GE Exposure Meter DW-68
This is the General Electric (GE) DW-68 selenium cell exposure meter circa 1950. It is essentially a 2D incident meter with a hood. This particular …
Argus C3 Matchmatic
The Argus C3 is one of the most ubiquitous cameras in the United States. Rarely will one pass through a flea market or antiques mall …
Come to the Dark Slide (Lomography Lomo’Instant)
This is not your father’s instant camera. It is the Lomography Lomo’Instant, and it’s much better than I would have expected. It even has a …
Franke & Heidecke Rolleiflex 622
This is my first Rolleiflex and I am very pleased with it. I have been looking for one, at a decent price, almost since the …
Minolta Super A
This is a gorgeous rangefinder that I cannot wait to use. It has classic styling and features that matched or bested many of its rivals. …
Mandel PDQ Model H
This interesting camera caught my eye while perusing my copy of McKeown’s a.k.a. My Wishlist. The idea of a paper direct positive camera is appealing …
First Attempt at Color Processing
These are not the best shots. I hastily ran Fuji 200 through my Continental TXL and Yashica Electro 35MC. The negatives were proccessed using the Ultrafine …
Yashica Y16
The Yashica Y16 is a very well built and capable camera. Its poor sales were due primarily to the proprietary cassette system that was dropped …
KW Pilot 6
Manufactured by Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch the Pilot 6 is a boxy medium format SLR. The aperture is controlled by a slider on the …
Fujica Half
The Fujica Half is a handsome, pocketable half-frame 35mm camera. It was manufactured in response to the excellent Olympus Pen (here is a slightly later …