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Mamiya Sketch (1959)

Mamiya Sketch (1959)

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This is a Mamiya Sketch, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Mamiya Optical Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan in 1959.  The Sketch was the first ever Japanese camera to shoot 24mm x 24mm images on regular 35mm film, a format that would never gain popularity among Japanese photographers.  The Sketch…

March 28, 2023 March 28, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Mamiya
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Minolta-ER (1962)

Minolta-ER (1962)

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This is a Minolta-ER, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera produced by Chiyoda Kogaku Seiko K.K. in 1962.  The Minolta-ER was a milestone camera as it was the first Minolta SLR with automatic exposure and was also the company’s first and only leaf shutter SLR.  It offered shutter priority automatic…

March 21, 2023 March 21, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Minolta
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LOMO Almaz 103 (1979)

LOMO Almaz 103 (1979)

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This is an Almaz (Алмаз) 103, a 35mm single lens reflex camera made by Leningradskoe Optiko Mechanichesckoe Objedinenie, or LOMO for short, between the years 1979 and 1986 in the former Soviet city of Leningrad.  There were a total of four models in the Almaz family, but only the 103…

March 14, 2023 March 20, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / LOMO / Soviet
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Ensign Selfix 820 Special (1953)

Ensign Selfix 820 Special (1953)

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This is an Ensign Selfix 820 Special, a medium format folding camera produced by Barnet Ensign Ross Ltd in London, England starting in 1953.  The Selfix 620 Special was a higher end model in a long running line of Selfix folding cameras produced both before and after the war.  When…

March 7, 2023 March 18, 2023 Photography / Reviews  120 / 620 / England / Ensign
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Zeiss-Ikon Icarex 35 CS (1968)

Zeiss-Ikon Icarex 35 CS (1968)

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This is a Zeiss-Ikon Icarex 35 CS, a 35mm single lens reflex camera produced by Zeiss-Ikon in Braunschweig, West Germany starting in 1968.  The Icarex series was originally developed in the early 1960s by Voigtländer as the Bessaflex prior to that company’s merger with Zeiss-Ikon in 1965.  When the camera…

February 28, 2023 March 1, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Germany / Zeiss-Ikon
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Braun Paxette IIM (1953)

Braun Paxette IIM (1953)

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This is a Paxette IIM, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Carl Braun Nürnberg, in Nuremberg, West Germany between the years 1953 and 1955.  The Paxette IIM was one in a large family of Paxette cameras, dating back to the original Paxette from 1950.  Differentiating between the different Paxette models…

February 21, 2023 February 21, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Braun / Germany
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Fujifilm GA645Wi Professional (1997)

Fujifilm GA645Wi Professional (1997)

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This is a Fujifilm GA645Wi Professional, an advanced medium format point and shoot camera made in Japan by Fuji starting in 1997.  The GA645Wi was an updated version of the original GS645W, first introduced in 1983, featuring a 45mm wide angle lens, but adding almost every modern convenience such as…

February 14, 2023 February 14, 2023 Photography / Reviews  120 / 220 / Fuji / Japan
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Kodak Colorsnap 35 Model 2 (1964)

Kodak Colorsnap 35 Model 2 (1964)

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This is a Kodak Colorsnap 35 Model 2, a 35mm scale focus viewfinder camera made in London, England by Kodak Ltd. London between 1964 and 1967.  It was a refreshed version of the original Kodak Colorsnap 35 which started production in 1959.  Both Colorsnap cameras were created by the British…

February 9, 2023 February 9, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / England / Kodak
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Super Kodak Six-20 (1938)

Super Kodak Six-20 (1938)

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This is a Super Kodak Six-20, a medium format folding camera made by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY in 1938.  The Super Kodak Six-20 is historically significant for a variety of reasons, most importantly, it was the first mass produced camera with automatic exposure.  The camera was created by famed…

February 7, 2023 February 7, 2023 Photography / Reviews  620 / Kodak / USA
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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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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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