RCCC/RickOleson

RCCCUK
1) Russian Camera Collectors Club site of David Tomlinson. Used to show some interesting matter. Suddenly the site disappeared. David do not answers mails. Any one to tell the history?


2) Rick Oleson also had an interesting site on Russian cameras repair. It also disappeared without any traces of existence.
What is happening?

Regards LP

Luiz,

Ricks start page has changed, but the repair page does exist as before:

http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-27.html

Ulrich



http://fotos.cconin.de

I was a member of the RCCC for a few years. The Data Sheets that Dave Tomlinson printed were quite helpful when I started collecting Russian Cameras. My only issue was that afetr a short while , with the assistance of the Internet I was able to learn at a faster pace. That's when I discontinued my membership.

I'm sorry to see that the Club appears to no longer be in operation.

Steve

Steve, do you still possess these datasheets? I am thinking of maybe scanning them and posting them to catalog... or do I need special permission from Dave Tomlinson for that? With the site defunct I doubt it'll pose an issue....

Thanks,
Vlad

Hi Vlad,
I have the Data Sheets back to the beginning and can send them to you if you need them and steve doesn't have them. When I joined the RCCC I bought all the back issues. So I think I have the sheets from 1994 - 2004. Let me know if you need them and I send them over to you.

Regards, Bill

Thanks Bill for the offer, how many pages you think all that is?


Vlad

500 - 600 small pages (6" x 8" so probably you can often scan two pages from the same article on one scan). However, probably 1/8 to 1/4 of the pages are things you wouldn't want to scan, such as 'letters to the editor' and 'member lists', although there are some relevant things in the 'letters' pages.
Also some things you may choose not to scan because the information is already rudimentary, common knowledge, or contained in the WIKI already. This is especially true of some of the earlier data sheets.

Regards, Bill

I see, thanks Bill, I will get back to you if I decide to do this, I really appreciate the offer!

Vlad

Vlad,

If you want, during the next month, when I have free time, I could look through them all and make some decisions as to which data sheets would be valuable to have on the WIKI. If I had to guess, probably only about 1/4, or less, of the articles would be valuable as we already have so much of the info on the site from other entries. Then I could send the ones I think are good, along with the index (so you can look it over to see if there are other articles you think are interesting. I think the whole project would be a good addition if done slowly and added as a link to the entries we already have. I don't use these data sheets any more so I would not be in a hurry to get them back.

Regards, Bill

I possess too some data sheets if interesting for you (but nothing new for us inside ) : I was a member ,for a year, a long time ago ...then I left this club : after writing some free articles for it ...so never a "thank you" or something else from editor....
(at this time , making illustrations cost a little bit more than now whith digit pics and post fees also !).

It is more pleasant to cooperate here whith all friends : As far as I see , here , coutesy is the rule : thanks again VLAD

I have to set the record straight. I DO have all the sheets from the begining as well, Bill. When I joined I requested the full set right from the start, however Bill may have remained a member longer. If they stopped producing sheets in 2004 then that may be the only year I'm missing. Either way, it's my feeling that the info contained in the sheets wouldn't enlighten anyone in this group. The caliber of knowledge and expertise here goes well beyond the information found in the Data Sheets.

Vlad, if you want to borrow them, let me know. It appears that we have sheets coming out of our ears in the group.

Steve

Steve, it would be awesome if you could bring them to the collector's meeting on Tuesday, I would like just skim through them to see whether there is anything interesting and maybe possibly borrow them if it's ok with you, if you don't mind of course.. there maybe some material that can be complimentary to this catalog.

Thanks so much!
Vlad.

If anyone here does receive a reply from David of RCCC, please ask him about permission to post some of the material here? Thank you!

I suggest putting David's RCCC issues in a different Wiki dept. once his issues have a different presentation. Or more .. make a Thomlinson's Wiki .. the origins of the Russian camera study. or anything like that. Making so a permanent reference for interested people.
LP

Asking to forum..
Wanting hear from you about RCCC documentation. Contact with David, sugestions etc.
LP

Luiz, I got the literature from Steve dating back to 1994... I'm going slowly through it, so far there is nothing really in there that we do not have here on the site already.. I noticed a few interesting tables though, I will post them in the near future...

Vlad.

Thanks Vlad
Regards
LP

On Thomlinson's papers there are at least :
the interesting PF1 and PF2 360° cameras and the Rodina Hybrid Zorki Kiev and Exakta camera.
Also some movie cameras
Regards
LP

The Russian Camera Collectors Club still exists as a web-based club. The new website, since January 2009 is at: www.rcccuk.com
The copyright of the RCCC Data Sheets remains with me, and cannot be published online without my permission.
Thank you for your continued interest. David Tomlinson

Hello David! Welcome to USSRPhoto!

Thank you very much for responding. I was waiting for your reply in any kind of form so none of the materials were scanned or posted, your copyright is and will be respected especially since your site is back online.

Great to hear your site is still alive and well, as far as I understand it is a cornerstone of Soviet camera collecting, so I am very glad you are back with us! Thank you very much for all your hard work! I hope you will get involved in our discussions in the future!

Best regards,
Vlad

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Originally posted by RCCCUK

The copyright of the RCCC Data Sheets remains with me, and cannot be published online without my permission.

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We are waiting for the "RCCC Data Sheets" issues publication...