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Corfield Periflex

This is the Corfield Periflex manufactured in 1955 by K.G. Corfield Ltd in England. This iteration of the Periflex is…

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Pathé Cinema Pathéorama

This is the Pathé Cinema Pathéorama from the 1920s, a 35mm film strip viewer. More than 350 film strips were…

9Oct 20219 Oct 2021

Argus SLR

This is the Argus SLR from 1962, manufactured by Mamiya and based on the Prismat NP. This camera was largely…

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…

Seagull 205

This is the Seagull 205 (also known as the Phenix 205) rangefinder camera produced by Shanghai Seagull Camera Ltd. from the late 1960s to early 1980s. Known primarily for their…

Voigtländer Vitessa L (type 140)

8 Jul 202110 Jul 2021

This is the Vitessa type 140 (L). It is a “barn door” rangefinder produced by Voigtländer in the early 1950s. It is very well-built camera that is a joy to…

Konica Autorex P

This is the Konica Autorex P, the Japanese market version of the Auto-Reflex P and is one of only two SLRs produced with the ability to switch between full and…

Leidolf Lordomat

15 Apr 20218 May 2021

This is the Leidolf Lordomat, a wonderful rangefinder made in circa 1953 in Wetzlar, Germany, home to Leitz. Though considerably lighter that other rangefinders such as the Canon P and…

Hanimex Amphibian 35

28 Mar 202128 Mar 2021

This is orange, bulky beast is the Hanimex Amphibian 35, an underwater camera circa 1983. Nine-year-old me would have absolutely loved having something like this. It would have been the…

Konica I (type e)

24 Mar 202124 Mar 2021

This is the Konica I type E a rather typical compact early '50s rangefinder with quite a nice collapsable lens, the Hexanon f2.8 50mm. It was marketed between 1950 and…

Argus C-four

The C4 is a 35mm coupled-rangefinder camera built by Argus from 1951 to 1958 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Less handsome than the C-3 and more advanced than the Argus A, the C4…

Fujica GW690 (The Good, the Bad, and the UGLY)

18 Mar 202118 Mar 2021

This beast of a camera, I mean it this time, is the Fujica GW690. Mechanically it is in great condition, but the looks are another matter. Just a few of…

Fujica ST605

15 Mar 202115 Mar 2021

This is the Fujica ST605, a bit of a sleeper SLR that comes close to but does not rival the likes of the Pentax ME Super or Olympus OM-1n. To…

Mamiya C3 Professional

26 Feb 202126 Feb 2021

This is the Mamiya C3 Professional, a hefty TLR (at just over 4 lbs.) manufactured by Mamiya Camera Company Ltd between 1962 and 1965. The build quality is excellent as…