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LaRose Rapitake

This is the La Rose Rapitake, a neat vertical oriented viewfinder camera that takes 35mm film in special “rapid” cassettes.…

6Oct 20206 Oct 2020

A.C.Kemper Kombi

This is the Kemper Kombi Camera and Graphoscope, an interesting combination box camera and viewer from 1892 manufactured by Alfred…

5Oct 20205 Oct 2020

Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer

This is the Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer, on loan from Adam Paul, a fun P&S with “panoramic” mode and date…

Pentax Zoom 105-R

30 May 202030 May 2020

This is the Pentax Zoom 105-R, picked up on a recommendation from Adam Paul since the default ISO is 25 for any non-DX film which makes it ideal for testing…

Canon P

9 Feb 20209 Feb 2020

This is the Canon P. I am starting to build a Canon rangefinder mini-collection and this camera joins the IV-S and VT Deluxe as some of my favorite rangefinders to…

Nikon S2

9 Mar 20193 Aug 2019

The Nikon S2 has been on my wish list almost since I started collecting. Thanks to Robert Rotoloni and Mike Eckman I now have the opportunity to own and use…

Minolta SRT-MC

12 Oct 202012 Oct 2020

This is the Minolta SRT-MC, a well-built and capable SLR made between 1973 and 1975 by Minolta. History The precursor to Minolta, Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shōten, was established in 1928 by…

Sears Tower 45 (Nicca 5L)

3 Oct 20204 Oct 2020

This is the Sears Tower 45 (or 46 depending on what lens shipped with the body). Unfortunately I do not have the original lens, so it is paired with a…

Continental TXL

18 Sep 20201 Oct 2020

This is the Continental TXL fixed-lens camera, a Chinese interpretation of older Fujica cameras, likely the Fujica Flash series. Thought not made of the highest quality materials, the camera has…

Vintage Digital: Sony Mavica MVC-FD200

8 Sep 20208 Sep 2020

This is the Sony Mavica MVC-FD200 Dual Media digital camera. This 2.0MP beast is from 2002 and can use both the original Sony Memory Stick or 3.5" floppy discs, the…

Rollei 35RF

13 Aug 202014 Aug 2020

This is the Rollei 35RF, one of the newer film cameras in my collection. It is based on a Cosina chassis similar to the Voightländer Bessa R2A and Bessa L.…

Vintage Digital: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 (and LX5)

12 Aug 202012 Aug 2020

This is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 digital camera from 2008. Also shown is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 from 2010. The LX3 is an amazing camera and the LX5 builds on…

Vintage Digital: Kodak Easyshare V570

Introduced in 2006, this is the Kodak EasyShare V570, the first mass-produced twin lens digital camera. It's clean styling is reminiscent of Nokia brick phones, in a good way, and…

Yashica Electro 35MC

5 Aug 20205 Aug 2020

This is the Yashica Electro 35MC, a 35mm aperture-priority viewfinder camera from 1972. This camera was a $15 pick-up at the DC area Photorama show in 2019. I have been…

Clarus MS-35

29 Jul 202031 Jul 2020

This is the Clarus MS-35, introduced in 1946 and produced until 1952. On paper this should be a good camera with it's 1/1000 top speed and reasonably sharp Wollensak f2.8…

Kodak Retina Reflex(type 025)

This is the Kodak Retina Reflex (type 025), introduced in 1957. This well-built SLR is a hefty addition to the other Kodak Retinas in the collection. It is actually my…