Filmwasters
Which Board? => Main Forum => : hookstrapped March 25, 2020, 12:27:43 PM
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More photographic time killing material...
https://www.mikeeckman.com/2020/03/eleven-unfortunately-named-cameras/ (https://www.mikeeckman.com/2020/03/eleven-unfortunately-named-cameras/)
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Somehow I didn't think the names were as bad as some car names. Or at least they weren't as prophetic as far models sometimes were.
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Elek left out the Ramera, a combination of a transistor radio and a 16mm camera, made by Kowa in 1959–60.
Google Spanish-English translation offers: Harlot, Slut, Trollop, Strumpet, Hustler.
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Elek left out the Ramera, a combination of a transistor radio and a 16mm camera, made by Kowa in 1959–60.
Google Spanish-English translation offers: Harlot, Slut, Trollop, Strumpet, Hustler.
Haha!
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I said Elek when I meant Eckman. Both good camera reviewers.
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(Blushing) Ahm... I may actually own a Voigt Vag. And a Minolta PROD. Oh - and a Beirette. Yes, I bought the Beirette for name. But so do many Leica owners. But the Beir only cost £10.
I'd like to own a Beautyflex TLR for my figurative work. And - on the list of unfortunate names - I'd love to own the Rectaflex Liechtenstein. Slight problem- there is one for sale currently on EvilPrey. The cost? Yours for £9,300! I must admit, the name could tempt me. But then I noticed that they wanted an extra £40 for postage. I really don't like paying for postage.
But the list fails to mention the French FOCA brand and their quite splendid Focamatic and for the more adventurous, Focasport. I understand that the Fokaflex, while sounding similar, was actually Czech, rather than French.
Lastly, when we were allowed to visit public places, I once saw a gentleman wearing a macintosh, in the park, proudly displaying an Agiflash.