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    Hi,
    Allow me to introduce myself.
    One of my hobbies I collecting cameras.
    I am also an active member of Cameraholics, an active photography collecting club here in Brisbane, Australia, so don't through out any of your photographic related items! Contact me first. I am also a ex-beekeeper having managed up to 2,500 hives, so if anyone around Brisbane needs help with bees feel free to give me a call.
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    Glad to have you on board mate.
    Bee's I try to stay out of the way of, cameras on the other hand like you I'll go looking for.
    I just scored a mint Mamiya C220 as a Xmas present to myself!.
    What short of stuff do you go after?.

    Cheers
    Trev.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Repliconics View Post
    Glad to have you on board mate.
    Bee's I try to stay out of the way of, cameras on the other hand like you I'll go looking for.
    I just scored a mint Mamiya C220 as a Xmas present to myself!.
    What short of stuff do you go after?.

    Cheers
    Trev.
    Hi Trev,

    I am a user and collector of anything and everything Pentax, Asahi Pentax, Takumar and Asahiflex.
    I am also a member of the Pentax Forum.

    Regards,
    Gordon.

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    Hi Trev,
    I have just researched your Mamiya C220.
    What size film does it use, 120 I presume.
    My favourite medium format camera is a Pentax 6x7 which I prefer over my Pentax 645n.
    Regards,
    Gordon.

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    Hi Gordon and Trevor - welcome.

    By way of general discussion, and an update for all of us who used to use film for many a year ...

    Have you guys got a feel for where film availability and film processing is, and where it is going?
    I mean can you still buy BW and colour print and slide film, and can it be processed in Australia?

    Slightly off topic, but sometimes collectors have a good idea about such things.

    thanks, mike

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    Quote Originally Posted by Repliconics View Post
    Glad to have you on board mate.
    Bee's I try to stay out of the way of, cameras on the other hand like you I'll go looking for.
    I just scored a mint Mamiya C220 as a Xmas present to myself!.
    What short of stuff do you go after?.

    Cheers
    Trev.
    Ooooh, nice. As long as there are no leaks in the bellows, you should be sweet as. Which lens or lenses do you have?

    Always lusted after a C220, but somehow never quite got there, instead I stuck with 35mm and 4x5" which I use quite frequently. On our last holiday through far western Qld from the NSW border up to the Gulf I used 4x5 for all of my pictures (B&W). Haven't finished printing, but that should happen shortly after the heat of summer subsides.

    To answer Mike48, one can purchase film almost anywhere in Australia, as long as you are prepared to pay for it. I saw 135 film available at Adels Grove, which is just outside of Lawn Hill NP. Price wasn't fantastic, but it was there.

    You will almost certainly have to develop your B&W film yourself, although there are places that will develop and print it, I don't think you could afford the printing as it is all done by hand not machine processing. Colour negative is different, many places develop the film then scan the negatives for electronic printing. As for slide film, it is getting harder and harder to find a place that can process it. Michael's in Elizabeth Street in Melbourne have in-house processing of B&W, Colour negative and colour slide film; there are others.

    I buy almost all of my film via the USA, although recently I picked up some cheap 4x5" B&W Czech Republic in Vanbar's in Melbourne a few weeks ago, actually cheaper than from the USA.

    Mick.

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    While you're talking old cameras...

    Here's an old Kodak that my dad scored off an America G.I. during World War 2...

    I've never used it as I only received it when my folks moved from the family home into a retirement villa about 10yrs back.

    I think the bellows maybe suspect??
    I have no idea what sort film it takes??

    Cheers, crowie

    PS - Apologies for my poor photos... I was up early this morning watching fireworks on the harbour...
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    Quote Originally Posted by mike48 View Post
    Hi Gordon and Trevor - welcome.

    By way of general discussion, and an update for all of us who used to use film for many a year ...

    Have you guys got a feel for where film availability and film processing is, and where it is going?
    I mean can you still buy BW and colour print and slide film, and can it be processed in Australia?

    Slightly off topic, but sometimes collectors have a good idea about such things.

    thanks, mike
    Hi Mike,

    Digital Camera Warehouse are now apparently selling and developing film. They are located in Ipswich Road at Annerley.
    Also there is another Processing place called Fotofast in Moggill Road at Taringa.
    Both of these businesses are used by our club members, ie., Cameraholics for the purchase and developing of film.
    Cameraholics is a camera collectors club here in Brisbane which has its own website.
    We hold a fair every year with traders coming as far away as Melbourne to sell anything related to photography.
    To prevent me getting into trouble for being off topic I can be contacted by <[email protected]> for further information!

    Regards,
    Gordon

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    Quote Originally Posted by crowie View Post
    While you're talking old cameras...

    Here's an old Kodak that my dad scored off an America G.I. during World War 2...

    I've never used it as I only received it when my folks moved from the family home into a retirement villa about 10yrs back.

    I think the bellows maybe suspect??
    I have no idea what sort film it takes??

    Cheers, crowie

    PS - Apologies for my poor photos... I was up early this morning watching fireworks on the harbour...
    Hi Crowie,

    I would say that it would probably take 127 film.
    You could check the bellows by using a strong light on the outside while looking from the inside in a dark room.

    Regards,
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    G'Day Gordon, Do you have any information on the camera??
    Age, model, operation, quality, what sort of money it would have cost in it's day, etc, etc...thank you..
    Cheers crowie

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    Looks like a Kodamatic made from 1939 to 49.
    620 film, 6cm x 9cm picture.
    It would of cost about 15 bucks back in the day.

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    Pacman Junior (17) shoots b&w and colour film. He is sometimes gifted film from friends on forums. It's not unusual for a few rolls to turn up every now and then.
    He uses Canon equipment. Don't know specifics but his webpage states what he uses.
    Gets film developed at Analogue Academy or Hillvale in Melbourne. Post and scan type service
    This is his webpage Jack Crowe he's hypercritical of his work and doesn't put much up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Repliconics View Post
    Looks like a Kodamatic made from 1939 to 49.
    620 film, 6cm x 9cm picture.
    It would of cost about 15 bucks back in the day.

    Cheers
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    Thanks Trev, WOW....$15 dollars back then would have been up there, well over a weeks wages....

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    Quote Originally Posted by crowie View Post
    Thanks Trev, WOW....$15 dollars back then would have been up there, well over a weeks wages....
    I just checked Trove the Kodamatic No.1 was selling in the 40's for around the 6 to 8 pound mark.
    I don't know if that's expensive for back in the day.
    I'm happy to say I only remember decimal.

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    I was earning five pounds a week when I started working. Granted I knew nothing, even though I thought I was pretty smart, but five quid was quite good I thought. I bought my first motorcycle, which was a German Moped, NSU Quickly, for ten pounds.

    However when decimal currency came in, I received a wage rise. I went from five pounds a week, to ten dollars a week.

    Mick.

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