This is a Zenit-6, a 35mm SLR camera made by Krasnogorski Mekhanicheskii Zavod (KMZ) in the former Soviet Union between the years of 1964 and 1968. The Zenit-6 was part of a series of new leaf shutter SLR cameras produced by KMZ that use the Zenit C-mount which is a…
This is a Minolta V3, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Chiyoda Kogaku Seiko K.K. starting in September 1960. The Minolta V3 was the follow up to the earlier Minolta V2 from 1958, expanding the top shutter speed to a record high 1/3000 with the clever use of its Optiper-Citizen-HS…
This is a PCA Prismat V-90, a 35mm SLR made by Mamiya Camera Co. Ltd. for the Photronic Corporation of America of Takoma Park, MD starting in 1961. The PCA Prismat V-90 is a rebadge of the Mamiya Prismat PH, which itself was part of Mamiya’s robust Prismat SLR family. …
This is a Monte 35A, a 35mm scale focus camera produced by Shinsei Optical Works in Tokyo, Japan starting in 1953. The Monte 35A was a subtle update to an earlier Monte 35 in which the shutter release was relocated to the top plate, an accessory shoe was added, and…
This is a Eumigetta, a collapsible lens medium format camera made by Eumig in Vienna, Austria between the years 1951 and 1954. The Eumigetta shoots 6cm x 6cm images on 120 format roll film and has a full focusing lens, adjustable diaphragm, and a single speed shutter. A more advanced…
This is a Leica M5, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Ernst Leitz GmBH in Wetzlar, West Germany between the years 1971 and 1975. The Leica M5 was the company’s first metered rangefinder, and the first ever rangefinder camera with TTL metering. In addition to its metering system, the M5…
This is a Ducati Sogno, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by S.S.R. Ducati in Milan, Italy between the years 1947 and 1952. The word “Sogno” translates to “dream” and was a very tiny interchangeable lens rangefinder camera which shoots 18mm x 24mm “half frame” images on regular 35mm film loaded…
I was contacted by the manufacturer of this meter and was asked if I would be willing to give it a review in exchange for a free sample. While I did not pay for this product, I did not approach this review any different than if I had paid for…
This is an Ilford Advocate, a 35mm scale focus camera, made by Kennedy Instruments, Ltd. for their parent company, Ilford, Ltd in London, England between the years 1949 and 1957. The Advocate was one of the most popular cameras to feature the Ilford name, a company most commonly associated with a…
This is an Omega 120, a medium format rangefinder camera produced by Simmon Bros. Inc. of New York City, NY between the years 1954 and 1958. This strangely designed camera shoots 6cm x 7cm images on 120 format roll film and features a clever design in which the film can…
This is a Voigtländer Vito III, a 35mm folding rangefinder camera, made by Voigtländer AG in Braunschweig, West Germany starting in 1950. The Vito III was the last and best featured of their folding Vito line and the only one available with the Ultron f/2 lens. With the exception of…
This is an Akarette II, a 35mm interchangeable lens scale focus camera produced by Apparate und Kamerabau GmbH in Friedrichshafen, West Germany between the years 1950 and 1954. The Akarette II was one of the higher featured models in a lineup of similarly designed cameras from 1947 to 1962. The…
