Okaya Optical Lord IV B
The Okaya Optical Lord IV B is a solidly built heavy rangefinder camera made circa 1955. Though there is nothing radical about the design, the …
Month: April 2016
Rollei 35
Production of German-made 35’s started in 1966 with Singapore following in 1971 with additional German models produced after the Singapore plant closed in 1981. The …
Kodak Bantam (4.5)
The Kodak Bantam 4.5 is one of the first cameras I have run film through in 25+ years. It is an amazingly compact and capable …
Montanus Montana
The ingeniously named Montanus Montana is a capable, if bulky 35mm viewfinder camera similar to the Tower 51. It’s most notable features are a rotary aperture …
Wirgin Edinex (II/v2)
This Wirgin Edinex, listed as v2 in some descriptions, just II in others was produced by Wirgin Weisbaden around 1951. It is a compact scale focus camera, …
Sears Tower 51 (1958a)
Manufactured for Sears by Kamerawerke Wilhelm Witt, this rangefinder was a great value (even compared to the Argus C-4) when it was introduced in 1958. …
Kodak No. 1A Folding Pocket Special Model D
The No. 1A Folding Pocket Special Model D was produced between 1908 and 1912 by Eastman Kodak. The 1A used 116 film as opposed to …
Kodak Retina (type 126)
Manufactured from 1936 to 1937, the Kodak Retina I Type 126 was the first manufactured with a chrome top plate. Though functionally identical to the …
Yashica 635
Introduced in 1958, the Yashica 635 TLR is special in that it can use either 120 format film or 35mm with an adapter kit. It …
FED 1d (type 8)
The FED 1 rangefinder camera is a Soviet copy of the 1932 Leica and as such, uses the same M39 screw mount. The FED 1 …