Old-school 'film' cameras...

[Magic919]

They are all Photomics, but have about 5 different heads. DP-11 and the 12 probably more sought after.

Have a look here https://www.cameraquest.com/ff2finde.htm

[Elderly]

catso said:

K12beano said:

It means lots! (Re the Serial #)

I can't source a reliable camera database - but I reckon, by a process of elimination, that could be a '73 production or younger...(i.e. It might not be some rare, early collectable)

He bought (new) it on a trip to Japan in either late '78 or '79.

Simple, serial number starting 75 means it was manufactured in 1975.

[catso]

Simpo Two said:

One of those telephotos at the back looks like it might be an M42 mount.

Well spotted!

I don't know what an M42 mount is but the fatter of the two telephoto lenses certainly has a different (bigger) fitting so does not fit the Nikon and neither of them have the 'gunsight'. Not sure what camera it did fit but he did get rid of a few some years back, only keeping the Nikon - unless there is some kind of adaptor in the miscellaneous bits in the different bags & boxes?

[Simpo Two]

catso said:

I don't know what an M42 mount is but the fatter of the two telephoto lenses certainly has a different (bigger) fitting so does not fit the Nikon and neither of them have the 'gunsight'. Not sure what camera it did fit but he did get rid of a few some years back, only keeping the Nikon - unless there is some kind of adaptor in the miscellaneous bits in the different bags & boxes?

M42 is an old screw-thread mount (as opposed to bayonet) that can be universal - ie as you rightly suspect you can get adaptors for them so they fit any make of body. You may well have an M42-Nikon adapter ring somewhere.

I don't know what fitting is bigger than Nikon F-mount - if it's a bayonet perhaps it's Canon or Pentax K (does it say 'P/K' anywhere, maybe in the rear cap?). If screw-thread it might be 'Series 7' (again you may have an adaptor somewhere).

[catso]

Simpo Two said:

I don't know what fitting is bigger than Nikon F-mount - if it's a bayonet perhaps it's Canon or Pentax K (does it say 'P/K' anywhere, maybe in the rear cap?). If screw-thread it might be 'Series 7' (again you may have an adaptor somewhere).

It's not a thread, I do have an adaptor that fits the camera but not the lens. It almost looks like there's something missing on the lens - maybe it's an odd-bod fitting but it must have fit something?

Nice leather cases with the telephotos though...

[Simpo Two]

catso said:

It's not a thread, I do have an adaptor that fits the camera but not the lens. It almost looks like there's something missing on the lens - maybe it's an odd-bod fitting but it must have fit something?

So it's a bayonet that looks like something is missing? Odd.

There were quite a few bayonets around - Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Minolta, Yashica, Olympus, Praktica and probably more. Look for ID letters on the mount, or in the rear cap if it has one. Dig through the bag of bits and see what adaptor rings you have too.