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Sydney underground
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An Old War Horse

Nikon FA with Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AI

Shutter: Honeycombed Titanium; speeds B, 1-1/4000s with 1/250s mechanical backup.

A recent acquisition at the markets ...it came with a Zoom Nikkor 35-135mm f/3.5~4.5 (AI, Macro, 1983–1989), an extra focussing screen (Type B2), all booklets and papers, a number of filters (including a circular pol filter for the 24mm and a close-up lens with step-down ring for the Zoom), and a Metz 45 CT-5 flash. It's a well-used camera, the body has 'brassing' at the usual places (near film advance, top of prism and bottom edges) and the 24mm has paint wear on the metal focussing ring.

The Nikon FA is a 35mm manual focus SLR camera introduced by Nippon Kogaku K. K. in 1983 and produced until 1987 (discontinued in 1989). The body has the sn #5334348. As the FA serial numbers reputedly started with 5000001, the body would date to the middle or later part of the production period. The warranty form is not filled out, so does not give a date. The paperwork also included an invoice for a CLA of the 24mm, dated to 1991.

The Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AI is a wide angle lens (84°) with nine elements in seven groups, with a seven-bladed diaphragm, f/2.8 to f/22; min focus 0.3m. While the 28mm with the Nikon F-mount was introduced in about 1963, the lens shown above is an updated version, released in 1975 (and superceded in 1977 by the AI-s version).

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012 | Map

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Blue Sky Tension

Seen at Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, NSW, Australia

From the Archives (July 18, 2010)

Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012

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Falling Water

Seen at Woolshed Falls
Beechworth, Victoria, Australia

From the Archives (September 5, 2009)

Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012

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Soviet A-39 Aerial Camera (1964)

ex Soviet A-39 Aerial Camera

The A-39 is a "daylight photoreconnaissance and bombing-damage recording camera" (sn# 64T242) and was fitted with a heated Uran-27 lens,100mm f/2.5 (sn# 641581). It was made by KOMZ (Kazanskii Optiko-Mekhanicheskii Zavod) which manufactured most Soviet Aerial Camera equipment.

The resulting negatives were 70 x 80 mm, with the camera having a 1.9m magazine of 80mm film.

Based on the serial numbers of body and lens, this unit was made in 1964.

The camera is powered by 27V DC. Both camera and magazine have a grey hammer metal finish.

Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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