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11Jan 202111 Jan 2021

Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer Icarex 35s TM Pro

This is the Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer Icarex 35S TM Pro, otherwise known as the longest-named camera in my collection. Introduced…

14Dec 202014 Dec 2020

Mamiya Magazine 35

This is the Magazine 35, a short-lived interchangeable back rangefinder made by Mamiya Optical Co. Ltd of Japan in 1957.…

13Dec 202013 Dec 2020

Jessops Centon K100

This is the Jessops Centon K100, a Chinese-made SLR that uses the Pentax K-mount system of interchangeable lenses. The camera…

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 110 Zoom SLR MKII

This is the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR MkII. It is a well built advanced 110 camera not dissimilar to the Pentax Auto 110 in targeted market. Batteries (2x LR44) are…

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…

A.C.Kemper Kombi

6 Oct 20206 Oct 2020

This is the Kemper Kombi Camera and Graphoscope, an interesting combination box camera and viewer from 1892 manufactured by Alfred C. Kemper in Chicago, Illinois. As a camera, one of…

Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer

5 Oct 20205 Oct 2020

This is the Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer, on loan from Adam Paul, a fun P&S with "panoramic" mode and date function. On power up the lens is exposed and the…

Toko Teleca

This is the Toko Teleca, not to be confused with the Ricoh Teleca 240 (on my to-get list as it is a half-frame camera), a subminiature camera incorporated into a…

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…