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Category: Photography
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Kowa SW (1964)

Kowa SW (1964)

This is a Kowa SW, a 35mm scale focus camera made in Japan by Kowa Optical Works in 1964.  The Kowa SW was a short lived camera designed around a wide angle 28mm f/3.2 lens which had an unusually wide 75 degree angle of coverage.  The Kowa SW supported a…

May 14, 2024 May 14, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / Japan / Kowa
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Tanack Type-V3 (1959)

Tanack Type-V3 (1959)

This is a Tanack Type-V3, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in Japan by Tanaka Optical Co., Ltd. in 1959.  The Tanack Type-V3 was the last commercially released camera made by Tanaka, who was known for a series of Leica rangefinder copies which they made throughout the 1950s.  The Tanack Type-V3…

May 8, 2024 May 8, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / Japan / Tanack
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Five Cameras I’ll Take With Me to the Grave

Five Cameras I’ll Take With Me to the Grave

Earlier this year a group of film photography bloggers had the idea where each of us would write an article discussing our five favorite cameras, and sharing them all together and see what we came up with.  Never one to miss out on the opportunity to discuss some of the…

May 6, 2024 May 6, 2024 Photography / Articles
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Miranda Automex (1960)

Miranda Automex (1960)

This is a Miranda Automex a 35mm SLR camera made by Miranda Camera K.K. in Japan between the years 1960 and 1962.  The Automex was Miranda’s first metered cameras and also the first in what was then a new body design which had a single shutter speed dial for fast…

April 30, 2024 April 30, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 9.0 / Japan / Miranda
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Bell & Howell TDC Stereo Vivid (1954)

Bell & Howell TDC Stereo Vivid (1954)

This is a TDC Stereo Vivid, a 35mm stereo camera produced by the Three Dimension Company, a subsidiary of Bell & Howell in Chicago, IL, USA between the years 1954 and 1960.  The Stereo Vivid exposes 24mm x 23mm stereo images on regular 35mm film, for use with stereo slide…

April 23, 2024 April 23, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / Bell & Howell / Stereo / USA
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MOM Mometta III (1958)

MOM Mometta III (1958)

This is a Mometta III, a 35mm interchangeable lens rangefinder camera, built in Budapest, Hungary between 1958 and 1962.  The Mometta III was part of a series of Mometta cameras that shared the same basic body and focal plane shutter with speeds from 1/25 to 1/500 seconds.  The lens mount…

April 17, 2024 April 17, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / Hungary / MOM
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Nikon FM2n (1983)

Nikon FM2n (1983)

This is a Nikon FM2n, a 35mm SLR camera which was an update to the original Nikon FM2 produced by Nippon Kogaku K.K. in Tokyo, Japan during the years 1982 to 2001.  Both versions of the Nikon FM2 had a very long production life as it remained the highest spec…

April 10, 2024 April 10, 2024 Photography / Reviews  14.0 / 35mm / Japan / Nikon
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Beier Beira II (1935)

Beier Beira II (1935)

This is a Beira II, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Kamera-Fabrik Woldemar Beier in Frietal, Germany starting in 1935.  The Beira II is an upgraded version of the original Beira camera, adding a porro prism focusing prism to the top plate of the camera.  Despite the use of a…

April 2, 2024 April 4, 2024 Photography / Reviews  14.0 / 35mm / Beier / Germany
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Kodak Reflex II (1948)

Kodak Reflex II (1948)

This is a Kodak Reflex II, a Twin Lens Reflex camera made by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY between the years 1948 and 1949.  It was an update to the original Kodak Reflex from 1946 offering several upgrades including a standard 4-element Anastar lens, brighter viewing lens, Fresnel focusing screen,…

March 26, 2024 March 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  620 / 9.0 / Kodak / USA
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OPL Foca Universel R (1955)

OPL Foca Universel R (1955)

This is a Foca Universal R, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Optique & Précision de Levallois, in Levallois-Perret, France between the years 1955 and 1957.  The Universal R represented the top of the line in the Foca series upon its release and was an update to the earlier Foca…

March 19, 2024 March 19, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / France / OPL
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Roland Kleinbild-Kamera (1934)

Roland Kleinbild-Kamera (1934)

This is a Roland Kleinbild-Kamera, a solid bodied medium format rangefinder camera made by Plasmat GmbH in Berlin, Germany starting in 1934.  The Roland shoots sixteen 4.5cm x 6cm images on 120 format roll film.  It was a very ambitious, but low produced camera that has a number of features…

March 12, 2024 March 12, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 15.0 / Germany / Roland
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Konica Hexar (1992)

Konica Hexar (1992)

This is a Konica Hexar, a 35mm point and shoot camera made by Konica in Tokyo, Japan starting in 1992.  The Konica Hexar was an unusually advanced point and shoot camera with a long list of options, many of which are not typically found on fully automatic cameras like this. …

March 6, 2024 March 6, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Konica
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