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26Feb 202126 Feb 2021

Mamiya C3 Professional

This is the Mamiya C3 Professional, a hefty TLR (at just over 4 lbs.) manufactured by Mamiya Camera Company Ltd…

Yashica J

The Yashica J, manufactured in 1961 is a nice 35mm with styling cues similar to other Japanese rangefinder models. The…

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…

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…

Jessops Centon K100

13 Dec 202013 Dec 2020

This is the Jessops Centon K100, a Chinese-made SLR that uses the Pentax K-mount system of interchangeable lenses. The camera came with a Centon MC Zoom lens which met an…

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…

LaRose Rapitake

This is the La Rose Rapitake, a neat vertical oriented viewfinder camera that takes 35mm film in special "rapid" cassettes. The body is all-metal with an advance, shutter-cocking, and shutter…

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…