Still looking for old cameras..!

[PoodlesAgain]

Sort of got the film bug, then a friend gave me a box of old stuff, and anyway I went!

Anyhow, just wondering if you folks have a old camera, possibly POS from the 50s or 60s, sleeping in a drawer or a box in the garage?

Stuck shutters, obsolete film formats, dust, rust, sweat, anything goes..!
Sick.

Note: this is not a flip thing, and cameras falling in my hands will all get a fair chance at shooting again!

By the way, and FYI, if you have an exposed film from yesteryear, do not throw away, it is still viable, and stuff will sort of still develop!

[peskypesky]

yes, old film can still be developed. Sometimes, especially with b&w, the results can be quite good

as for old cameras, I just found my mom's Cosina from the early 80s. The shutter release doesn't seem to be working but I'm going to try running a roll through it. They were pretty decent beginner film cameras:
https://oldcamera.blog/2017/02/09/cosina-ct1/

[PoodlesAgain]

yes, old film can still be developed. Sometimes, especially with b&w, the results can be quite good

as for old cameras, I just found my mom's Cosina from the early 80s. The shutter release doesn't seem to be working but I'm going to try running a roll through it. They were pretty decent beginner film cameras:
https://oldcamera.blog/2017/02/09/cosina-ct1/

Cool.
Same generation and target market as my Nikon FM, circa 1979, before the full-electronics of the mid-80s?

Get a hold of the manual - a dude runs orphancameras and has a gazillion scans of manuals, donationware.
I would look at the battery compartment and inspect. Camera is likely to need the battery power for shutter activation, or work on manual at only one speed. By 1970 or so, makers had dropped the mercury batteries so you should be good with a LR44 or such.
EDIT.... looking up the CT-1, manual, calls for an "H-C' battery which is mercury-type per some sources... to be confirmed!
Not the end of the world, but will need workaround and/or give up onboard metering, and go with Sunny16

The shutter gearing is usually at the bottom, accessible by removing the bottom plate.
Film advance may be broken, lockin you out of shutter actuation?

I can develop an scan B&W for you..!