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Category: Photography
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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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Sears TLS (1967)

Sears TLS (1967)

This is a Sears TLS, a 35mm SLR camera sold by the US department store chain Sears, Roebuck, & Company starting in 1967 through at least 1971.  The TLS was made by, and is a name variant of the Ricoh Singlex TLS which is how the camera was sold in…

February 29, 2024 February 29, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 9.0 / Japan / Ricoh / Sears
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Rollei 35 RF (2002)

Rollei 35 RF (2002)

This is a Rollei 35RF, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in Japan by Cosina Co., Ltd. for Rollei Fototechnic starting in 2002.  The Rollei 35RF has a sister camera also made by Cosina called the Voigtländer Bessa R2, with almost the same specifications, other than different cosmetics and a slightly…

February 27, 2024 February 27, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Rollei
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Fujita 66SL (1958)

Fujita 66SL (1958)

This is a Fujita 66SL, a medium format interchangeable lens Single Lens Reflex camera made by the Fujita Optical Company in Tokyo, Japan between the years 1958 and 1960.  The Fujita 66SL is an evolution of the original Fujita 66 from 1956 with the biggest change being the addition of…

February 20, 2024 February 20, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 120 / Fujita / Japan
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Wiener Camerawerkstätte Wica (1948)

Wiener Camerawerkstätte Wica (1948)

This camera is called the Wica, it is a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Wiener Camerawerkstätte (Vienna Camera Workshop) in Vienna, Austria in 1948.  The Wica is a loose copy of the Leica II rangefinder as it shares some similar design elements, but is otherwise a very different camera.  The…

February 13, 2024 February 20, 2024 Photography / Reviews  12.0 / 35mm / Austria / Wica
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Panon Widelux F6 (1970)

Panon Widelux F6 (1970)

This is a Widelux Model F6, a 35mm panoramic swing lens camera made in Japan by Panon Camera Shoko Co., Ltd. starting in 1970.  The Widelux is part of a series of panoramic cameras which all expose 24mm x 59mm images with a 126 degree angle of view on regular…

February 6, 2024 February 6, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / Japan / Panoramic / Widelux
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