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Written by George Haritonidis on 2024-09-14 at 21:11

Today is film camera swap meet today! I’m giddy with excitement.

I couldn’t promise my wife that I wouldn’t be irresponsibly splurging cash on obscure film cameras today, despite me also purchasing a new phone this month. We’ll see how the day pans out.

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Written by George Haritonidis on 2024-09-15 at 04:22

Today’s spoils are a new in box Nikon Speedlight SB-28 (includes papers, pouch) and a Bronica Zenzanon MC 200mm f/4.5 lens for my ETRSi.

Quite a few Leicas and point and shoots today, not that many Hasselblads anymore, and a larger contingent of female patrons which is great to see as photography and camera collecting are typically somewhat male dominated.

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Written by George Haritonidis on 2024-09-15 at 04:33

There was also someone selling 3 Sony Mavicas, one of them being an MVC-FD91. Very well used and worn (paint worn off in some areas) and none of the 3 turned on, so I didn’t bother asking questions. I didn’t know the MVC-FD91 even existed, it’s such an odd-ball kind of digital camera.

I unfortunately didn’t take a photo of it, but here’s what the FD91 looks like, courtesy of dpreview.com: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/7734530884/throwback-thursday-the-sony-mavica-fd-91

The 90s were wild in context of photography!

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Written by Samantha on 2024-09-15 at 04:38

@georgeharito where is this? I love old Nikon glass but hard to find.

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Written by George Haritonidis on 2024-09-15 at 04:43

@Caprica There was a camera swap meet at Box Hill Town Hall today, run by the Australian Photographic Collectors’ Society. They run the swap meet twice a year, March and September. https://www.apcsociety.com.au/market.html

There were quite a few Nikon lenses out there, some of them banged up though. One guy was selling a PC Nikkor 35mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens, looked super interesting, but was asking $400 which I don’t have to just throw at a specialised lens like this. Same seller was also selling a 45mm f/2.8 (true pancake) and an AI 55mm f/1.2 which was just beautiful.

Since according to your bio you are Melbourne based, you should come to the next one! The hall was packed and very busy.

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