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Category: Reviews
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Apparate & Kamerabau Akarette II (1950)

Apparate & Kamerabau Akarette II (1950)

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…

March 11, 2025 March 11, 2025 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Akarette / Germany
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Samsung Evoca 70 Neo (2002)

Samsung Evoca 70 Neo (2002)

This is a Samsung Evoca 70 Neo, a 35mm point and shoot camera made in 2002 by Samsung Techwin in South Korea.  This is the North American version of the Samsung Vega 700 which is what it was called in other markets.  The Samsung Evoca 70 Neo is a rather…

February 25, 2025 February 25, 2025 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Korea / Samsung
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Certo Dollina III (1938)

Certo Dollina III (1938)

This is a Certo Dollina III, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Certo Camera Work Dresden in 1938.  The Dollina III was the most advanced in the Dollina line of 35mm cameras, improving on the earlier models with a larger body with a built in coupled rangefinder.  The Dollina series…

February 18, 2025 February 18, 2025 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Certo / Germany
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Cornu Ontoflex Modele B (1934)

Cornu Ontoflex Modele B (1934)

This is an Ontoflex Modele B, a Twin Lens Reflex camera made by G. Cornu in Paris, France starting in 1934 to around 1940.  The Ontoflex has an all metal body and shoots 6cm x 9cm images on Kodak’s 620 roll film, via a rotating film back which allowed it…

February 4, 2025 February 4, 2025 Photography / Reviews  120 / Cornu / France
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Voigtländer Prominent (1932)

Voigtländer Prominent (1932)

This is a Voigtländer Prominent, a folding bed rangefinder camera made by Voigtländer & Sohn AG in Braunschweig, Germany starting in 1932.  The Prominent shoots both 6cm x 9cm and 4.5cm x 6cm images on 120 format roll film.  Shooting of the smaller exposures requires a removable mask to be…

December 21, 2024 December 21, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 14.0 / Germany / Voigtländer
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Detrola 400 (1940)

Detrola 400 (1940)

This is a Detrola 400, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by the Detrola Corp in Detroit, MI, USA between the years 1940 and 1941.  The Detrola 400 was the most advanced camera produced by Detrola and would turn out to be its last before the company stopped producing cameras in…

November 26, 2024 December 24, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / Detrola / USA
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Meopta Opema II (1954)

Meopta Opema II (1954)

This is an Opema II, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Meopta in Přerov, Czechoslovakia starting in 1954.  The Opema II featured a coupled rangefinder, cloth focal plane shutter with top 1/500 speed and an interchangeable 38mm thread mount for changing lenses.  Although very similar to the 39mm thread mount…

November 20, 2024 November 20, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / Czechoslovakia / Meopta
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Konica Recorder DD (1985)

Konica Recorder DD (1985)

This is a Konica Recorder DD, a half frame 35mm point and shoot camera made by Konica of Japan starting in 1985.  The “DD” in the model name indicates that this was a version of the camera with a data back as compared with the non DD model which was…

November 8, 2024 November 8, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / Half / Japan / Konica
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Wirgin Edixa Electronica (1962)

Wirgin Edixa Electronica (1962)

This review is part of the Cameras of the Dead series which features dead cameras that I’ve wanted to review that either didn’t work, or was otherwise unable to shoot.  In the past, these reviews used to come out in a set of three every Halloween or what I called…

October 31, 2024 October 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Dead / Germany / Wirgin
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Alpa Reflex (1944)

Alpa Reflex (1944)

This is an Alpa Reflex, a 35mm single lens reflex and rangefinder camera made by Pignons S.A. in Ballaigues, Switzerland between the years 1944 and 1952.  The Alpa Reflex was the first generation of Alpa cameras and is one of only a very few reflex cameras to also feature a…

October 30, 2024 October 30, 2024 Photography / Reviews  14.0 / 35mm / Alpa / Switzerland
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National Graflex Series II (1934)

National Graflex Series II (1934)

This is a National Graflex Series II, a single lens reflex camera made by the Folmer Graflex Corporation in Rochester, New York, USA between the years 1934 and 1941.  The National Graflex makes ten 2¼” x 2½” exposures on a roll of 120 roll film, has a cloth focal plane…

October 23, 2024 October 23, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 14.0 / Graflex / USA
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Yashica Dental-Eye (1985)

Yashica Dental-Eye (1985)

This is a Yashica Dental-Eye, a 35mm SLR camera made by Kyocera starting in 1985.  The Dental-Eye, as the name suggests, is a specialized camera produced primarily for the dental industry allowing for extreme closeups, but it was also used by eye doctors and in other specialized medical and scientific…

October 15, 2024 October 15, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / Japan / Yashica
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