When it comes to collecting cameras, you have many options. Some people like myself can latch onto any camera as long as it appeals to me in some way, but others are more discriminate. Some people specifically seek out SLRs or rangefinders, some prefer ones from a specific brand or…
This is a Tessina L, a subminiature twin lens reflex camera created by Rudolph Steineck and built in Switzerland by Concava S.A. starting in 1957. The Tessina L is an upgraded version of the original Tessina camera with an uncoupled selenium light meter included. All Tessina cameras produce 14mm x…
We have a special episode for you this week as we present Episode 31: The Best Podcast Ever (Part 1). What topics will Thrifty Theo, Asteroid Anthony, Dyna Mike, and Off-The-Wall Paul discuss? Who will join us? How many times will Theo say ‘vegemite’? What new things will appear in…
This is a FED 5C, a 35mm rangefinder camera made at the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Labour Commune in Kharkiv, Ukraine during the reign of the Soviet Union between the years 1977 and 1990. The FED 5C is an updated version of the original FED 5 adding bright lines to the…
Myself and most of the people listening to this podcast are well aware of what it’s like to buy film cameras and photography gear, but less of us know what it’s like to sell it. On this, the 30th episode of the Camerosity Podcast, the gang and I bring on…
This is a Franka Rolfix II, a medium format folding camera made by Franka-Kamerawerk in Bayreuth, West Germany from about 1954 to 1957. The Rolfix II was one of the last in a long running series of Franka’s dual format folding cameras which first went into production in 1935. This…
This is an Ucaflex, a 35mm single lens reflex camera, produced by UCA-Werkstätten für Feinmechanik und Optik GmbH in Flensburg, West Germany between 1951 and 1952. The Ucaflex takes a unique approach to SLR design with a hybrid reflex mirror and prism viewfinder for focus only and an optical viewfinder…
Aaaah, the wonders of running a blog and being the sole IT person for it…sometimes things break. Apparently, the site indexes have been inoperable since some time in April, to which several of you attempted to notify me through the Contact Form….which was also broke. I have resolved both issues…
This is a GOKO Macromax FR-3500 a 35mm point and shoot camera made by Goko Camera Co., Ltd. starting in 1998. The Macromax was part of a long line of simple point and shoot cameras with an unusually close macro focus capability. The Macromax, like it’s predecessors did not support…
This is a Graflex Graphic 35 Electric, an electrically powered motor driven interchangeable lens 35mm rangefinder made in Hamburg, West Germany by Iloca for Graflex, Inc of Rochester, NY in 1959. The Graphic 35 Electric is a name variant of the Iloca Electric, which has all of the same features. …
We’re back with another fascinating installment of the world’s most popular open source film photography podcast! For Episode 29, we dig into the vault and bring back a guest from the very first Cocaine and Waffles episode, mister “Sexy” himself, Cheyenne Morrison! As always, Cheyenne doesn’t hold back with his…
This is an Argus V-100, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in Hamburg, West Germany by Iloca for the American company Argus between the years 1958 and 1959. The V-100 was also sold as the Iloca Rapid IIL and the Sears Tower 52. The Argus V-100 has a coupled rangefinder and…
