35mm… Leidolf Lordomat 15 Apr 2021 This is the Leidolf Lordomat, a wonderful rangefinder made in circa 1953 in Wetzlar, Germany, home to Leitz. Though considerably lighter that other rangefinders such as the Canon P and…
35mm… Hanimex Amphibian 35 28 Mar 202128 Mar 2021 This is orange, bulky beast is the Hanimex Amphibian 35, an underwater camera circa 1983. Nine-year-old me would have absolutely loved having something like this. It would have been the…
35mm… Konica I (type e) 24 Mar 202124 Mar 2021 This is the Konica I type E a rather typical compact early '50s rangefinder with quite a nice collapsable lens, the Hexanon f2.8 50mm. It was marketed between 1950 and…
35mm… Argus C-four 20 Mar 2021 The C4 is a 35mm coupled-rangefinder camera built by Argus from 1951 to 1958 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Less handsome than the C-3 and more advanced than the Argus A, the C4…
35mm… Fujica ST605 15 Mar 202115 Mar 2021 This is the Fujica ST605, a bit of a sleeper SLR that comes close to but does not rival the likes of the Pentax ME Super or Olympus OM-1n. To…
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…
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…
