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Overview The PanasonicPanasonic K. K. (was: Matsushita Electric Industrial) is a Japanese company that uses the brand name PanasonicPanasonic K. K. (was: Matsushita Electric Industrial) is a Japanese company that uses the brand name Panasonic for its electronic devices, including digital cameras and analogue cameras in the past. Panasonic also use the brand Lumix. More for its electronic […]
Overview The Voigtländer Brillant 2x Zoom a simple mid-range 35mm film camera. There is little information about this camera, the same camera was also marketed […]
Overview The CanonThe origins of Canon date back to the founding of Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory in Japan in 1937 by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda. During its early years, the company did not have any facilities to produce its own optical glass, and its first cameras incorporated Nikkor lenses from Nippon Kogaku K.K. More Sure Shot M, Prima mini in Europe (Autoboy F in Japan) was a very successful and very compact camera, […]
Overview The Canon Prima Super 130 is a super compact autofocusAutofocus (AF) is an optical system that uses a sensor, a control […]
The Bell and HowellBell and Howell LLC is a U.S.-based services organization and a former manufacturer of cameras, lenses, and motion picture machinery, founded in 1907 by two projectionists, and originally headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois. More Electric Eye (introduced in 1959) has the distinction of being one of the first cameras to feature automatic […]
For a Brownie, the Starmatic is a remarkably sophisticated camera, though at the high cost of $34.50 (compared to $6 for a […]
Overview The OlympusOlympus introduced its first camera in 1936, the Semi-Olympus I, fitted with the first Zuiko-branded lens. The first innovative camera […]
Overview The first WerraWerra cameras were made in Eastern Germany, GDR, from 1954 to 1968 by Carl Zeiss Jena, at the Eisfeld […]
The YashicaYashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, originally active from 1949 until 2005 when its then-owner, Kyocera, ceased production. More 35 […]
Introduced in 1963, the Vecta was a bold modern replacement for the Brownie 127 model II. However it was short lived as […]
The Purma Camera book – information on how to buy and use the PurmaTom Purvis, a renowned artist, and Alfred C. Mayo founded Purma Cameras Ltd. in 1935. David Brock of Brock Fireworks gave financial help to launch the company in London. Their office was at Brock House, Langham St, London W1. (Tom Purvis is perhaps better known as a commercial artist who was responsible for many of the great LNER Railway posters of the 1930s.) More Speed, Special and Plus cameras made by PurmaTom Purvis, a renowned artist, and Alfred C. Mayo founded Purma Cameras Ltd. in 1935. David Brock of Brock Fireworks gave financial help to launch the company in London. Their office was at Brock House, Langham St, London W1. (Tom Purvis is perhaps better known as a commercial artist who was responsible for many of the great LNER Railway posters of the 1930s.) More. Includes history of the company and in-depth user guides.
Overview The Ricoh FF-9 is a 35mm moderate wide-angle ultra-compact camera that was released in 1988. It was also released as FF-7. […]
By far the most famous 127 camera’s are the baby Rolleiflex’s. The original baby Rolleiflex was introduced in 1931 and discontinued in 39, […]
The Fujifilm Zoom Date 145 is a simple to use compact camera. The camera was made by Fuji in Japan from around […]
The Jupiter 11 135mm 4.0 is a copy of a Zeiss Sonnar 135mm 4.0 lens and maf=de in the USSR. The lens […]
The Olympus AF10 Super (Infinity Junior in the US) was released in 1987, a fully automatic 35mm film camera. It inherited the sliding cover design from the XA. Small and lightweight, with an integrated flash, it’s smaller than the XA with flash attached.
Where to buy a FedThe FED factory in Kharkov, Ukraine was founded as a children’s commune, for children orphaned or displaced by […]
The Purma Camera Book The PurmaTom Purvis, a renowned artist, and Alfred C. Mayo founded PurmaTom Purvis, a renowned artist, and Alfred C. Mayo founded Purma Cameras Ltd. in 1935. David Brock of Brock Fireworks gave financial help to launch the company in London. Their office was at Brock House, Langham St, London W1. (Tom Purvis is perhaps better known as a commercial artist who was responsible for many of the great LNER Railway posters of the 1930s.) More Cameras Ltd. in 1935. David Brock […]
My New Olympus Pen EE, 1964 – What’s in the Box? (Blog Post) OlympusOlympus introduced its first camera in 1936, the Semi-Olympus I, fitted with the first Zuiko-branded lens. The first innovative camera series from Olympus was the Pen, launched in 1959. The half-frame format, allowing 72 pictures of 18 × 24 mm format on a standard 36-exposure roll of film, made Pen cameras compact and portable for their time. Pixel More Pen EE – Results and Feelings about this […]
I enjoyed using the robust simple to use MinoltaMinolta has been known as a worldwide manufacturer of digital and film cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, laser printers, industrial radiometric instruments, planetarium projection equipment, some of the industry’s first 3D scanners, and other optical instruments and devices. More 110 SLRA single-lens reflex camera (SLRA single-lens reflex camera (SLR) is a camera that typically uses a mirror and prism system (hence "reflex" from the mirror's reflection) that permits the photographer to view through the lens and see exactly what will be captured. With twin lens reflex and rangefinder cameras, the viewed image could be significantly different from the final image. When the shutter button is pressed on most SLRs, the mirror flips out of the light path, allowing light to pass through to the film. Other camera typoes include DSLR, Rangefinder and Compact. More) is a camera that typically uses a […]
