Potpourri -- Pretty, Unique, Anything

[Manonthestreet]

 

[Michelle420]

 

[Michelle420]

 

[kseeding]

Where was this? I love the sky, just wow!

 

[Michelle420]

Where was this? I love the sky, just wow!

I think it was Arizona.

 

[Manonthestreet]

 

[Manonthestreet]

 

[Manonthestreet]

 

[Bob Blaylock]

About sixteen years ago, as I was coming near to the end of my time working at one thrift store, and getting ready to go back out into the Real World, an unusual vintage Minolta camera came through, which I ended up buying.

I am now coming close to the end of my time at a different thrift store, again getting ready to go out into the Real World. In the last week, an even more unusual vintage Minolta camera came through, and I bought it.

The larger camera, to the left, is a Minolta 110 Zoom SLR. That's the one I got in 2005. It takes 110 film, which was once a common 16-millimeter format, mostly used in small, cheap cameras. This was an unusual example of a higher-end camera made to take that film.

The smaller camera, to the right, is a Minolta 16-II. I just bought it yesterday. It uses a proprietary 16-millimeter form format. I don't know if it's even possible to get film to fit it, these days. It's very similar in basic design and operation to the classic Minox cameras, most widely known as the cameras that spies are often depicted using in old movies to take pictures of secret documents. I don't know if Minolta copied Minox, or Minox copied Minolta. but in spite of the similar names, and in this case, remarkably similar products, they are completely unrelated brands.

 

[Manonthestreet]

 

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[Manonthestreet]

 

[Manonthestreet]

 

[Manonthestreet]

 

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[Ringtone]

Good stuff!

 

[Ringtone]

 

[Ringtone]

 

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