120 film… 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…
35mm… Yashica J 24 Feb 2021 The Yashica J, manufactured in 1961 is a nice 35mm with styling cues similar to other Japanese rangefinder models. The lens is a relatively fast Yashinon f2.8 45mm and though…
35mm… Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer Icarex 35s TM Pro 11 Jan 202111 Jan 2021 This is the Zeiss Ikon Voigtländer Icarex 35S TM Pro, otherwise known as the longest-named camera in my collection. Introduced in 1967 the 35S TM Pro is an SLR that…
35mm… Mamiya Magazine 35 14 Dec 202014 Dec 2020 This is the Magazine 35, a short-lived interchangeable back rangefinder made by Mamiya Optical Co. Ltd of Japan in 1957. It is one of a short list of 35mm cameras…
35mm… 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…
110 Film… Minolta 110 Zoom SLR MKII 2 Dec 2020 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…
35mm… 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…
35mm… LaRose Rapitake 11 Oct 2020 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…
Graphoscope… 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…
35mm… 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…