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| Chalky |
Posted - Jun 28 2009 : 10:40:16 AM
Hello, my name is David aka "Chalky" and I'm not a collector but have come across the site and found it useful while searching for information about some Russian cameras. I live in London and work in advertising. I've got a couple of Russian underwater cameras that I wanted to find out more about. They used to belong to my late father-in-law who had a camera shop, and he kept some stock and a fairly esoteric collection of photography related things that interested him. I think these housings fall into the latter category, although I can't be sure. They've been sitting in his loft for the last thirty years or so.
I've put some pictures of them up on the web at http://gallery.me.com/chalkywhite#gallery
One is a KPF-1 underwater housing and when we finally figured out how to open it (translated instructions aren't always the easiest!) discovered that it has a Zenit 3m camera with a Helios lens inside. The case is numbered number 00020 which may or may not mean anything - but I always think the lower the serial number the better!
The other is a very cool-looking LOMO underwater housing for a LOMO Sport 3 cine camera that we have with it. Again there are pictures on the site above and I don't know whether it was stock from the shop (there seems to be a price of £54:9:6d on it) or just something that caught my father-in-law's eye. He wasn't a diver by the way.
I hope you can help tell more me about them (and their value) and/or find it interesting. Cheers. |
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| Detlev |
Posted - Jul 02 2009 : 10:47:39 AM
Hello,
here are some more informations about underwater boxes: http://www.photohistory.ru/index.php?pid=1207248185195280
Best regards,
Detlev |
| Luiz Paracampo |
Posted - Jul 01 2009 : 5:32:40 PM
Excellent pages!
Why do not add to our Wiki?
I wait so.
LP |
| mermoz37 |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 09:13:16 AM
thanks a lot David ...very interesting for me  |
| Chalky |
Posted - Jun 30 2009 : 02:36:40 AM
Thanks for correcting the links Vlad |
| Vlad |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 7:30:38 PM
Luiz et all,
I've corrected the links, they were missing http:// now they work fine.
Thanks David for these!!
Cheers,
Vlad. |
| Luiz Paracampo |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 7:28:21 PM
David
Your Gallery is very interesting! Very very! I remember that TOE England sold those pieces at 1968/1969.and they advertised them at the weekly Amateur Photographer magazine.
The Sport 3/Kinobox is a jewel but the KPF must be a rarity mainly considering its low number. 000XXXat KMZ means prototypes os limited production. A very lucky aquisition Congratulations.
LP |
| Luiz Paracampo |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 7:08:01 PM
Hello David!
Your links give a pemanet 404 error! Please correct address.
Regards LP |
| Chalky |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 3:56:13 PM
I've scanned the paperwork that I've got with the underwater housings. If you click on the links below, the PDFs will download to your computer.
Instruction manual for the KPF-1:
http://files.me.com/chalkywhite/edw8os
Guarantee card for the KPF-1:
http://files.me.com/chalkywhite/84s2eu
Instruction manual for the Cine Housing:
http://files.me.com/chalkywhite/s0uy9z
Date card for the cine housing:
http://files.me.com/chalkywhite/qvmppt
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| mermoz37 |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 03:42:15 AM
Hi David,
nice to meet you here !
you are vey lucky to possess wood box and documents about KPF 1 !
So , would you be so kind friend , if you send (or publish here) a scan of complete user manual ?
Alain |
| AidasCams |
Posted - Jun 29 2009 : 03:26:42 AM
Welcome to our Forums, David!
Best Regards,
Aidas |
| okynek |
Posted - Jun 28 2009 : 11:12:58 AM
Welcome David!!!
Very interesting stuff!!!
I hope you’ll make few entries of your amazing underwater boxes in Wiki!!! 
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