Nice Nikons but what is the one in the right?

kansalliskala · Expire: 2016-12-30

http://www.last.fm/music/Kraftwerk/+images/2227064

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England

Not any Nikon I know.

Bille · Joined: 03 Jan 2013 Posts: 381

Konica FP-1 maybe

http://bimg2.mlstatic.com/maquina-fotografica-cmera-antiga-konica-fp-1-made-in-japan_MLB-F-4477658633_062013.jpg

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England

Definitely not a Konica FP1, the 'FP1' logo is in the wrong place and the rectangular feature is differently shaped.

Perhaps it's a canon AE1 with the battery compartment door missing:

hasan · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 313

..or a Ricoh KR 10 super?

http://www.photography.gordonengland.co.uk/photo-gallery2/d/4203-4/ricoh-kr10-super-001.JPG

kansalliskala · Expire: 2016-12-30

Looks like Ricoh but the name seems longer. Is there some German two-part brand name?

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England

kansalliskala · Expire: 2016-12-30

philslizzy · Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England

He's got a Leica M4 with a Summilux 35mm f1.4 wrapped casually over his shoulder, just out of sight. A small, casual statement. Not an in-your-face I've a Nikon and a three pound motorwinder

Farside · Expire: 2013-12-27

cooltouch · Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas

At first I thought Phillslizzy had nailed it. But there was something about it that just didn't look right, for it to be an AE-1 -- or an AE-1 Program, or any A-series, with the possible exception of the AV-1. Unique to the AV-1 is a redesigned battery door. It's larger, so there's less space between the bottom of the battery compartment and the edge of the bottom cover. But! It's new shape is different enough from what we see in the photo, where I believe it can safely be excluded.

With reference to the AE-1, take a look at this and you'll see what I mean. I found a shot of the AV-1 I could use as a comparison, but once I started lining things up, it became obvious that this mystery cam is not an AV-1.

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The battery compartment, if that's what it is, is not located in the right place on that camera for it to be an A-anything Canon. I grabbed a pic of an AE-1 off the internet, then shrank it down until it was exactly the same height as the camera in the photo. I then had to rotate the AE-1 a bit so the connecting lines would be parallel with the surfaces on each camera. You can see where I've drawn lines from the top and bottom of the AE-1's battery compartment over to the rectangular figure on the mystery camera. It's off just a tad, position-wise, too, but it's possible to attribute that apparent difference to human error (mine). I then drew a line from where the bottom cover meets up with the body on the AE-1 over to the mystery camera. I did this to emphasize the greater depth between the bottom of the Canon's battery compartment with the bottom of its body and to show that this is a narrower dimension on the mystery camera. In fact, once you pay attention to that one dimension alone, you don't need to measure or draw lines or anything. The difference is clear.

There is also a bright shiney object that appears to be protruding from the right side of the lens. I drew an arrow to it and placed a question mark next to the arrow. It almost looks like the lens release button on a K-mount Pentax, but I've never seen a chrome or white one before.

So anyway, once I had satisfied myself sufficiently that this wasn't an AE-1 (or an AV-1), I began to look for evidence of what it might be. And I tried all the camera models I could think of. The Fujica AX series came close, as did the Olympus OMF. The Konica FP-1 also came close, but that rectangular whatsit on the FP-1 was too big in comparison to the rectangular object on the mystery camera. I tried everything from Canon to Yashica, and I could not find a camera with a rectangular object on its right side to match the one in the photo. This is very aggravating. I've wasted entirely too much time on this.