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Old GDR Cameras from my grandparent’s attic.

June 25, 2012


Hello! :) I hope you were having a nice weekend! :)
Flo and I went to a family party, because my grandparents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and the whole family came together! :) We had a super lovely weekend, time passed by way too fast, we ate a lot and spent lots of time outside.
Lucky me: my grandparents still had some old cameras made in the German Democratic Republic which they stored on their attic, my little cousin got one of them and I got the others. <3 I’m in camera heaven!!! :) I love everything vintage and those cameras are an amazing treasure!!

This one is an old Ercona 2 camera, made in the GDR around 1956. It’s a medium format camera for roll films with a picture size of 6×6 and was made in Dresden. Can’t wait to try it out and to see if it still works. Too bad that the rolls of film are so expensive, but this camera is sooo special and is even more beautiful when displayed in a pretty way.

My grandma also had one of those old agfamatic 5008 macro pocket camera which have been produced since 1977. Too bad that I can’t use it anymore, but it’s also perfect for decor purposes.

This one is my favourite: my new Praktica 4 camera. Those cameras have been produced between 1960 and 1964 with quantity of only about 30500 units and were made by Pentacon in the GDR. This camera belongs to the first generation of Praktica cameras and is a single-lens reflex camera with a picture format of 24x36mm and can be used with normal films which are available everywhere. Luckily, I found an old manual on the Internet and even took a few photos today, can’t wait to get them developed and to see if it has worked. :)

Last but not least, I got this super big Sigma Macrotel lens.

Wow, I still can’t believe that I got all those amazing vintage treasures, the cameras are awesome, not to forget the pretty, brown leather cases. I love those, I wish I had such a case for my digital SLR. :)
Lu

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  1. Elisha(: says: June 25, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    Those ARE treasures!! I love that dress too!!!

    xx.

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  2. FeeMail says: June 25, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    Ich bin seeehr sehr neidisch ;)! Und die agfamatic 5008 kannst du doch benutzen. Lomo produziert doch seit neuestem auch pocketfilme :)!

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  3. Steffi says: June 25, 2012 at 5:24 pm

    Unglaublich toll! Selbst wenn die alle nicht mehr funktionieren sollten – sie sind so SCHÖN! :-)
    Viel Spaß damit!
    LG Steffi

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  4. *eni* says: June 25, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    die erste ist der wahnsinn!!!
    aber auch alle anderen sind grossartig!!!
    wir sammeln hier auch ein wenig alte kameras…einfach, weil sie viel toller aussehn, als die heutigen!;D
    lu…und das kleid ist der hammer!!!<3

    liebgruss
    eni

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  5. Verena says: June 25, 2012 at 6:24 pm

    oh so viele tolle Kameras! :)
    Wir haben auch noch ein paar alte. Sowohl von meinem Opa als auch von meinem Vater. Mein Opa hat auch immer gerne fotografiert. Würd zwar gerne die Kameras nochmal benutzen, aber irgendwie ist mir das auch zu teuer. Digital ist so viel praktischer…
    Bei meinem Freund hab ich mal eine Polaroid gefunden.

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  6. Stefanie says: June 25, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    Wow, Lu, was für ein Schatz! Ich finde die Praktica ganz wundervoll! Die musst du unbedingt alle bald ausprobieren und wir können ja dann auch ein wenig damit spielen und experimentieren! UNBEDINGT!!! Es ist einfach das Schönste, solch alte Sachen wieder zu neuem Leben zu erwecken. :)

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  7. charlotte says: June 25, 2012 at 7:22 pm

    Großartige Schätze! Habe letztens eine alte Nikon von meinem Vater bekommen, das ist ein Gefühl, als wäre man wirklich durch Zufall auf einen Schatz gestoßen! :)
    Bin gespannt auf die Ergebnisse, halt uns auf dem Laufenden!
    Und die Kameras sehen nebenbei auch so dekorativ aus wenn sie gerade nicht in Verwendung sind :)
    GLG
    Charlotte

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  8. Elisse says: June 25, 2012 at 7:50 pm

    awesome! And congrats on your grandparents as well :) That might be even more amazing, being together for such a long time in these days of getting a divorce after only a year. So that's admirable!

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  9. Mimis Welt says: June 25, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    Traumhaft!!! Und Gratulation an deine Großeltern – 60 Jahre sind ne lange Zeit! Wahnsinn!
    Lg, Miriam

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  10. maryjaneinsane says: June 25, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    wir hatten/haben auch die agfamatic, das war mein erster fotoapparat sozusagen. leider gibt es die kasetten wo die filme draufkommen nicht mehr :/ war aber sehr lustig und lustige ergebnisse weil die linse nich unter dem sucher direkt war :D

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  11. The Cookie Button says: June 26, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    Wow, this is awesome, Lu! You are a very lucky lady :) Cannot wait to see some of these snaps xox

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