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<\/a> <\/p>\n If anyone has used Vinted, there’s a lot more on there than just clothes etc, and \u00a0they’re a bit easier to deal with when you’re selling than eBay these days as well. \u00a0Trouble is, \u00a0whoever writes their SQL code for searching for things, needs to go take a look at the results that come back, and ask themselves why for instance, a Fujica camera appears when someone is searching for Yashica? \u00a0I very much doubt the select query has *ca in, but someone got a sale out of it anyway.<\/p>\n Who remembers cameras with the ability to “stamp” the date on the film when you took a photograph? \u00a0A few manufacturers released versions of popular cameras with this on, \u00a0Olympus did an OM10 QD, for Quartz Date, \u00a0while most of the big players like Canon and Nikon made dedicated film doors (aka backs) you could fit on some of their SLRs in place of the standard version, \u00a0and the option existed on some 35mm compacts as well. \u00a0Needless to say, I am now the owner of a Flash Fujica Date, a 35mm compact which dates (sorry) from about 1975. \u00a0However, there’s a couple of caveats; firstly the flash doesn’t actually flash, which is no big deal, but the switches for it definitely work as their on\/off state can prevent you taking a shot and secondly, I don’t think the date stamping bit works either. \u00a0Certainly you don’t get anything date wise appearing in the viewfinder, which is supposed to happen when you try setting the little control dials. But judging by one page I’ve seen on the net, many of these camera’s won’t go beyond a certain year, oddly, stopping at 2009 is popular for some reason.<\/p>\n Other than that, the lens is clear, \u00a0the shutter fires and the speed seems to change according to light and what the four position zone focus lens is set to. \u00a0There’s no obscure out of production batteries to try and work around, a simple pair of AA’s is all it needs and the light seals are all on the film door, so were easy to replace. \u00a0I did have to superglue a strip of plastic card to the battery door catch though, or it wouldn’t have taken much to see the AA’s perform an unrequested command eject at some point. \u00a0 Next step, run a film through it and see if it does actually work.<\/p>\n With the unexpected demise of my Nikon FG, the lenses for it were redundant and have already sold on eBay. \u00a0The camera body itself will likely go for recycling, just not worth the effort to fix I’m afraid. \u00a0In consolation (ha), I’ve another FX-D coming, with the motor drive unit this time, though whether that stays around depends upon how loud it is; the last one wasn’t…hmm, subtle. Maybe a bit of a gear mechanism clean and a spot of light lubrication this time. \u00a0Assuming the FX-D body works, I still have a set of seals and the skin will be replaced in the now customary fashion, but that one will go, I like the orange one I’ve just restored<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vol.2 Is done! \u00a0The text and my photos, along with those scanned from Key Publishing’s extensive archive will wing their way to India this week, and I suspect at some point in the middle of August, there will be a very loud thump on my doorstep, as a box with my author’s copies arrives. If … <\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a>