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Category: Reviews
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Nikon 28Ti (1994)

Nikon 28Ti (1994)

This is a Nikon 28Ti, a premium point and shoot 35mm camera made in Japan by the Nikon Corporation starting in 1994.  The Nikon 28Ti was the follow-up to the Nikon 35Ti from the year prior, widening the focal length to 28mm and adding a new flash mode and all…

June 25, 2024 June 25, 2024 Photography / Reviews  12.0 / 35mm / Japan / Nikon
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Wrayflex Ia (1953)

Wrayflex Ia (1953)

This is a Wrayflex Ia, a 35mm SLR camera made by Wray Optical Works Ltd. in Bromley, London, UK between the years 1953 and 1958.  The Wrayflex Ia is an update to the original Wrayflex I whose only change was that it exposed 24mm x 36mm images instead of 24mm…

June 19, 2024 June 19, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / England / Wray
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Contax N1 (2001)

Contax N1 (2001)

This is a Contax N1, a semi-professional 35mm SLR camera made by Kyocera in Japan starting in 2001.  The Contax N1 was the very last 35mm film SLR ever made using the Contax name and one of the final Contax cameras of any kind.  The Contax N1 uses a new…

May 28, 2024 May 28, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / Japan / Kyocera
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Yashica Electro AX (1972)

Yashica Electro AX (1972)

This is a Yashica Electro AX, a 35mm SLR made by Yashica Co., Ltd. in Tokyo Japan starting in 1972.  The Electro AX was the second to last in Yashica’s TL-series of SLRs and the only model with aperture priority auto exposure.  Like other Yashica SLRs, the Electro AX uses…

May 21, 2024 May 21, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 9.0 / Japan / Yashica
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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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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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