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Offline xsphat

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« on: Thu, 18 June 2009, 13:20:13 »
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« Reply #1 on: Thu, 18 June 2009, 13:25:14 »
I didn't clean this at all — this is how the SM9 showed up at my house (two days after I paid for it). It was either loved or refurbished or both prior to my buying it for $17 + $20 for shipping.

I'm so happy with this eBay purchase I can't contain myself.
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« Reply #2 on: Thu, 18 June 2009, 13:39:20 »
Thats a pretty awesome looking typewriter. It looks so complicated : )
All those moving parts and all.
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« Reply #3 on: Thu, 18 June 2009, 16:54:07 »
Nice shots, nice typewriter. The camera quite obviously couldn't handle the dynamic range though (heavy purple fringing, high black level; it be said that scenes with shiny metal parts tend to be demanding, but this must be quite a small sensor), not to mention the so-so lens.

I think a classic SLR with some decent matching "glass" would go well with a typewriter obsession, stylistically - film and all. Not so sure about affordable macro lenses though, this really is an area where digicams with their generally smallish sensors tend to be more versatile...
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This message was probably typed on a vintage G80-3000 with blues. Double-shots, baby. :D

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« Reply #4 on: Thu, 18 June 2009, 19:01:12 »
The camera is just an off the shelf $130 5 megapixel job we bought at Best Buy 3 years ago. I'm no photographer, and neither is my wife, so that is what we bought.

And you are right about the classic camera, but honestly it would be wasted on me by having only pictures of the baby, the cats, keyboards and typewriters taken with it.

Are you big into cameras? A photographer?
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Offline loofa

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« Reply #5 on: Thu, 18 June 2009, 19:10:07 »
Nice.  That Olympia brings back memories.  I composed many reports on one of those through junior high school.  It was the same color too.  :)
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« Reply #6 on: Thu, 18 June 2009, 19:24:50 »
Quote from: loofa;97529
Nice.  That Olympia brings back memories.  I composed many reports on one of those through junior high school.  It was the same color too.  :)


Cool. This one is smooth as silk, carriage and all.
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 11 October 2010, 10:18:23 »
Big ol bump for an old post.
Just found one of these in town. Going to collect it Wednesday.
Cost £8.
It has some paint splats on it which I'm sure will come off.
These are supposed to be super solid and lovely to type on. Not sure if I intend to keep mine or sell it on.
I have been so lucky with typewriter finds!
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Keyboards. Happy Hacking pro 2 x2. One white one black. IBM model M US layout. SGI silicone Graphics with rubber dampened ALPS. IBM model F. ALPS apple board, I forget what it is. And some more I forget what I have.

Typewriters. Olivetti Valentine. Imperial Good Companion Model T. Olympia SM3
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