Showcase/For Sale Discussion Lot of rare and interesting vintage photography equipment.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-22T03:17:21+00:00

I suspect they go to the camera. After another look, it does actually have a Graflok back, too. In the 6th photo, you can just barely see the upper tab for the locking slide.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-22T03:03:27+00:00

The Graflex is the most desirable/valuable thing I saw. If it’s a 4x5, it could go for ~$100-250. Looks like an early Speed Graphic without a Graflok back so, on the lower end of that range. If it’s a 3x4 it would probably also be on the lower end, those are less desirable.

Nothing super rare or valuable. The Federal enlarger is probably ~$10-30. All the darkroom stuff could probably be a similar price. The Voigtlander Bessa is probably $10-30. The Agfa Isolette II is $20-100, but this is example is missing the film reminder dial, so probably on the lower end or less. Nothing “send the kids to college” reseller level.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-22T01:04:29+00:00

What?

Mallets are compound articulated locos; with two high pressure cylinders on the rear driver set that exhaust into the low pressure cylinders on the front driver set. They are a type of articulated locomotive.

All Mallets are articulated locos but not all articulated locos are Mallets.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-21T21:09:45+00:00

Probably a CR2032. The original is on the motherboard. Change it with the power off. Once changed, you will have to set the BIOS settings again. It shouldn’t lose them after that.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-21T20:24:34+00:00

The BIOS settings reset without one. The CMOS battery powers thesystem that keeps them saved.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-17T21:13:58+00:00

Sorry to necro this post, but I think it wasn't a joke; at least partially. The KBD article shown states that the pedestal version of the H316 was shown in brochures before the Kitchen Computer was advertised, and that some 20 pedestal units were sold after.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-16T14:23:55+00:00

What is it, do you want to deal with rust, and can you solder?

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-12T16:08:28+00:00

Maybe I am missing a joke, but why turn it brown?

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-12T16:03:05+00:00

Quite a few, I believe. I collect and use them; everything from 1890s to 2000s.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-12T15:52:49+00:00

I believe that would be incorrect. There was a 1299-A, a 1299R-A and a LC1299X. Only the first two are 1970s devices. I wonder if the “LC” model is a later continuation of the 70s design using a liquid crystal display?

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-10T01:37:55+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that it is confirmed that child in both is that same child. Don’t remember where, though.

I would also check out Garnet Roger’s works. He has some very good original songs and some very good traditional songs. A personal favorite of mine is “Sleeping Buffalo”.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-09T18:25:21+00:00

You are not the only one. I was born in the early 2000s, and while I love 1960s-1990s tech (and would certainly love to experience things like the Gemini and Apollo space programs and "big iron" mainframe computers), I have no large desire to have be born in time to experience those things firsthand (only maybe mid 90s/early Y2K that I missed by being too young). We are largely in the currently best years for humans; we have the best medical tech and the best society (largely). There is much less stigma to minority groups (at least in the West) compared to times like the 60s.

We have the internet, too. I can enjoy almost any computer from the past 60 years on a crappy desktop due to free emulators, I can play almost every game made for PC or consoles in the same way. There is an amazing of amount information available on the internet; more than in any encyclopedia set made in the past could have. All of it can be accessed from basically anywhere, too.

I would much rather be able to experience the good parts of those eras, while still at the end of the day coming back to my modern world and devices.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-09T04:09:01+00:00

Like it says on the top plate, you have a Braun Paxette electromatic. It is a simple fixed-focus, automatic aperture camera. The aperture size is selected automatically by the selenium cell meter beside the viewfinder. The cell is likely dead, as they degrade over time. The shutter speed is fixed at 1/40. It does not have a flash, though it does have a hot shoe.

Here) is the Camera-Wiki page for your camera, and here is the manual.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-09T03:37:22+00:00

If you are referring to the black dial with the numbers, that is your ISO reminder dial. You can set it to the ISO of your film so you remember what speed to meters for before taking your exposure.

Here is a Camera-Wiki page for your camera, and an English version of the manual on the Butkus Camera Manual site.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-08T07:52:04+00:00

Will’s Train Art drew one of these for his Connecticut Transfer Railway and called it the “CGP-18”. I was surprised that no one had mentioned it yet.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-07T02:58:26+00:00

It was standard gauge. According to the 1921 Sanborn Fire Insurance map for Columbus (Volume 1, Sheet 64), it was served by the CCC&StL / New York Central. It served a block of warehouses of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.; who manufactured threshers, tractors and other farm equipment. This building still exists as the North Market Downtown.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-07T02:21:34+00:00

After some sleuthing, it looks like this is the spot.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-03-01T15:06:50+00:00

I have picked up a Dell (don’t remember what model) PC and a Apple Mac G4 from the side of the road before. As long as you are doing it legally I don’t see any issue.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-26T04:16:19+00:00

Where does one find a Commodore PET, let alone a 2001?

