This is a Konica FS, a 35mm single lens reflex camera made by Konishiroku Photo Industries, Ltd in Tokyo, Japan between 1961 and 1964. The Konica FS was the follow-up to the poor selling, but highly innovative Konica F from 1960. It was a simpler camera without an exposure meter…
This is a Zeiss-Ikon Ikonette, a 35mm scale focus camera produced by Zeiss-Ikon AG in Stuttgart, West Germany starting in November 1958. The Ikonette is a uniquely styled camera with an attractive curved light gray body that was primarily marketed as a lady’s camera. It was thought that by giving…
This is a Contax I, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Zeiss-Ikon in Dresden, Germany between the years 1932 and 1936. This particular version is considered by collectors to be a Version 7 or Type F model, offering several upgraded features from the original model, such as additional slow speeds,…
When it comes to collecting cameras, you have many options. Some people like myself can latch onto any camera as long as it appeals to me in some way, but others are more discriminate. Some people specifically seek out SLRs or rangefinders, some prefer ones from a specific brand or…
This is a Tessina L, a subminiature twin lens reflex camera created by Rudolph Steineck and built in Switzerland by Concava S.A. starting in 1957. The Tessina L is an upgraded version of the original Tessina camera with an uncoupled selenium light meter included. All Tessina cameras produce 14mm x…
This is a FED 5C, a 35mm rangefinder camera made at the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Labour Commune in Kharkiv, Ukraine during the reign of the Soviet Union between the years 1977 and 1990. The FED 5C is an updated version of the original FED 5 adding bright lines to the…
This is a Franka Rolfix II, a medium format folding camera made by Franka-Kamerawerk in Bayreuth, West Germany from about 1954 to 1957. The Rolfix II was one of the last in a long running series of Franka’s dual format folding cameras which first went into production in 1935. This…
This is an Ucaflex, a 35mm single lens reflex camera, produced by UCA-Werkstätten für Feinmechanik und Optik GmbH in Flensburg, West Germany between 1951 and 1952. The Ucaflex takes a unique approach to SLR design with a hybrid reflex mirror and prism viewfinder for focus only and an optical viewfinder…
This is a GOKO Macromax FR-3500 a 35mm point and shoot camera made by Goko Camera Co., Ltd. starting in 1998. The Macromax was part of a long line of simple point and shoot cameras with an unusually close macro focus capability. The Macromax, like it’s predecessors did not support…
This is a Graflex Graphic 35 Electric, an electrically powered motor driven interchangeable lens 35mm rangefinder made in Hamburg, West Germany by Iloca for Graflex, Inc of Rochester, NY in 1959. The Graphic 35 Electric is a name variant of the Iloca Electric, which has all of the same features. …
This is an Argus V-100, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in Hamburg, West Germany by Iloca for the American company Argus between the years 1958 and 1959. The V-100 was also sold as the Iloca Rapid IIL and the Sears Tower 52. The Argus V-100 has a coupled rangefinder and…
Screw Mount Leica II and IIIs were the most copied camera design in history, perhaps even the most copied THING in history. While counterfeit versions of Coach handbags, Rolex watches, and Nike shoes have been extremely common for decades, what makes Leica copies unique is that unlike most other luxury…
