Nikonos IV-A, an electronically controlled 35 mm focal-plane shutter type underwater camera, was introduced in 1980. Owing to its robust construction, it needs no additional housing for depths to 160 feet (50m). It can take interchangeable lenses. The most popular lens is the 35mm f/2.5 which may be used on land, sea, or air making…
The bright yellow Weathermatic-A was first made in the 1980s as a watertight camera with a built-in electric flash that could be used in water in depths of up to 15 feet or 5 meters. It has very large black control knobs on the top of the camera, perfect for use in the time of…
This Miniature Spy Camera was a unique import from Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1960s. It can “hide in the palm of the hand”; sometimes called a vest pocket camera. This particular model was made in Hong Kong. It has an actual glass lens, viewfinder, shutter, advance film wind-up knob, and comes with a small…
The Stereo Graphic is a 35mm stereo camera that was made by Graflex from 1955-1960. It makes pairs of 24 x 23 mm pictures at each exposure. Viewing these images in a 3-D slide viewer creates a realistic 3D image. The camera has a fixed focus. The lenses are a pair of Graflex Graflar 35mm…
The Agfa Clack is a box camera produced by Agfa from 1954 to 1965.It is a simple, boxlike camera, with a single-element 95mm meniscus lens with built-in close-up lens and yellow filter. It takes 6×9 cm pictures on 120 film.
The Super Ikonta 530/2 is a folding camera in the Ikonta line, produced by the German company Zeiss Ikon. It takes 8 images size 6 x 9 cm on 120 type roll film. With an inlay mask it is possible to take 16 images size 4.5 x 6 cm on the same roll film. It…
The simple Spartus Full-Vue plastic pseudo-TLR was made from 1948 to 1960 by American manufacturer Spartus, later Herold Products. This model exposes 2¼” square images on 120 film. It includes a 100mm f/16 meniscus taking lens, and a shutter with 1/60th sec and “T” settings. The lens of its viewfinder is larger in diameter than…
The Praktica FX is a relatively early member of the Praktica family, a 35mm SLR introduced by KW in 1952. It accepts M42 lenses but does not have a mechanism for internally stopping down later lenses such as those made for Pentax SLRs. It is named for its dual flash sync: F (for high-speed bulbs)…
Leica R4s is a 35mm SLR film camera made in Portugal. Presented in 1983, it was based on improved electronic features like TTL flash metering and exposure modes. The R4s (S stood for Simplified) was the simplified version of the R4. The dual metering system of this camera provides spot measurements and keeps updated on the…
The Leica Mda DBP is a 35 mm rangefinder camera produced by Ernst Leitz GmbH, Germany. Serial No: 1285996. It is especially dedicated to scientific use. It does not have a viewfinder which prohibits normal use. It is equipped with a shutter ranging from one second to the thousandth and B. The housing has separate…