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AGFA Memo (1939)

AGFA Memo (1939)

This is an AGFA Memo, a compact folding camera made in Binghamton, New York by the AGFA ANSCO Corporation starting in 1939.  This version of the Memo is a less common variant that shoots 18mm x 24mm single frame images on ANSCO’s Memo film, which is very similar to AGFA’s…

August 24, 2021 August 24, 2021 Photography / Reviews  AGFA / Half / Rapid / USA
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Keppler’s Vault 97: Rocket Photography

Keppler’s Vault 97: Rocket Photography

There’s a saying from an old Chevrolet commercial that describes things “as American as baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie”. Now, I like baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie, so maybe there’s something to that, but if you were to ask me, what is more American than those things, at…

July 29, 2021 July 29, 2021 Keppler's Vault / Photography  Keppler's Vault / USA
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Premier Instrument Kardon (1947)

Premier Instrument Kardon (1947)

This is a “military” Kardon 35mm rangefinder camera, produced by the Premier Instrument Corp in New York City between the years 1947 and 1954.  The Kardon was originally developed as an “American Leica” after imports of cameras from Germany had ceased during World War II.  Charged with building the camera…

July 27, 2021 July 29, 2021 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Kodak / Premiere / USA
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Alfred C. Kemper Kombi (1893)

Alfred C. Kemper Kombi (1893)

This is a Kemper Kombi, an early miniature roll film box camera and graphoscope produced by the Alfred C. Kemper Company of Chicago, Illinois, USA starting in 1893.  The Kombi used a proprietary paper backed roll film developed specifically for it by the Eastman Kodak company and shot up to…

July 20, 2021 July 20, 2021 Photography / Reviews  Kemper / USA
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Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash (1950)

Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash (1950)

This is a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash, an all plastic box camera produced by the Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York between the years 1950 and 1961.  It was an update to a non-flash version that was released in 1949.  All Brownie Hawkeyes take 6cm x 6cm images on…

July 15, 2021 July 15, 2021 Photography / Reviews  620 / Kodak / USA
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Argus C4 Geiss (1954)

Argus C4 Geiss (1954)

This is an Argus C4, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Argus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  This particular example has what’s called the Geiss modification offered by Argus from 1954 to 1956, which for $10 they would send the camera to a Chicago company called Geiss where it’s lens would…

July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Argus / USA
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Keppler’s Vault 96: 10 Great American 35s

Keppler’s Vault 96: 10 Great American 35s

American cameras rarely get much love from collectors.  For every Kodak Medalist or Bell & Howell Foton, there were a ka-jillion cheap Brownie and Instamatic cameras with plastic lenses, single speed shutters, and a list of features that can often be counted on one hand. With sites like mine, there…

July 8, 2021 July 8, 2021 Keppler's Vault / Photography  Keppler's Vault / USA
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Polaroid SX-70 (1972)

Polaroid SX-70 (1972)

This is the Polaroid SX-70 an instant film camera produced by Polaroid between the years of 1972 and 1981.  The SX-70 was a landmark camera as it was the first instant camera in the world to use pack film, instead of the more common roll film as all previous Polaroids…

July 6, 2021 July 6, 2021 Photography / Reviews  Instant / Polaroid / USA
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Zenith Winpro 35 (1947)

Zenith Winpro 35 (1947)

This is a Winpro 35, a 35mm point and shoot camera first made by Webster Industries and then later by Zenith Film Corp., both of Rochester, New York, USA between the years 1947 and 1955.  The Winpro 35 is historically significant as it was the first camera to have a…

July 1, 2021 July 1, 2021 Photography / Reviews  35mm / USA / Zenith
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Kodak Colorburst 100 (1978)

Kodak Colorburst 100 (1978)

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. Last year, I republished individual versions of each…

January 19, 2021 January 19, 2021 Photography / Reviews  Dead / Instant / Kodak / USA
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Harrison Fotochrome (1965)

Harrison Fotochrome (1965)

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. Last year, I republished individual versions of each…

January 12, 2021 January 12, 2021 Photography / Reviews  Dead / Fotochrome / USA
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Traid Fotron (1962)

Traid Fotron (1962)

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. Last year, I republished individual versions of each…

January 5, 2021 January 5, 2021 Photography / Reviews  828 / Dead / Traid / USA
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