A really touching story about your family’s first camera Seagull 4B TLR. I love your story. Here is mine. My first SLR was a Pearl River S201 with a kit 58mm F2.0 lens. I bought it after I graduated from my college and started working as an assistant lecturer at a university in Chongqing, China. I believed I might be one of only two individuals in that university who bought an SLR for personal use, as an SLR was regarded as a luxury item at that time in China - My S201 cost me RMB571 which was more than my annual salary at that time. I was aware that the department I worked for had the same camera while the Admin office of the university had a Nikon F3HP with 50mm F1.4 Nikkor. I sold my S201 to one of my classmates when I was back to university to continue my graduate school study after I bought a Nikon FM2n film camera with a 50mm F1.4 Nikkor lens in 1988. The FM2n captured many precious moments, including a few days in Tiananmen Square before June 4, 1989 - I left there on June 3, without knowing there would be a massacre the next day. Unfortunately, all of those 35mm negatives were lost when our family moved overseas. None of them were previously printed out. In October 2004, I accepted a job offer in the United States and relocated from Singapore to the US. My first job assignment was to travel with two guests from China, to show them around New York City and Washington DC, as they did not speak English, I acted as their travel guide. They paid me the travel expenses. These two guests were from the factory in China that assembled my first SLR - Pearl River S201. They were big bosses for the factory then. One of the guests said he was the financial director when the factory started assembling that camera, the sale price of RMB571 was actually calculated based on material and manufacturing costs and decided by him. After knowing I once was an owner of their cameras, Pearl River S201, but no longer had it, they decided to get an S201 for me and mailed it to me as a gift when they went back to China. I was told that the S-201 factory was no longer making any film cameras, but they were able to have a worker find some loose old parts, put them together, and assembled one for me. I received the camera they mailed to me in a few weeks. I was aware of company policy that I cannot keep any gift from clients, if it is worth $50 or beyond, so I reported it to my manager for the gift when it was delivered. My manager told me I could keep it, as a used SLR from Japan was only worth around $14.99 in our local stores for used items. The camera S-201 would be worth nothing in the US market, but it has a special position in my life - it was my first SLR. So here is my first SLR - a camera that once cost more than a year’s salary for a college graduate in the late 80’ last century in China. Next to it was a Nikon SLR model FM2n, a camera model which replaced my Pearl River S201. I had the camera with its kit 50mm lens for years, it captured some important and precious moments, including our newborn daughter Tinting. The summer in Hangzhou was very hot, our baby daughter developed some heat rash on her skin, cried, and could not sleep well due to the hot weather and humidity in Summer Hangzhou. At that time, an Air Conditioner was regarded as a luxury home appliance, few homes afforded to install an AC unit, and so did our home. In order to get an AC, my beloved Nikon FM2 with Nikkor 50mm F1.4 lens was sold, and the amount was good enough to purchase a new AC unit. I did not have any interchangeable SLRs for years after I sold my Nikon FM2n, even though I always had at least a camera for my family. The first digital SLR I bought was an Olympus E-1 (body alone $2000 in 2003). Since then, I barely shot any films, as the film is too expensive for me to shoot.
I have a like-new seagull 205 rangefinder and just put a roll of film through it the other day for the first time. As old as the camera is, I’m honestly shocked by the quality of the photos. It is comparable to any other top of the line film camera of the time period. What amazed me still was the rangefinder was perfectly accurate even all these decades later. I’m in the US and have never seen another one of these cameras here, so I’m not sure how it got over here but I treasure it. The camera is mint condition inside and out, but the black trim around the viewfinder has markings on it so I know it’s been used by it’s original owner. They took great care of it obviously and I wish I could talk to that camera, to hear the stories and photos it must have taken over the last 50 years or so. Is there anyone who works on these cameras or does maintenance for them?
A really touching story about your family’s first camera Seagull 4B TLR. I love your story. Here is mine.
