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Oskar Barnack’s First Leica

Oskar Barnack’s First Leica

One of the greatest stories I’ve heard while collecting and researching old cameras is how one of the greatest cameras ever made was created. The story goes that in 1911, a Zeiss employee named Oskar Barnack was recruited by his friend and former colleague, Emil Mechau to work for a…

December 15, 2022 December 26, 2022 Photography / Articles  Leica / Prototype
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Klosterlechfeld Riwa (unknown)

Klosterlechfeld Riwa (unknown)

This is a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera called the Riwa.  It is a one of a kind prototype that was likely produced sometime before 1945 in Klosterlichfeld, West Germany.  It features an interchangeable 39mm screw mount with a 5cm f/2 Rodenstock Heligon lens and a focal plane shutter with…

March 3, 2022 March 3, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Germany / Prototype
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Super Kodak 35 Prototypes

Super Kodak 35 Prototypes

The Kodak Ektra is one of the most interesting cameras of any I’ve ever written about on this site.  In July 2019, I was able to get my hands on a working example and I wrote an in depth review of it sharing some of the only images shot with…

November 5, 2020 November 5, 2020 Photography  Kodak / Prototype
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