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Oskar Barnack’s First Leica

Oskar Barnack’s First Leica

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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 Articles / Photography  Leica / Prototype
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Klosterlechfeld Riwa (unknown)

Klosterlechfeld Riwa (unknown)

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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

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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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