A Simple Guide to the Nikon Range of Digital Cameras

introduction to the Nikon range of digital Cameras

NikonNikon’s products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which it is the world’s second-largest manufacturer. The company is the eighth-largest chip equipment maker as reported in 2017. More has a wide range of digital cameras catering to various skill levels and needs. Understanding their naming convention can help you […]

Olympus, Photography Equipment

A Simple Guide to Olympus Digital Camera Model Names

OlympusOlympus introduced its first camera in 1936, the Semi-Olympus I, fitted with the first Zuiko-branded lens. The first innovative camera series from […]

Canon

A Simple Guide to Canon Digital Camera Model Letters

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. camera lineup can be confusing with its various model letters. This guide is designed to help you understand better the full digital camera line up from IXUS to EOS, with example models.

Panasonic

A Simple Guide to Panasonic Lumix Camera Model Letters

Guide to Lumix model numbers and letters

Panasonic’s Lumix camera lineup can be confusing with its various model letters. Understanding the model letters and numbers can help you choose […]

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Where can I buy a Great Used Digital Camera?

Check out these marketplaces for a used digital camera. We have listed the Pros and Cons for each as well as tips. […]

Panasonic

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

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. for its electronic […]

Voigtländer

Voigtländer Brillant 2x Zoom

Overview The VoigtländerVoigtländer began in Vienna, Austria in 1756 by Johann Voigtländer as a manufacturer of scientific instruments. His son Johann expanded the business to include optics, and his son, Wilhelm Friedrich, helped design the first mathematically computed lens (an f3.7) in 1840, and then designed a camera to use it, an all-metal job with rack & pinion focusing at a time when most cameras were just wooden boxes. Brillant 2x Zoom a simple mid-range 35mm film camera. There is little information about this camera, the same camera was also marketed […]

Canon

Canon Prima Mini (Sure Shot M, Autoboy F)

Overview The Canon Sure Shot M, Prima mini in Europe (Autoboy F in Japan) was a very successful and very compact camera, […]

Canon

Canon Prima Super 130 (Canon Sure Shot 130u)

Overview The Canon Prima Super 130 is a super compact autofocusAutofocus (AF) is an optical system that uses a sensor, a control […]

Bell and Howell

Bell and Howell Electric Eye

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. Electric Eye (introduced in 1959) has the distinction of being one of the first cameras to feature automatic […]

Kodak

Kodak Brownie Starmatic

For a Brownie, the Starmatic is a remarkably sophisticated camera, though at the high cost of $34.50 (compared to $6 for a […]

Olympus

Olympus AZ 330 Super Zoom

Overview The OlympusOlympus introduced its first camera in 1936, the Semi-Olympus I, fitted with the first Zuiko-branded lens. The first innovative camera […]

Werra

Werra 1 – The first Werra Camera

Overview The first WerraWerra cameras were made in Eastern Germany, GDR, from 1954 to 1968 by Carl Zeiss Jena, at the Eisfeld […]

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Yashica 35 Rangefinder Cameras – Resources and Links for The Yaschica 35 Camera Book

The Yashica 35 Camera Book Welcome. This is a link page is for The YashicaYashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, originally active from 1949 until 2005 when its then-owner, Kyocera, ceased production. 35 Camera book, the second in the […]

Kodak

Kodak Brownie Vecta is it a Modern Design Classic Camera?

Introduced in 1963, the Vecta was a bold modern replacement for the Brownie 127 model II. However it was short lived as […]

Books and Zines by RW Jemmett, Purma Camera Company

The Purma Camera Book: A Vintage Camera Guide – Using and Buying Purma Cameras

The Purma Camera book – information on how to buy and use the Purma 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.). Includes history of the company and in-depth user guides.

Ricoh

Ricoh FF-9 35mm Compact Camera

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. […]

Rollei

Rolleiflex – 127 Baby Rolleiflex

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, […]

Fujifilm

Fujifilm Zoom Date 145, 35mm Film Compact Camera – Results and Feelings about this Film Camera

The Fujifilm Zoom Date 145 is a simple to use compact camera. The camera was made by Fuji in Japan from around […]

Olympus

Olympus AF10 Super, an Easy to use 35mm Compact Film Camera

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.

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A Simple Guide to the Nikon Range of Digital Cameras

A Simple Guide to Olympus Digital Camera Model Names

A Simple Guide to Canon Digital Camera Model Letters

A Simple Guide to Panasonic Lumix Camera Model Letters

Where can I buy a Great Used Digital Camera?

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

Voigtländer Brillant 2x Zoom

Canon Prima Mini (Sure Shot M, Autoboy F)

Canon Prima Super 130 (Canon Sure Shot 130u)

Bell and Howell Electric Eye

Kodak Brownie Starmatic

Olympus AZ 330 Super Zoom

Werra 1 – The first Werra Camera

Yashica 35 Rangefinder Cameras – Resources and Links for The Yaschica 35 Camera Book

Kodak Brownie Vecta is it a Modern Design Classic Camera?

The Purma Camera Book: A Vintage Camera Guide – Using and Buying Purma Cameras

Ricoh FF-9 35mm Compact Camera

Rolleiflex – 127 Baby Rolleiflex

Fujifilm Zoom Date 145, 35mm Film Compact Camera – Results and Feelings about this Film Camera

Olympus AF10 Super, an Easy to use 35mm Compact Film Camera