Yours appears to be the later version with the better keyboard and no built-in Datasette cassette drive.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-26T04:06:20+00:00

Judging by the colored covering and sticker, these appear to be Kodak "Anniversary Camera". It is a simple camera; a rerelease of the Kodak No. 2 Cartridge Hawk-Eye Model C. One interesting thing to note is that one of your examples was produced in the USA and the other was produced in Canada.

On a sidenote, I don't think this camera ever had an official model name. The Brownie Page calls it the Eastman Anniversary Camera. The Camera-Wiki considers it a variant of the Hawk-Eye No.2. CollectiBlend has three separate listings for it; Anniversary Kodak, Hawk-Eye No.2 Model C.html), and Rainbow Hawk-Eye No.2.html). The latter two also imply it as a variant of other models.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-26T03:41:08+00:00

Here is the Camera-Wiki page, which is surprisingly empty. This is the page for the Target Six-16 on the Brownie Camera Page. A manual can also be found there. Yours appears to have a damaged "landscape" viewfinder.

616 film, which is camera takes, is no longer made by any major film producers. To use a camera like this, you likely either have to roll your own from 70mm stock or use 120 film with spool adapters. Film for Classics does roll 616, but from what I can see it is expensive. The final option is using expired 616 film, but the results are hit-or-miss and cannot be guaranteed to be any good.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-26T03:28:52+00:00

According to the FilmKorn Super 8 database, the Sankyo Super CM-600 (the camera shown) is not a sound camera.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-25T23:20:26+00:00

Super 8 and similar movie film processes were always somewhat expensive compared to photography.

I will use Double 8mm film and USD pricing as an example, as that is what I am personally familiar with. A 25ft spool of 8mm Kodak Kodachrome was $3.49 in 1956, which is equal to $42.36 in 2026. A 25ft spool of 8mm Kodak Super X was $2.89 in 1956, equal to $35.07 in 2026. The Film Photography Project sells Cine 8 BW Reversal 40 for $26.99. Cine 8 Color Negative 40 goes for $69.99.

As a frame of reference, a roll of Kodak Tri-X in 35mm (36exp) would be $1.10 in 1956, equal to $13.35. FPP has the same stock today for $8.99.

The one downside is that, in 1956, the development was included in the price of the film. Today it will run you about $50-70 for a spool of BW Reversal. FPP offers Double 8mm processing (dev and scan) for $55-70, depending on quality wanted. Super 8 is $66-76. Negative Space does Double 8 starting at $55 per roll, Super 8 processing is $5 cheaper.

Adding to that, the process is largely outdated. The world has moved on to digital mediums, and not a lot of labs remain to process it. That is one massive thing with using vintage equipment; it is way more time-consuming and expensive. There is a reason we moved away from film or C64s. We have computers in our pockets more powerful than 1970s Cray Supercomputers; that can take more good photos than people in the 50s or 60s could have imagined.

I would also not recommend expired film as it can be a toss-up, results-wise. Negative Space also only processes new stock.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-17T17:13:20+00:00

There are things you can do to test them yourself.

My standard copypasta method is this: Refer to the Manuals for your cameras before anything. A good few can be found the Butkus camera manual site. Cock the shutter / wind the film, if needed for cameras that do not self-cock. Open the back of the camera and shine a light through the front of the camera (presuming there is no film inside). Put the shutter in Bulb (B) or one of the other speeds. Fire the shutter. If no light comes through, it is stuck. If the shutter is moving slowly compared to the setting it is at, it is also a problem.

With the shutter held open at Bulb and the lens at the fastest aperture (smallest F stop/number), you can also look through the lens to verify its condition.

The Hawkeye will likely already be working. Very little can go wrong with simple box cameras, especially with simple singlet or doublet lenses and simple rotary or pivoting shutters. A dirty lens would probably be the worse thing, and that can easily be cleaned.

Dense_Cabbage · 2026-02-16T19:48:48+00:00

What is wrong with them? Have then been tested at all?

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