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These articles might be of interest to anyone into vintage photography or collecting cameras but aren't quite a guide or a review. My name is Mike Eckman and I've been running this site for a few years. In late 2014, I had a "re-discovery" of film cameras which took off into directions I never could have imagined. I grew a collection of film cameras made in nearly every decade..
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10h ago
This is a Mometta III, a 35mm interchangeable lens rangefinder camera, built in Budapest, Hungary between 1958 and 1962. The Mometta III was part of a series of Mometta cameras that shared the same basic body and focal plane shutter with speeds from 1/25 to 1/500 seconds. The lens mount…
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1w ago
This is a Nikon FM2n, a 35mm SLR camera which was an update to the original Nikon FM2 produced by Nippon Kogaku K.K. in Tokyo, Japan during the years 1982 to 2001. Both versions of the Nikon FM2 had a very long production life as it remained the highest spec…
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Mike Eckman » Photography
2w ago
This is a Beira II, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Kamera-Fabrik Woldemar Beier in Frietal, Germany starting in 1935. The Beira II is an upgraded version of the original Beira camera, adding a pentaprism focusing prism to the top plate of the camera. Despite the use of a pentaprism,…
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Mike Eckman » Photography
3w ago
This is a Kodak Reflex II, a Twin Lens Reflex camera made by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY between the years 1948 and 1949. It was an update to the original Kodak Reflex from 1946 offering several upgrades including a standard 4-element Anastar lens, brighter viewing lens, Fresnel focusing screen,…
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Mike Eckman » Photography
1M ago
This is a Konica Hexar, a 35mm point and shoot camera made by Konica in Tokyo, Japan starting in 1992. The Konica Hexar was an unusually advanced point and shoot camera with a long list of options, many of which are not typically found on fully automatic cameras like this. …
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Mike Eckman » Photography
1M ago
This is a Sears TLS, a 35mm SLR camera sold by the US department store chain Sears, Roebuck, & Company starting in 1967 through at least 1971. The TLS was made by, and is a name variant of the Ricoh Singlex TLS which is how the camera was sold in…
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1M ago
This is a Rollei 35RF, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in Japan by Cosina Co., Ltd. for Rollei Fototechnic starting in 2002. The Rollei 35RF has a sister camera also made by Cosina called the Voigtländer Bessa R2, with almost the same specifications, other than different cosmetics and a slightly…
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Mike Eckman » Photography
2M ago
This is a Fujita 66SL, a medium format interchangeable lens Single Lens Reflex camera made by the Fujita Optical Company in Tokyo, Japan between the years 1958 and 1960. The Fujita 66SL is an evolution of the original Fujita 66 from 1956 with the biggest change being the addition of…
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Mike Eckman » Photography
2M ago
This camera is called the Wica, it is a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Wiener Camerawerkstätte (Vienna Camera Workshop) in Vienna, Austria in 1948. The Wica is a loose copy of the Leica II rangefinder as it shares some similar design elements, but is otherwise a very different camera. The…
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Mike Eckman » Photography
2M ago
This is a Widelux Model F6, a 35mm panoramic swing lens camera made in Japan by Panon Camera Shoko Co., Ltd. starting in 1970. The Widelux is part of a series of panoramic cameras which all expose 24mm x 59mm images with a 126 degree angle of view on regular…
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