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…
Screw Mount Leica II and IIIs were the most copied camera design in history, perhaps even the most copied THING in history. While counterfeit versions of Coach handbags, Rolex watches, and Nike shoes have been extremely common for decades, what makes Leica copies unique is that unlike most other luxury…
Freshly rescued from our tropical getaway where we started fires with Nikkor lenses, beat away native beasts with Arguses, and swam underwater with our Nikonos, the guys and I have come to the realization that we’ve spent a lot of time in recent episodes talking about some of the same…
This is a Nicca III-L, a 35mm rangefinder camera originally developed in 1958 by Nicca Camera Co. Ltd. of Japan and upon it’s release, sold under Nicca’s ownership by Yashica. Although two more Nicca built cameras continued to be sold with Yashica branding, the III-L is the considered the last…
This is a King Regula RM, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Regula-Werk King KG in Bad Liebenzell, Germany between 1956 and 1959. The Regula RM is part of the King Regula III-series of cameras which contained a total of nine separate models, all with slightly different features. The distinct…
This is an Eigenbau Kamera, which is German for “home made camera”. It uses regular 35mm film, but shoots very small images, probably around 12mm wide by 17mm tall. A plate on the back of the camera reads “H. Wildbore Leicester” which suggests it was made in Leicester, England by…
This is a Nikkormat FT3, a 35mm single lens reflex camera produced by Nippon Kogaku in Tokyo, Japan between the years 1977 and 1979. The FT3 was the last camera produced with the Nikkormat name. The Nikkormat FT3 is improved from the previous model by adding support for Nippon Kogaku’s…
This week on episode 27 Anthony, Paul, Theo and I get our passports ready and board onto a boat for a tropical getaway! While there, we will be taking a three hour tour to a remote, non-descript island, where us and our friend Gilligan will soak in the sights and…
This is a Kodak Pony 135 Model C, a 35mm point and shoot camera made by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY between the years 1955 and 1958. This was the last in the original series of Pony models dating back to the original Pony 828 from 1949. The Model C…
