As promised, here is the second half of the first ever two part episode in the Camerosity Podcast’s history! This one features your two favorite Camerosity hosts Theo and Mike, but unlike in the first half, we had the call in lines open. Joining us are returning callers Brian Howard,…
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…
In what has been the most hectic period of the podcasts history, Paul went on a month’s long vacation to Ireland, Theo became the most important man in Corporate Australia, Anthony’s personal life dialed it up a notch, and Mike became Mr. Soccer Tournament Man so the scheduling of four…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Earlier this year a group of film photography bloggers had the idea where each of us would write an article discussing our five favorite cameras, and sharing them all together and see what we came up with. Never one to miss out on the opportunity to discuss some of the…
Is it a coincidence or did we plan it all along? Episode 70 of the Camerosity Podcast is all about the 70s! In this episode, the gang does our best to fit the best, the worst, and other noteworthy camera and photographic advancements of an entire decade into a 104…
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…
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…
In the 68 previous episodes of the Camerosity Podcast, we’ve had the pleasure of talking to a wide variety of fascinating guests. We’ve had collectors, historians, former Kodak employees, camera repair technicians, and a variety of other bloggers and other assorted people in the industry. Each of those people were…
