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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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Canon DL-9000 “The Scamera”

Canon DL-9000 “The Scamera”

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Although branded as a Canon DL-9000, this camera was made by a Taiwanese company called New Taiwan Photographic Corp. who produced a dizzying array of inexpensive knock off “scameras” or “trashcams” that mimic the design of professional quality SLR cameras, but with far worse quality.  New Taiwan produced cameras have…

April 4, 2019 June 23, 2021 Photography / Reviews  35mm / China / New Taiwan
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Continental TXL

Continental TXL

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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 February 5, 2019 Photography / Reviews  35mm / China / Continental
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