This is a Sears TLS, a 35mm SLR camera sold by the US department store chain Sears, Roebuck, & Company starting in 1967 through at least 1971. The TLS was made by, and is a name variant of the Ricoh Singlex TLS which is how the camera was sold in…
This is a Rollei 35RF, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in Japan by Cosina Co., Ltd. for Rollei Fototechnic starting in 2002. The Rollei 35RF has a sister camera also made by Cosina called the Voigtländer Bessa R2, with almost the same specifications, other than different cosmetics and a slightly…
For regular listeners of this show, the gang usually records each episode during the evening for listeners in the United States. For those of you on Theo’s side of the planet, it is either late morning or midday the next day, but this time slot is not good for listeners…
This is a Fujita 66SL, a medium format interchangeable lens Single Lens Reflex camera made by the Fujita Optical Company in Tokyo, Japan between the years 1958 and 1960. The Fujita 66SL is an evolution of the original Fujita 66 from 1956 with the biggest change being the addition of…
This camera is called the Wica, it is a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Wiener Camerawerkstätte (Vienna Camera Workshop) in Vienna, Austria in 1948. The Wica is a loose copy of the Leica II rangefinder as it shares some similar design elements, but is otherwise a very different camera. The…
This is a Widelux Model F6, a 35mm panoramic swing lens camera made in Japan by Panon Camera Shoko Co., Ltd. starting in 1970. The Widelux is part of a series of panoramic cameras which all expose 24mm x 59mm images with a 126 degree angle of view on regular…
Hey everyone, it is February, and that means I am about to get started with regular reviews and posts again! Taking January off is a nice break from the constant rigors of shooting, developing, scanning, writing, and posting new reviews. Plus, where I live going outdoors to shoot film in…
For this, the 64th episode of the Camerosity Podcast, the gang finally devotes our full attention to one of the most popular brands of cameras ever made. A camera brand that was so popular, they named the entire company after it, the Rolleiflex! Originally founded by two ex Voigtländer employees…
In Greek mythology, Mount Olympus was the home of the Twelve Olympian Gods, Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Athena, and others looked upon the mortals of the world and accepted their worship. In modern times, Mount Olympus is also home to the Camerosity Podcast where Anthony, Paul, Theo, and Mike gaze down…
In the spirit of the earliest episodes of this show, as the last days of 2023 were winding down, the Camerosity gang found themselves with nothing to do on a Friday night and thought, “Hey! Lets do a Live show!” Podbean, the service that hosts and distributes this show has…
Another year is over, which means another year end wrap up! The best news this year was that 2023 seemed to be the first year post COVID that felt like a normal year. 2020 and 2021 clearly weren’t, and in 2022 things did get a lot better, but there was…
This is an Adox Adrette, a 35mm scale focus camera produced by Dr. C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany between the years 1939 and 1948. The Adox Adrette is a variant of the Wirgin Edinex, a camera first produced in 1935 by Wirgin in Wiesbaden, Germany. In 1939, the…
