until about 1985 or so when the last one was lost over the Pacific.
They were delightful old cameras. I inherited my father's IIIf kit
too, but ultimately sold it to a collector as I didn't want to see it
become worn with use (he treated it as a sacred object: it was as
immaculate in 1982 as it was in 1953).
He asked if I was a photographer and then asked if the camera
around my neck was a Leica. He also asked if I was there for PMA.
He smiled wished me a good day and then went away smiling. Would
this have happened with only a Pentax around my neck? How about a
Nikon or Canon?
Sometimes. I've had people go away smiling when I carried an old
Nikon F or Canon FTb too.
Godfrey
Godfrey,
Last year I could not find Olden while doing a quick sweep of where
they used to be.
This time I found them - interestingly enough, their address is a
women's store that I almost walked right by if I did not have the
address.
The entrance to Olden is an elevator on the right-hand-side of the
store that has a sign on the elevator door that says that Olden is on
the fourth floor. Their space is a lot smaller than their previous
location. Pity. There was nothing that interested me, but it was
still nice to stop in.
I will keep stopping in when I have the chance.
Nostalgia, a nice feeling, and you can enjoy it with Pentax,
César
Panama City, Florida
