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120 format roll film

Franka Rolfix II (1954)

Franka Rolfix II (1954)

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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…

July 12, 2022 July 13, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / Franka / Germany
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Takane Mine Six Super 66 (1957)

Takane Mine Six Super 66 (1957)

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This is a Takane Mine Six Super 66, a folding rangefinder camera made by Takane Kogaku K.K. in 1957.  The Mine Six Super 66 shoots 6cm x 6cm or 4.5cm x 6cm images on 120 roll film and has a coupled coincident image rangefinder, an uncoupled selenium exposure meter, and…

April 28, 2022 April 28, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / Japan / Takane
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KW Reflex Box (1933)

KW Reflex Box (1933)

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This is a KW Reflex Box, a single lens reflex box camera made by Kamera-Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch in Dresden, Germany between the years 1933 and 1938.  The KW Reflex Box was an early form of a Spiegelreflexkamera which put a moving reflex mirror and waist level viewfinder inside of…

March 8, 2022 March 8, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / Germany / KW
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Graflex 22 Model 200 (1952)

Graflex 22 Model 200 (1952)

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This is a Graflex 22 Model 200, a Twin Lens Reflex camera produced by Graflex, Inc of Rochester, NY starting in 1952.  There were a total of three different versions of the Graflex 22, the models 200, 400, and 400F all of which shot 6cm x 6cm images on 120…

February 22, 2022 February 22, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / Graflex / USA
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Great Wall DF-3 (1984)

Great Wall DF-3 (1984)

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This is a Great Wall DF-3, a medium format SLR made by the Beijing Camera Company in Beijing China starting in 1984.  The DF-3 shoots 6cm x 6cm images on 120 format roll film and is part of the DF-series of SLRs that are loosely inspired by the KW Pilot…

February 3, 2022 February 3, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / China / Great Wall
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Seagull 203 (1964)

Seagull 203 (1964)

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This is a Seagull 203, a medium format rangefinder camera made by the Shanghai Camera Factory in Shanghai, China starting in 1964.  The Seagull 203 is very similar to, but not an exact copy of the AGFA Super Isolette, featuring many of that camera’s features, but adding a film advance…

February 1, 2022 February 1, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / China / Seagull
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Hasselblad 500 C (1957)

Hasselblad 500 C (1957)

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This is a Hasselblad 500 C, a medium format SLR produced by Hasselblad in Gothenburg, Sweden between 1957 and 1970.  With the 500 C, Hasselblad switched to a between the lens leaf shutter in place of the unreliable focal plane shutters of earlier models.  Along with new lenses, the camera…

December 14, 2021 December 14, 2021 Photography / Reviews  120 / Hasselblad / Sweden
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A Look Back at the Prices of Film

A Look Back at the Prices of Film

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It seems like every few months, another press release is made by Kodak or Fuji with bad news about some film stock that is being discontinued and others that are getting price increases.  These announcements inevitably launch a buying frenzy of still available films that quickly deplete available inventories at…

November 4, 2021 April 2, 2022 Articles / Photography  120 / 127 / 35mm / ANSCO / Kodak
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USC Auto Fifty (1955)

USC Auto Fifty (1955)

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This is the Auto Fifty, a Twin Lens Reflex camera sold by the United States Camera Corporation out of Chicago, Illinois around 1955.  Despite what it’s name suggests, the Auto Fifty was not made in the United States, and is actually a rebadged Beautyflex D built by Taiyodo Koki K.K.…

November 2, 2021 November 4, 2021 Photography / Reviews  120 / Japan / USC
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Arsenal Salyut (1957)

Arsenal Salyut (1957)

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This is a Salyut (Салют), a medium format SLR produced at the Arsenal plant in Kyiv, Soviet Union between the years 1957 and 1972.  The Salyut was the first Soviet made medium format SLR, and is very similar, but not an exact copy of the original Hasselblad 1000 F.  It…

October 12, 2021 February 10, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / Arsenal / Soviet
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Pentacon Six TL (1966)

Pentacon Six TL (1966)

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This is a Pentacon Six TL, a single lens reflex medium format camera made by VEB Pentacon starting in 1966.  The Pentacon Six TL shoots 6cm x 6cm images on regular 120 roll film, and is an evolution of the earlier Praktisix made by VEB Kamera-und Kinowerke first produced in…

September 21, 2021 September 28, 2021 Photography / Reviews  120 / Germany / Pentacon
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Suzuki Press Van (1953)

Suzuki Press Van (1953)

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This is a Suzuki Press Van, a medium format folding camera made by Suzuki Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K. in 1953.  The Press Van is dual format, and can shoot both 6cm x 6cm images on 120 roll film and 24mm x 36mm images on 35mm film.  This is the first version…

August 4, 2021 August 4, 2021 Photography / Reviews  120 / Japan / Suzuki
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