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In the hopes of soon procuring a new digital compact camera system I’ve decided to let go of my pretty little vintage camera collection. I haven’t had these  long, but I’ve used all of them and have had some excellent results that can capture the lost era of film rangefinders, from the 1950s into the 1970s.

Let me know if you’re interested in a camera. If you want them all, I will gladly pack up all 5 for $100.
Otherwise, the individual prices are below and negotiable.

Braun Paxette 35mm (german made, ~1954)
$30
This camera is a beautiful example of the rise of rangefinder popularity in the 1950s. Everything works, however the winder recoil is missing a small piece. It works to wind the film, it just does not work as intended. Film loads in the bottom as seen in gallery below. Pretty damn cool.

Middl 120-A medium format (~1950s, folding bellows)
$40
This camera needs a good cleaning. I have not shot film on this and I believe the aperature and focus dials need to be cleaned. That said everything operates great otherwise. Bellows are in excellent shape and don’t have any light leaks that I can see. More photos below!

Konica EE matic 35mm (1960s?)
$30
Konica EE matic is a fully mechanical auto-exposure rangefinder. Surprisingly the auto-exposure worked pretty well, but the viewfinder focusing doesn’t seem to work at all so you have to approximate. Film turned out great. See post here for more details about the camera and here to see some of the tests I did with it.

Yashica  35mm (newer era)
$20
This Yashica is actually really cool. Auto exposure and focus. Auto focus works great EXCEPT for at right around 5′. Weird eh? See post here for more details about the camera and here to see some of the tests I did with it.

Minolta HI-MATIC E 35mm (~1971)
$25
Really super cool rangefinder similar to the above Konica. Focus seems slightly off but photos came out pretty cool. See post here for more details about the camera and here to see some of the tests I did with it.

Photos of the bottom 3 cameras at http://robopony.com/blog/2011/rangefinder-romance/ and the rest below.