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OPL Focasport II C (1963)

OPL Focasport II C (1963)

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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 March 1, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / France / OPL
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Royer Savoyflex II (1958)

Royer Savoyflex II (1958)

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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 May 11, 2021 Photography / Reviews  35mm / France / Royer
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Royer Teleroy (1950)

Royer Teleroy (1950)

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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 February 23, 2021 Photography / Reviews  120 / France / Royer
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OPL Foca PF3 (1953)

OPL Foca PF3 (1953)

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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
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Fex Ultra Fex (1947)

Fex Ultra Fex (1947)

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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
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Cameras of the Dead 7: Euro-Horror

Cameras of the Dead 7: Euro-Horror

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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
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