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Perfex One-O-Two (1948)

Perfex One-O-Two (1948)

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 5, 2020 October 5, 2020 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Dead / Perfex / USA
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Perfex Speed Candid (1938)

Perfex Speed Candid (1938)

This is a Perfex Speed Candid, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by the Candid Camera Corporation out of Chicago, Illinois between the years 1938 and 39.  It was Candid’s first ever camera, and the first camera to bear the “Perfex” name, which after this model evolved into a semi-successful family…

July 1, 2019 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  35mm / 8.0 / Perfex / USA
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Perfex Forty-Four (1939)

Perfex Forty-Four (1939)

This is a Perfex Forty-Four 35mm rangefinder camera made by the Candid Camera Corporation in Chicago in 1939.  The Forty-Four was the first in a series made by the Candid company until the early 1950s at which point the company out of business.  Featuring an interchangeable screw mount with a…

July 6, 2018 January 31, 2024 Photography / Reviews  11.0 / 35mm / Perfex / USA
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The Dawn of the Cameras of the Dead

The Dawn of the Cameras of the Dead

When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth… This is a followup to an earlier post I spontaneously wrote back in August called “The Cameras of the Dead”.  In that article, I applied a tongue in cheek analogy to George Romero’s 1968 classic “The Night of…

October 31, 2016 October 18, 2018 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Dead / Kodak / Perfex / Polaroid / USA
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