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Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro (2000)

Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro (2000)

What is it? This is a Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro digital camera which uses the body of a Nikon N60 film camera and a Fuji digital camera system grafted onto the back.  This was an early digital camera aimed at the high-end consumer market and although primitive by today’s standards,…

January 11, 2017 August 28, 2019 Photography / Reviews  Digital / Fujica / Japan / Nikon
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Leica M3 (1961)

Leica M3 (1961)

What is it? This is a Leica M3 35mm rangefinder camera, built by Ernst Leitz GmbH from 1954 to 1966.  It was the first Leica that used the Leica M lens mount, the first Leica with a coincident image rangefinder, and the first Leica with a wind lever.  It is…

January 4, 2017 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  15.0 / 35mm / Germany / Leica
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Vivitar 35ES (1978)

Vivitar 35ES (1978)

What is it? This is a Vivitar 35ES 35mm rangefinder camera made by Cosina of Japan around 1978.  The Vivitar 35ES was one of many variants of this model all made by Cosina.  There were versions sold by Minolta, Revue, Prinz, and possibly others, all made by Cosina.  Unlike most…

December 22, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 6.0 / Japan / Vivitar
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AGFA Optima I (1960)

AGFA Optima I (1960)

What is it? This is an AGFA Optima I produced between the years 1960 – 64.  It was the followup to the original Optima from 1959 which was one of the very first cameras with a fully automatic program auto exposure mode.  It’s selenium meter would allow the camera to…

December 9, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 9.0 / AGFA / Germany
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Chinon CE II Memotron (1976)

Chinon CE II Memotron (1976)

What is it? This is a Chinon CE II Memotron 35mm SLR camera from 1976.  This model was one of the very last 35mm cameras released by any company to still use the aging M42 screw mount.  It’s headline feature was that it was capable of open aperture auto exposure…

November 30, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / Chinon / Japan
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Yashica-D (1970)

Yashica-D (1970)

What is it? This is a Yashica-D twin lens reflex camera made by Yashica Co., Ltd. between the years of 1958 – 1972.  This particular model is a later variant, likely made in 1970 with the company’s top of the line 4-element Yashinon lenses and f/2.8 viewing lens.  The “D” represented…

November 24, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 120 / Japan / Yashica
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Nikon One Touch AF3 (1987)

Nikon One Touch AF3 (1987)

What is it? This is a Nikon One Touch AF3 auto focus 35mm point and shoot camera made by Nikon starting in 1987.  The AF3 was the third version of the original L35 from 1983 which was Nikon’s first compact auto focus camera.  The AF3 has a simpler 4 element lens…

November 20, 2016 June 4, 2025 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 8.0 / Japan / Nikon
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Fujica 35-ML (1958)

Fujica 35-ML (1958)

This is a Fujica 35-ML rangefinder camera made by Fuji Photo Film Co. starting in 1958.  Fuji would use the name “Fujica” on all of their film cameras until the late 1970s.  It was an amalgam of the words “Fuji” and “camera”.  The ML was otherwise identical to the Fujica 35-M released…

November 18, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  12.0 / 35mm / Fujica / Japan
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Yashica Lynx-14 (1965)

Yashica Lynx-14 (1965)

What is it? This is a Yashica Lynx-14 35mm rangefinder camera made in Japan starting in 1965.  The Lynx was Yashica’s top of the line 35mm rangefinder series in the 1960s.  The first two models, the Lynx 1000 and 5000 both had fast f/1.8 lenses with modern light meters.  Then…

November 17, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 4.0 / Japan / Yashica
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Clarus MS-35 (1948)

Clarus MS-35 (1948)

This is a Clarus MS-35 camera made by the Clarus Camera Manufacturing Co. based out of Minneapolis, MN.  This was the first and only camera made by Clarus and was sold between the years of 1946 and 1952.  The Clarus MS-35 was an ambitious 35mm rangefinder that bore a striking…

November 16, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 9.0 / Clarus / USA
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Certo Dollina II (1936)

Certo Dollina II (1936)

This is a Certo Dollina II rangefinder camera made in Dresden, Germany by Certo Camera Werk.  The Dollina II was first introduced in 1936, only a year after the Dollina I which did not have a rangefinder, making the Dollina series the second cameras ever made designed to use Kodak’s new…

November 14, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 8.0 / Certo / Germany
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The Dawn of the Cameras of the Dead

The Dawn of the Cameras of the Dead

When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth… This is a followup to an earlier post I spontaneously wrote back in August called “The Cameras of the Dead”.  In that article, I applied a tongue in cheek analogy to George Romero’s 1968 classic “The Night of…

October 31, 2016 October 18, 2018 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Dead / Kodak / Perfex / Polaroid / USA
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