35mm… Okaya Optical Lord IV B 30 Apr 201630 Apr 2016 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 Lord IV B is a…
35mm… Rollei 35 27 Apr 201627 Apr 2016 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 Rollei 35 can rightfully be…
828 film… Kodak Bantam (4.5) 24 Apr 201624 Apr 2016 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 828 film camera that produces…
35mm… Montanus Montana 23 Apr 201624 Apr 2016 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 and unusual frame counter in…
35mm… Wirgin Edinex (II/v2) 22 Apr 2016 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, with bottom load and handy…
35mm… Sears Tower 51 (1958a) 21 Apr 201624 Apr 2016 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. The 51 has a two-piece…
116 Film… Kodak No. 1A Folding Pocket Special Model D 19 Apr 201619 Apr 2016 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 the No 1 which used…
35mm… Kodak Retina (type 126) 17 Apr 201617 Apr 2016 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 Type 119, all other control…
120 film… Yashica 635 16 Apr 201617 Apr 2016 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 is very similar to the…
35mm… FED 1d (type 8) 12 Apr 2016 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 is a bottom load 35mm…
