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This is a Leica Model B, a 35mm camera made by Ernst Leitz GmbH of Wetzlar, Germany between the years 1926 and 1941. The Leica Model B was the second model in the Leica series and is the only Leica camera ever made which uses a Compur leaf shutter. Two The post Leica Model B (1929) appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
This is a Hanimex 35 Micro Flash, a compact 35mm point and shoot camera released by Hanimex in multiple markets around the world. The camera was made in Japan, most likely by the Sedic Camera Company, but this is difficult to confirm. The Hanimex 35 Micro Flash is a small The post Hanimex 35 Micro Flash (1981) appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
Whenever you get a bunch of camera collectors together to talk about rangefinders and SLRs, the focus of the conversation almost always centers around those models with interchangeable lenses. Thread mount Leicas, Contax rangefinders, Nikon F-series and Zeiss-Ikon Contarexes almost always dominate the discussion. While certainly worthwhile cameras to talk The post Episode 112: Fixed Lens…
This is a Whittaker Micro 16, a sub-miniature camera made by the William R. Whittaker, Ltd. Company in Hollywood Camera starting in the year 1947 and into the 1950s. The Micro 16 shoots twenty-four exposures on double perforated 16mm film loaded into special cassettes made for the camera. The Micro The post Whittaker Micro 16 (1947) appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
We re back in time for both the 111th Episode and the belated 5th Anniversary of the Camerosity Podcast! Even though we forgot about our own anniversary, we commemorated the occasion with a topic from the Discord suggestion box, buying cameras from Japanese auctions! If at first, this seems like a The post Episode 111: Buyeeing Camera Auctions From Japan appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
This is a Neubert Neuca, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Feinmechanischen Werkstätten Franz Robert Neubert (Neubert for short) in 1946 in Jena, Germany, which was then known as the Soviet Occupation Zone in Germany . The Neuca was an attempt to build a lower cost Leica style camera with a The post Neubert Neuca (1947) appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
One of the greatest benefits of the content on this site is the preservation of information regarding photography and old cameras. From my camera reviews to the 100+ Keppler s Vault articles and Zeiss Historica newsletters to the interviews in my One Hour Photo series, the Rotoloni Report, and the many The post zeisscamera.com and dresdner-kameras.de Mirrors appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
This is an AGFA Selectronic S, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Agfa-Gevaert AG in München, West Germany between the years 1970 and 1976. The Selectronic S was the company s top of the line rangefinder camera featuring aperture priority automatic exposure, an electronic shutter with a huge range of continuously The post AGFA Selectronic S (1970) appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
We have returned with the tiniest episode we ve ever done, covering 110 Pocket Instamatic and other 16mm subminiature cameras. This was a topic which the Camerosity crew had no idea would be so popular, but our loyal listeners came through and delivered a full show of giant opinions about cameras The post Episode 110: Tiny Negatives, Giant Opinions appeared first on mike eckman dot com .
This is a Favor II, a scale focus viewfinder camera produced by Dr. Wöhler Saar in Saarland, West Germany between the years 1950 and 1957. The Favor II is a slight update to the original Favor from 1949 adding an improved shutter and one of two different f/2.8 lenses. The The post Dr. Wöhler Favor II (1950) appeared first on mike eckman dot com .