Beacon 225

When introduced in 1962 the half frame Olympus Pen EES was the first camera with a programmable shutter. A s...

Made by Vredeborch in Germany starting in 1953, the Alka Box is one of my favorite box cameras as far as looks goes.  That it uses easy t...

I am probably one of the few people in the world who is happy to come across a cheap Vivitar point & shoot.  Many times I have sorted ...

The Pentax Spotmatic F is the last of the famous Spotmatic series.  It also was the first in the series to have open-aperture metering.  ...

I think that the introduction of the Olympus OM-1 is one of those events for which you would have to have lived at the time to understand...

Kalimar got its start in the 1950's importing Aires 35 cameras from Japan for sale in the US. Eventually Kalimar would be a distrib...

I found the list below in the March 1957 edition of Popular Photography. It is the most complete list in one place of prices for 35mm camera...

I am not sure if it is some kind of illness, however I do have the habit of buying these cheap plastic cameras when I see one at a garage...

Made: 1936 to 1942 Film Type: 127 Shutter speeds: B and 1/50 Original price: $3.00 I wrote some about this camera ...

There isn't much information out about this camera. It was made in China for whoever owned the Argus name at the time. I would guess i...

Produced: 1957-58 Type: 35mm rangefinder Lens: 52mm f/2.8 Argus Cintar II Shutter: Synchro-Compur leaf type Shutter speeds: 1 to ...

Introduced: 1971 Type: 35mm Shutter: Copal Square metal focal plane. Shutter speeds: B, 1 to 1/1000 sec. Viewfinder: Reflex viewf...

Made: 1955-57 by Nihon Kosokki Kogyo Co.,LTD. Type: 35mm Rangefinder Shutter: NKS-Mx leaf Shutter Speeds: 1,1/2,1/5,1/10,1/25,1/50,...