My first SLR was a Pearl River S201 with a kit 58mm F2.0 lens. I bought it after I graduated from my college and started working as an assistant lecturer at a university in Chongqing, China. I believed I might be one of only two individuals in that university who bought an SLR for personal use, as an SLR was regarded as a luxury item at that time in China - My S201 cost me RMB571 which was more than my annual salary at that time. I was aware that the department I worked for had the same camera while the Admin office of the university had a Nikon F3HP with 50mm F1.4 Nikkor.
I sold my S201 to one of my classmates when I was back to university to continue my graduate school study after I bought a Nikon FM2n film camera with a 50mm F1.4 Nikkor lens in 1988. The FM2n captured many precious moments, including a few days in Tiananmen Square before June 4, 1989 - I left there on June 3, without knowing there would be a massacre the next day. Unfortunately, all of those 35mm negatives were lost when our family moved overseas. None of them were previously printed out.
In October 2004, I accepted a job offer in the United States and relocated from Singapore to the US. My first job assignment was to travel with two guests from China, to show them around New York City and Washington DC, as they did not speak English, I acted as their travel guide. They paid me the travel expenses. These two guests were from the factory in China that assembled my first SLR - Pearl River S201. They were big bosses for the factory then. One of the guests said he was the financial director when the factory started assembling that camera, the sale price of RMB571 was actually calculated based on material and manufacturing costs and decided by him. After knowing I once was an owner of their cameras, Pearl River S201, but no longer had it, they decided to get an S201 for me and mailed it to me as a gift when they went back to China.
I was told that the S-201 factory was no longer making any film cameras, but they were able to have a worker find some loose old parts, put them together, and assembled one for me.
I received the camera they mailed to me in a few weeks. I was aware of company policy that I cannot keep any gift from clients, if it is worth $50 or beyond, so I reported it to my manager for the gift when it was delivered. My manager told me I could keep it, as a used SLR from Japan was only worth around $14.99 in our local stores for used items. The camera S-201 would be worth nothing in the US market, but it has a special position in my life - it was my first SLR.
So here is my first SLR - a camera that once cost more than a year’s salary for a college graduate in the late 80’ last century in China.
Next to it was a Nikon SLR model FM2n, a camera model which replaced my Pearl River S201. I had the camera with its kit 50mm lens for years, it captured some important and precious moments, including our newborn daughter Tinting. The summer in Hangzhou was very hot, our baby daughter developed some heat rash on her skin, cried, and could not sleep well due to the hot weather and humidity in Summer Hangzhou. At that time, an Air Conditioner was regarded as a luxury home appliance, few homes afforded to install an AC unit, and so did our home. In order to get an AC, my beloved Nikon FM2 with Nikkor 50mm F1.4 lens was sold, and the amount was good enough to purchase a new AC unit.
I did not have any interchangeable SLRs for years after I sold my Nikon FM2n, even though I always had at least a camera for my family. The first digital SLR I bought was an Olympus E-1 (body alone $2000 in 2003). Since then, I barely shot any films, as the film is too expensive for me to shoot.
真好。奶奶是大户人家，普通话真棒👍
太感動了，一台相機承載了一個家庭好多的回憶
慢慢的回憶。我的4B是1970年買的，保留至今。
太棒了，小时候家里也有一个拍立得，家人特别喜欢我给他们拍照，up主加油
我的天啊，等更新等的我花儿都谢了， 有一说一，视频质量做的太专业了。。。
哈哈，刚看几分钟，以为是央视的纪录片。拍的好好呀！不知道几十年之后翻到自己拍的相片是种什么感觉，是不是会一瞬间感觉到时光列车往回掉了头哈哈。
果然是一脈相承
這集好有溫度，喜歡
多謝分享感人的故事
我的Seagull B I 是19 9 2年出差 西德 在小鎮櫥窗裡看到標價 1 1 0 馬克 當作賤價的匪貨打包帶回家的
那時台灣已經解除解嚴 過海關不查驗了
它附帶一個需要費盡九牛二虎之力 才能卸下來的牛皮硬套
我作為好癖者 使用次數遠遠超超過 Mamiya c330 Rolleiflex 3.5
理由不外乎
1 輕便好帶
2 攝影回到 基本面 需要好整以暇 延緩癡呆
3 用4. 5 x 6 c m 享有一卷16張的優惠 順便把四個角落 先天不足的區域裁切去除
真正体现相机和这些老照片的意义，就是承载着这么多宝贵的回忆。感谢你的分享。非常喜欢这个视频。👍👍👍
相機是攝影的工具，看的還是攝影的作品。Nice shots of your photos!
