• Indexes
    • Company
    • Film Type
    • Model
    • Rating
  • Camerosity Podcast
  • Reference Library
    • Articles
    • Guides
    • Reviews
    • Keppler’s Vault
  • Zeiss
  • RSS
  • Contact
  • Search
mike eckman dot com
mike eckman dot com
...they still make film!
Skip to content
  • Indexes
    • Company
    • Film Type
    • Model
    • Rating
  • Camerosity Podcast
  • Reference Library
    • Articles
    • Guides
    • Reviews
    • Keppler’s Vault
  • Zeiss
  • RSS
  • Contact
  • Search
Tag: France
Home Posts tagged "France"

Tag: France

Cornu Ontoflex Modele B (1934)

Cornu Ontoflex Modele B (1934)

This is an Ontoflex Modele B, a Twin Lens Reflex camera made by G. Cornu in Paris, France starting in 1934 to around 1940.  The Ontoflex has an all metal body and shoots 6cm x 9cm images on Kodak’s 620 roll film, via a rotating film back which allowed it…

February 4, 2025 February 4, 2025 Photography / Reviews  120 / Cornu / France
Continue Reading"Cornu Ontoflex Modele B (1934)"
OPL Foca Universel R (1955)

OPL Foca Universel R (1955)

This is a Foca Universal R, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Optique & Précision de Levallois, in Levallois-Perret, France between the years 1955 and 1957.  The Universal R represented the top of the line in the Foca series upon its release and was an update to the earlier Foca…

March 19, 2024 March 19, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / France / OPL
Continue Reading"OPL Foca Universel R (1955)"
Royer Altessa Type IV (1952)

Royer Altessa Type IV (1952)

This is a Royer Altessa Type IV, a very unique non-folding roll film camera produced by Société Industrielle de Technique Optique (SITO) between the years 1952 and 1954.  The Altessa has an interchangeable bayonet lens mount and shoots both 6cm x 9cm and with a baffle, 6cm x 6cm images…

December 1, 2022 December 1, 2022 Photography / Reviews  120 / 620 / France / Royer
Continue Reading"Royer Altessa Type IV (1952)"
OPL Focasport II C (1963)

OPL Focasport II C (1963)

This is a Focasport II C, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Optique & Précision de Levallois, in Levallois-Perret, France starting in 1963.  The Focasport II C is part of a long line of Foca and Focasport models, featuring a coupled coincident image rangefinder, coupled selenium exposure meter, a between…

March 1, 2022 February 10, 2024 Photography / Reviews  10.0 / 35mm / France / OPL
Continue Reading"OPL Focasport II C (1963)"
Royer Savoyflex II (1958)

Royer Savoyflex II (1958)

This is a Royer Savoyflex II, a 35mm SLR made in France by Société Industrielle de Technique Optique, or SITO for short.  The Savoyflex had a between the lens Prontor Reflex leaf shutter, a fixed Berthiot 50mm f/2.8 lens, non-removable pentaprism viewfinder, film advance lever, and an rapid return reflex…

May 11, 2021 January 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 7.0 / France / Royer
Continue Reading"Royer Savoyflex II (1958)"
Royer Teleroy (1950)

Royer Teleroy (1950)

This is a Royer Teleroy, a medium format folding camera made in France by Société Industrielle de Technique Optique, or SITO for short, starting in 1950.  The Teleroy featured a coupled rangefinder and shoots both 6cm x 9cm and 4.5cm x 6cm images on 120 or 620 roll film.  This…

February 23, 2021 January 26, 2024 Photography / Reviews  120 / 13.0 / France / Royer
Continue Reading"Royer Teleroy (1950)"
OPL Foca PF3 (1953)

OPL Foca PF3 (1953)

This review is part of the Cameras of the Dead series which I have been publishing every year on Halloween and “Halfway to” Halloween, featuring three cameras that I’ve wanted to review that either didn’t work, or was otherwise unable to shoot. I am republishing each of those individual reviews…

October 24, 2020 May 14, 2021 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Dead / Foca / France
Continue Reading"OPL Foca PF3 (1953)"
Fex Ultra Fex (1947)

Fex Ultra Fex (1947)

This review is part of the Cameras of the Dead series which I have been publishing every year on Halloween and “Halfway to” Halloween, featuring three cameras that I’ve wanted to review that either didn’t work, or was otherwise unable to shoot. I am republishing each of those individual reviews…

October 23, 2020 October 23, 2020 Photography / Reviews  620 / Dead / Fex / France
Continue Reading"Fex Ultra Fex (1947)"
Cameras of the Dead 7: Euro-Horror

Cameras of the Dead 7: Euro-Horror

Another Halloween, another Cameras of the Dead article.  This year, as I browsed through my ever growing collection of broken cameras, I started to see a pattern.  While sure, I have my fair share of broken Japanese, American, and Soviet cameras, but I’m starting to see more and more European…

October 31, 2019 November 1, 2019 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Dead / Foca / France / Germany
Continue Reading"Cameras of the Dead 7: Euro-Horror"

