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Continental TXL

Continental TXL

This is a Continental TXL 35mm fixed lens SLR camera made in Hong Kong probably in the 1980s or 90s.  The Continental was one of many copies of an older Hanimex and Fujica camera that was produced in the early to mid 1970s.  There exist a large number of similar…

February 5, 2019 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 5.0 / China / Continental
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Canon MC (1984)

Canon MC (1984)

What is it? This is the Canon MC (short for Micro Compact), a compact fully automatic point and shoot 35mm camera released by Canon in April 1984.  The MC was conceived as an ultra portable camera to compete with models like the Olympus XA series, except it added the convenience…

June 5, 2018 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 5.0 / Canon / Japan
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Bilora Bella 3c (1955)

Bilora Bella 3c (1955)

What is it? This is a Bilora Bella medium format scale focus camera made by Kürbi & Niggeloh of Radevormwald, West Germany between the years of 1955 and 1958.  The name Bilora Bella was the name of a long running series of inexpensive and simple, but attractive cameras made by the company…

September 12, 2017 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  127 / 5.0 / Bilora / Germany
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Bencini Koroll II (1962)

Bencini Koroll II (1962)

What is it? This is a Bencini Koroll II made by Bencini in Milan, Italy starting around 1962.  It is a strange medium format camera designed to use 120 roll film, but takes small 30mm x 45mm exposures which are only slightly larger in size than 3cm x 4cm images…

July 14, 2017 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 5.0 / Bencini / Italy
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Canon AF35ML (1981)

Canon AF35ML (1981)

This is a Canon AF35ML 35mm auto focus camera made by Canon in 1981.  This camera was also known as the Super Sure Shot in the US and the Autoboy Super in Japan.  The AF35ML was the follow up to Canon’s earlier AF35M auto focus camera.  It improved upon that…

July 14, 2016 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 5.0 / Canon / Japan
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