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2022 Year in Review

2022 Year in Review

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A couple of weeks ago, this site celebrated it’s 8th anniversary since I started writing camera reviews, and like the passage of the entire year, I can’t believe how fast the time has flown. As has been the case for every year since I’ve been keeping track, 2022 was a…

December 23, 2022 January 1, 2023 Articles / Photography  2022
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Welta Superfekta (1935)

Welta Superfekta (1935)

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This is a Welta Superfekta, a folding Twin Lens Reflex camera built by Welta Kamerawerke in Freital, Germany starting in 1935.  The Superfekta was an upgraded model of the earlier Perfekta, offering larger 6cm x 9cm exposures using a rotating film back capable of both landscape and portrait oriented photos…

December 20, 2022 December 20, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / Germany / Welta
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3 Outstanding Cameras from 2022

3 Outstanding Cameras from 2022

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Not everyone reviews cameras or has a camera blog.  The fact that you are here suggests you at least like old film (and some digital) cameras.  You probably have one or two of your own, or maybe you’re a retired dentist with thousands of them.  Whatever the case, I know…

December 16, 2022 December 22, 2022 Articles / Photography  Konica / Teraoka / Zeiss-Ikon
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Oskar Barnack’s First Leica

Oskar Barnack’s First Leica

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One of the greatest stories I’ve heard while collecting and researching old cameras is how one of the greatest cameras ever made was created. The story goes that in 1911, a Zeiss employee named Oskar Barnack was recruited by his friend and former colleague, Emil Mechau to work for a…

December 15, 2022 December 26, 2022 Articles / Photography  Leica / Prototype
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Yashica J-3 (1963)

Yashica J-3 (1963)

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This is a Yashica J-3, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera made by Yashica Co., Ltd. in 1963.  It was an update to the earlier Yashica Penta J, adding a coupled CdS exposure meter and top plate readout, but retaining that model’s M42 screw mount.  The Yashica J-3 was an…

December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Yashica
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Kodak Brownie Super 27 (1961)

Kodak Brownie Super 27 (1961)

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This is a Kodak Brownie Super 27 camera, made by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY between the years 1961 and 1965.  This curiously shaped camera was part of Kodak’s long running Brownie series, and includes a built-in flash using AG-1 flashes, a two speed shutter, and a two position focus…

December 7, 2022 December 7, 2022 Photography / Reviews  127 / Kodak / USA
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Toa Koki Gelto DIII (1937)

Toa Koki Gelto DIII (1937)

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This is a Gelto DIII, a collapsible lens viewfinder camera made by Tōa Kōki Seisakusho starting in 1937 and produced until at least 1952.  The Gelto DIII shoots 3cm x 4cm images on 127 format roll film.  A large number of variations exist for the Gelto, some with leather covered…

December 6, 2022 December 6, 2022 Photography / Reviews  127 / Gelto / Japan
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Royer Altessa Type IV (1952)

Royer Altessa Type IV (1952)

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This is a Royer Altessa Type IV, a very unique non-folding roll film camera produced by Société Industrielle de Technique Optique (SITO) between the years 1952 and 1954.  The Altessa has an interchangeable bayonet lens mount and shoots both 6cm x 9cm and with a baffle, 6cm x 6cm images…

December 1, 2022 December 1, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / 620 / France / Royer
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Nikon F3 (1980)

Nikon F3 (1980)

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This is the Nikon F3, a 35mm single lens reflex camera produced by Nippon Kogaku of Tokyo, Japan between the years 1980 and 2001, making it the longest list Nikon camera ever made and one of the longest ever produced cameras in history.  The Nikon F3 was the third in…

November 29, 2022 November 29, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Nikon
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Teraoka Auto Terra Super (1959)

Teraoka Auto Terra Super (1959)

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This is an Auto Terra Super, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by K.K. Teraoka Seikōjo in Japan between the years 1959 and 1960.  The Auto Terra Super was one of the last and most advanced in a line of Auto Terra cameras made between 1954 and 1960.  The signature feature…

November 22, 2022 January 8, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Teraoka
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Keppler’s Vault 103: Kodak Disc Film

Keppler’s Vault 103: Kodak Disc Film

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In the history of photography, there have been a LOT of different film formats.  In a Wikipedia article about the history of film formats, a chart showing 71 different formats of film is listed, including a large number of roll film, film pack, sheet, and cassette formats. A majority of…

November 17, 2022 November 17, 2022 Keppler's Vault / Photography  Disc Film / Keppler's Vault / Kodak
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Ansco Anscoflex II (1954)

Ansco Anscoflex II (1954)

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This is an Anscoflex II, a twin lens box camera made by Ansco of Binghamton, New York between the years 1954 and 1958.  The Anscoflex II is a more advanced version of the original Anscoflex which was introduced a few months earlier.  The only difference is the addition of two…

November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 Photography / Reviews  620 / ANSCO / USA
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