Listen to the Latest Podcast

Recent Activity

  • Recent Posts
  • Popular Posts
  • Recent Comments
  • Tags
  • Photography / Reviews

    Argus Autronic II (1962)

    July 1, 2025

  • Camerosity Podcast

    Episode 94: Camera Shopping at Roberts Camera and Blue Moon

    June 24, 2025

  • Photography / Reviews

    Tomioka Lausar (1937)

    June 20, 2025

  • Camerosity Podcast

    Episode 93: John Wade, Wrayflex and Clockwork Cameras

    June 11, 2025

  • Photography / Reviews

    KMZ Zenit-6 (1964)

    June 10, 2025

  • Photography / Reviews

    Minolta V3 (1960)

    June 3, 2025

  • Camerosity Podcast

    Episode 92: Apparecchi Fotografici Italiani

    May 24, 2025

  • Photography / Reviews

    PCA Prismat V-90 (1961)

    May 23, 2025

  • Photography

    Rating Vintage Cameras

    Oct 20, 2015

  • Photography, Guides

    Camera Repair Worldwide Directory

    Mar 24, 2023

  • Photography, Reviews

    Yashica 35 (1958)

    May 30, 2017

  • Photography, Articles

    Film Cameras in Movies and TV Shows

    Jan 7, 2021

  • Photography, Reviews

    Topcon RE Super (1963)

    Jan 19, 2018

  • Photography, Reviews

    Chinon CE II Memotron (1976)

    Nov 30, 2016

  • Guides, Photography

    The Outdoor Eight Rule – Metering without a Meter for Beginners

    Feb 22, 2017

  • Photography, Reviews

    Konica III (1956)

    Mar 6, 2018

  • Joe:
    A few comments: The “Kodak Reflex IA” models, were factory reconditioned...
  • mike:
    Yes, the Miranda EC lenses will physically fit onto a Sensorex...
  • Maryyyy:
    Hi! Do you know if the Miranda EC lenses are also...
  • Marcus Gunaratnam:
    Marcus Gunaratnam from Sydney Australia,I bought the autocord hoping to be...
  • Kamera Ostalgie:
    Nice post on a camera I have never heard of or...
  • Klaus:
    After my first roll, another addendum: With my example, the shutter...
  • Klaus:
    Thank you for the write up. Having received myne (which demanded...
  • Ln:
    Brilliant post and useful scanned article. Great for this new Rollie...
  • 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 35mm 120 127 620 AGFA ANSCO Argus Canon Dead Digital England France Fujica Germany Half Japan Keppler's Vault KMZ Kodak Konica Leica Mamiya Minolta Nikon Olympus Pentax Polaroid Recommended Reading Ricoh Soviet USA Voigtländer Yashica Zeiss-Ikon Zeiss Historica

Articles

  • Chi L.D. Meter – An Exposure Meter and Laser Rangefinder
  • A Look Back at the Prices of Film
  • Japanese Leica Copies
  • 5 Camera Books I Use the Most
  • DOOMO Meter S
  • How to Spot a Fake Leica
  • Kodak Prototypes of the 1930s
  • GAS Attack! Buying Cameras on eBay
  • Wehrmacht Leica
  • Miranda: The Story Behind the Ads

Featured Guides

  • Reloading Instamatic Film (The Better Way)
  • What Is My Camera Worth?
  • Breathing New Life into Old Cameras
  • Mike’s Guide to Buying Old Cameras
  • The Outdoor Eight Rule – Metering without a Meter for Beginners

Blogroll

  • Aly's Vintage Camera Alley
  • Antique & Classic Cameras
  • Casual Photophile
  • Emulsive Camera Reviews
  • Gashaus
  • Hamish Gill's 35mmc.com
  • Jim Grey's Down the Road Camera Reviews
  • Kosmo Photo
  • Matt Denton's Classic Cameras
  • Mike Butkus Camera Manuals
  • Mike Connealy's Camera Reviews (mirror)
  • Photo Thinking
  • Quirky Guy with a Camera
  • Soviet Cams (mirror)

Tags

6.0 (12) 7.0 (42) 8.0 (37) 9.0 (62) 10.0 (68) 11.0 (73) 12.0 (43) 13.0 (22) 14.0 (34) 15.0 (10) 35mm (382) 120 (71) 127 (29) 620 (19) AGFA (10) ANSCO (9) Argus (20) Canon (28) Dead (43) Digital (10) England (12) France (9) Fujica (9) Germany (149) Half (19) Japan (236) Keppler's Vault (104) KMZ (16) Kodak (68) Konica (15) Leica (16) Mamiya (10) Minolta (30) Nikon (31) Olympus (11) Pentax (12) Polaroid (8) Recommended Reading (38) Ricoh (10) Soviet (40) USA (98) Voigtländer (17) Yashica (21) Zeiss-Ikon (20) Zeiss Historica (74)

Advertisement

© 2014 - 2025 mike eckman dot com
Click here for our Privacy Policy.
Back to Top
 

Loading Comments...