溫度滿滿的故事 十分喜歡你的作品
There were plenty of Seagull camera in used market in Singapore in the 90’s. Now I am curious it is still widely available now.
我有一台外銷版的海鷗，鏡頭表現出來的味道有其獨特性，性價比很高！（臺灣一台要價5000元台幣）
海鸥4b这画质真心可以
这种故事必须手动点赞🎉
片子做的真好，超喜欢看❤
太喜欢你的频道了😭
相当不错的片子，我爸留给我的是海鸥的205旁轴，虽然很多部件都卡死了，我还是把它放在干燥箱里。自己有一台海鸥的4A，换了天塞头，不知道我的女儿长大后会不会用它拍一下。
这这这…为什么youtube上就是不火！说不过去啊家人们
曲高和寡，攝影人的心裡頭總是藏著一條幽深的小徑，只能踽踽獨行，無法與人擦身而過...
這個攝影機的玩意，就是說百姓富裕了，有剩餘的錢去買生活必需品以外的奢侈玩具👍
看哭了，以后我也要让我儿子给我做徕卡禄来哈苏林哈夫的视频哈哈哈哈
很棒👍👍
太棒了，喜欢你得视频
I have a like-new seagull 205 rangefinder and just put a roll of film through it the other day for the first time. As old as the camera is, I’m honestly shocked by the quality of the photos. It is comparable to any other top of the line film camera of the time period. What amazed me still was the rangefinder was perfectly accurate even all these decades later. I’m in the US and have never seen another one of these cameras here, so I’m not sure how it got over here but I treasure it. The camera is mint condition inside and out, but the black trim around the viewfinder has markings on it so I know it’s been used by it’s original owner. They took great care of it obviously and I wish I could talk to that camera, to hear the stories and photos it must have taken over the last 50 years or so. Is there anyone who works on these cameras or does maintenance for them?
我公公也干过自己冲照片这个事情,因为没有条件放大,直接就是120底片的大小,也是海鸥双反拍摄,只不过最后机器没传到我手上😭
专业纪录片的制作水准了
如果有机会希望可以看到更多奶奶的采访~
这一期做的太棒了！
太好了，我脑子里跳出来一个词:传家宝！🎉
太棒了！
我終於盼到您出影片惹😂🎉
好感人啊，可惜我家大多照片都在我出生前被一把火烧掉了。 下次回国时真的要好好的问问家人看一下有没有留下来的底片
相机就像家人亲情的纽带，赞！
这期很牛逼
這集看了很感動
10:30 那显影液，照相馆告诉你爸他们最后一卷是显了几分钟了吗？
我也有一台母亲留给我的海鸥120皮腔相机，已经不能用了只当摆设，看完视频决定修复它。
回国啦
感動
拍的太好了
應該是我看過最好的一集.
好可愛~
好赞!
Great!
我家有一张35年拍的照片，小女孩身后站着穿国军军服的男人，我老妈和我外公。
我10岁生日礼物就是外公给我的海鸥4B，那时这东西不是有钱能买到的，有配给，我外公是刑侦人员，全是工作之便买了这台相机作为给我的生日礼物，机器至今还在，还能拍，只是不能拍6X6，只能拍645
不解為何不能拍6x6. 把裡頭 6x4.5的遮蔽方框拿下，不就可以了嗎
您好，我也有一台坏了的海鸥4B，也是家里的第一台相机，能否介绍那位维修师傅给我，谢谢。
闲鱼上有修的，一百多保养加维修
家境殷实
120块在加点钱买个数码单反不香吗？
太好了，我脑子里跳出来一个词:传家宝！🎉
感动