35mm… Welta Welti I 17 Jan 201918 Jan 2019 The Welta Welti I is a neat, compact folding viewfinder camera. It produces great images, due in no small part to its Trioplan lens. Shooting with the Welta is straightforward…
35mm… Fujica Half 12 May 201819 Sep 2018 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 model) and looks not dissimilar…
35mm… Argus A3 23 Oct 201723 Oct 2017 This is the Argus A3. I like it because it has more of an art deco aesthetic that its siblings, such as the Argus A, though it shares the same…
127 film… Foth Derby Type 3 18 Jul 201718 Jul 2017 I knew virtually nothing about the Foth-Derby except that a friend of mine had one and found the camera intriguing. When one became available at a price too good to…
35mm… Kodak Retina I (Type 148) 16 Jul 2017 The collection of Retinas continues to grow. This example was picked up at Central Camera in Chicago on my first trip to that photogenic city. As usual, the build quality…
35mm… Robot Junior 12 Mar 201713 Mar 2017 One of a long line of clockwork cameras, the Robot Junior is a solid, well-crafted viewfinder camera produced between 1954 and 1960 by Robot Foto und Electronic of Düsseldorf, Germany.…
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… 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… 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…
