Bievres - fantastique!!!

Well, I have been to Netherlands, Belgium, Lithuania (sorry Aidas), Latvia and Estonia too with car, so Paris is normal for me.
If you want to see CRAZY driving go to Poland...

Best regards,
Juhani

hehehe.. well glad you felt at home Juhani!

Did anyone else find anything interesting at the fair itself in terms of good buys?

Alain? Any luck this year? David, Jim?
Vlad

My souvenirs for a total cost of 80 euros:


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1762009_SouvenirsBievres.JPG

-Praktica because it was the climax of DDR-cameras
-Petri as that was one of my alternatives for buying a Zenit many decades ago
-Rollei as it may be a future classic, at least it was cheap!
-Cosina as it is LCA-forefather
-AM2 was from a Paris flea market

Best regards,
Juhani

Here's mine :




http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/1762009_PICT0005.jpg

I'll post the s/n in the database.

Best,
Jean

Jealous, also I tried to spot a "Kuib" but no luck...
Expensive?

Best regards,
Juhani

Hello Juhani !

I paid 70 euros - a lot for a Kiev IIIa but a nice price for such a rare camera :)
In fully working order, even the lightmeter seems accurate !
I also saw a brand new 1950 Kiev III with ZK lens (250 euros), a Leningrad with a bad adjusted rangefinder at the price of 200 euros, go figure :(
I bought a Polypan f 90 meters film can - I like that film.

Best,
Jean

Hi!

Happy to say, that I'm at home already! It was fantastic opportunity to meet all these great collectors over the World! More great materials are coming into Forums soon, just I need some time to concentrate myself now ...

Vlad,

my special thanks for your fantastic coffee (and ice whisky either ...) at Notre Dame de Paris!!!

Best Regards,
Aidas

Hi All...
after 2 days staying bed room because so tired , I come back here
so , first af all , special thanks to you for phйnomenal friends meeting around my car...(sorry , next time we will come whith a big white tent including thousands of chairs and more coffee and so on.)
It was a big surprise for Claire and me to meet you all at the same time...in so pleasant atmosphere.
thanks too for gifts (cameras from Vlad, monster saussage, alkhools from Aidas and cheese too, nice professionnal pictures from Viktor and Vodka mini bottle ....etc ...may be I offence someone which forgot ???)
special thanks to Vlad for Whiskeys bootles...(half one finish now in the evening when I stay before my TV....good souvenir=
so , you know it is not traditionnal way of life in France to meet so much people Which party immediately
Just notice : Vlad ...it is not very galant to forgot presentation of your pretty wife !!! are you exclusive ? that's not French tradition !!!
Pleasant surprise to see Yuriy (DVD). And what to say about incredible Viktor...my new very good friend

what I got for my collection ? A strange Industar 50 from Kazan whith aluminium front ring , not engraved but all indications silk screen printed.
A new kiev "A" serie number
Another 18x24 wood camera from Kazan (whith tripod)
A fed S (unfortunatly , now in double...)whith set : 28mm lens, delay miror timer, angle finder,100mm lens whith special finder....)
and about 20 kg different cameras (Edixa, praktica, etc...)
Claire ruins our budget , buying a "petie" camera whith powder case miror , lipstick , all burgundy red lacquer, all quite new in box for an indecent price ....long time she dream about,But of my point of view, she deserves her.
once again thanks a lot to all...
(please, can I ask to you ? : send me please pictures in good quality in email direct ? (berryalain37@yahoo.fr) or by Picasa album ? I need that for my familly album....)
I hope 2010 in Biиvres so fun whith you all....

Alain, you were already more than generous by allowing us to meet at your camping spot. Sorry we've overwhelmed you at once . Thank you for the wonderful time!

Everyone, here are all my Bievres pictures that I took at the fair:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussrphoto/sets/72157619926189611/

Cheers,
Vlad.

Vlad,

Many thanks for sharing your photos on Flickr.

It was certainly a very nice day with very nice people.

I do hope we will meet next year.

Cheers,
Michel

My pleasure.. just a few notes.. sorry for quality of pictures, I was not looking what I was taking pictures of, I was very exciting to meet everyone so I was just snapping away "Lomo" style :)))) so a lot are dark etc... I know Viktor took some good pictures that I will try to get ahold of those and post them here too.

Oh and by the way, in all these pictures of me I have a large wallet under my shirt, so my belly is not THAT big .

Vlad

http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/2562009_L1020894.JPG

That one taken by my wife, others mine.


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/2562009_L1020889.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/2562009_L1020890.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/2562009_L1020886.JPG


http://www.ussrphoto.com/UserContent/2562009_L1020891.JPG



Best regards,
Juhani

These are great, Juhani! Thank you very much for posting these! Most of mine as were very on-the-fly...

Thanks!!
Vlad.

Thanks lots Juhani :)

Best,
Jed

dear Juani ...thanks a lot for kind and "professionnals" pictures
Claire thanks you very much because a nice portraict of me ...so hard to do (Only a regret: eyes are hidden by glasses but it is can be better!
On this picture, which I appreciate, we do not see too much the tracks of my disease).
Also, excellent portraits of all our good friends of this day in particular this damned Viktor!
And what can I say about that representative Vlad: excellent advertising for this very young playboy !!!

Only snapshots with a compact camera...
Maybe now you know why I like it so much

Best regards,
Juhani

More photos taken by Viktor Suglob posted here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ussrphoto/sets/72157621655486717/

Cheers,
Vlad.

Thanks :)

Jed

thanks to viktor....

nice pictures of friendly athmosphere ! but what a naughty head of me !!!

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Moi, je te trouve trиs bien !!