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James McGee
James McGee
Azerbaijan
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 Posted - Feb 26 2008 : 02:09:00 AM
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Hello All,
I was wondering about the comparative rarity of certain cameras and lenses as against their counterparts. How do we define, common, rare, very rare, and even ultra rare?
For example, are the Lilliput or Maliyutka rare? Idon't know, but I can tell everyone that in ten years of camera, "hunting" I have only ever come across one of each, and they are not good examples, the Lillyput is broken, and my Maliutka is not complete. By comparison and to put this into perspective during the same period I came across perhaps three hundred to four hundred Fed-1's, (very early Fed-1's excepted), perhaps one thousand Kiev/Contax 35mm rangefinders even more Zorki-'s, literally thousands of Kiev/Vega, kiev-30,etc, etc.
To my mind and despite the fact that the Lillyput and Maliyutka are plastic they were made as far as I know in fairly large quantities. Maybe I've just been looking in the wrong places!
I know that these were only cheap plastic cameras, but they had their role in history. So I would be interested to know if other forum members have them in their collections.
Regards, Jim
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
973 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Feb 26 2008 : 04:01:55 AM
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Jim,
... very good question indeed! Although I have no other opinions from members of our Forums yet, I consider Liliput and Maliutka (and especially Original Smena) to be the very rare cameras for sure. During my years of collecting, I was lucky to see only 8-9 both Liliputs&Maliutkas and only 3 of Original Smena indeed. And the prices were high enough then (and now)...
Just few weeks ago I was asked to pay $250 for "brown" Maliutka, wich I do not possess in my collection. I suppose the price is high for particular camera, but if you need one for your collection, you will pay this price for sure ...
Regards,
Aidas |
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Feb 26 2008 : 11:59:46 AM
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| Dude!!.. $250 is cheap... someone just offered me black one (in perfect condition) for $700!!!!! You should've taken it. |
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
814 Posts |
Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 05:28:22 AM
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here are some in my collection...easy to find in 1995 but hard to find now (as Smena 1 bantam...
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 12:07:35 PM
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| Wow, nice display case, Alain! |
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James McGee
James McGee
Azerbaijan
192 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2008 : 6:12:01 PM
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Hello Alain,
What can I say? These cameras are now so hard to find, and so beautifully displayed. Congratulations, I am very, very impressed.
Regards,
Jim.
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
814 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 03:48:34 AM
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thanks a lot Jim...it is a pleasure for me to justifye and show my collection ( the red velvet box is home made...i have time to do , now !)
but note : the blck one in the middle of upper line is a German " SIDA" same pattern as Lilliput as you know (may be a Fritz Kaftanski syndrome  !!!!) |
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 09:50:38 AM
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Beautifully made Alain, under the velvet, are those wooden dividers? Just curious for any kind of personally future projects, I am very interested in different camera displays.
Thanks.
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
814 Posts |
Posted - Mar 08 2008 : 09:32:55 AM
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| this is a former ordinary tea bags, wood box , under velvet are small pieces of wood (generaly call in Europa "MDF" or "Medium" wood panel) |
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Lillyput
