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Davide Cavallaro
California
Italy
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 Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 10:09:57 AM
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... But "California" is just a nick, I'm from Milan, Italy, and just registered to this forum.
Some words about me:
My name is Davide Cavallaro, I was born in Padua, near Venice, Italy, some 42 years ago. I work as a service engineer in the so-called Graphic Communication Group of a big American company that really did the history of photography, and whose name starts and ends by K... guess it  !
Since 2001 I live in Milan.
I have a wife, two little kids and about 100 old cameras, mainly from the former USSR and DDR. I'm also a Zuikholic, as proud user of a huge Olympus OM system, but that's not the place for this kind of stuff  .
I don't consider me a real collector. I don't have a place to display them, I never tried to catalog them as well... I'm even not sure about the exact number of cameras dusting in my shelves  .
Nor I consider me a real user: I used maybe 10 or 15 of my oldies, and just some three or four of them are more or less in regular use (a Fed-3, a Kiev-4, a Moskva-2 and a Pentacon Six).
I just like too much these old bunch of metal and glass!
Once I used to restore old motorbikes, mainly Moto Guzzi and Ducati. My favourite one was my 1971 Guzzi V7 California 850.
When my first son born and I moved to Milan I sadly had to quit all my bikes, so I started fiddling with old cameras and lenses.
And, yes, my nick name is just a memento of my favourite bike .
My first task will be now to catalog my cameras and share with you all the interesting things I will hopefully find out.
And, of course, ask you plenty of questions!
I wish everybody a nice weekend. |
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4251 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 3:59:10 PM
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Welcome David! Now that you're here, you will want to start digging up all your Russian cameras, to see maybe you have some rare variations! ..
Vlad. |
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okynek
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Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 4:54:37 PM
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Welcomer to the group!
We all hope that you'll find a treasure in your boxes! I know I did
And keep eye on Juhani. He also have bike background |
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
1997 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 7:24:19 PM
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Hello David
We expect hot news from you! Cali= Hot Fornia= Stove
Wellcome Paisano!
LP |
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James McGee
James McGee
Azerbaijan
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Posted - Jun 06 2008 : 10:55:03 PM
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Davide,
Welcome, I hope that you have lots of fun discovering interesting things you never knew about your collection.
Regards, Jim |
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Davide Cavallaro
California
Italy
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Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 08:42:58 AM
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Thank you everybody for the nice encouraging words.
It's time to start digging in my boxes... One of the things I would like to show you: it's a micro-photographic set called, if my translitteration is correct, MFN-3. It's composed of a Zorki-4 camera, a mirror box and a couple of microscope adapters, all enclosed in a nice woodden box. The Zorki-4 itself is an absolutely standard one. Does someone knows something about it? Here's some pic:
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
1997 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Jun 07 2008 : 9:30:59 PM
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Davide
Everything very interesting!
There exists a similar device also with a Zorki camera but made in Poland by PZO This device has a built in shutter 1/10 to 1/250 +B built in the rear of the observation barrel Another interesting.. the shutter is extraordinary similar (interchangeability of parts)to Smena Shutters (no self timer).
Regards LP |
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Davide Cavallaro
California
Italy
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Posted - Jun 09 2008 : 05:35:12 AM
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Luiz,
Actually ther's no built-in shutter in this device, just a switching lever to raise the viewing mirror and free the light path to the camera. By the engraved logo and S/N I guess it was made by "Zavod Progress" in Leningrad, in 1960.
By the way, do you think is this device worth a place in the wiki catalog? Is this a place where I can submit photos of some of my "pieces" not yet represented there? Or should I ask someone before?
Bye.
Davide |
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
1997 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Jun 09 2008 : 5:51:49 PM
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Of course Davide!
Zavod Progress was a branch of LOMO industries They were responsible for the first Russian microscope made in cooperation with Zeiss. See http://www.novacon.com.br/lenses08.htm Professor Mahlon Kelly comments.
Regards LP
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Hello from California
