Exakta Varex IIb (Version 6 Exakta VX IIb in USA) is a 35mm film SLR camera manufactured by Ihagee East Germany and produced between 1963-1967. Exakta was an expensive camera used by professionals and serious amateurs. Beginning with the Exakta Varex, the lenses, eye-level pentaprism, and waist-level viewfinders are interchangeable within all versions. Ihagee never made…
The Brownie Starlet is a simple plastic fixed focus camera made by Kodak in 1957. It was one of the very successful “Star” series of Brownies. This is the US version “Brownie” camera. Type: Viewfinder. Manufacturer: Kodak, USA & France. Film: 127, 4 x 4cm images. Lens: Dakon two apertures. In production: 1957- 1962.
The Canon Snappy LX (Prima BF for “Big Finder” in Europe, BF 35 in Japan) of March 1992 was a 35mm compact camera for budget-conscious photographers, and was part of the Canon Snappy series. It was the first fixed focus compact to have a red-eye reduction feature. An auto date model was issued in 1994.…
The Nikon F-401 (N4004 in North America) was a beginner’s level, autofocus, 35mm, SLR film camera built by Nikon and introduced in 1987. The camera represented one of Nikon’s first endeavours into consumer-based autofocus, as a follow-up to their first autofocus SLR in 1986, the Nikon F-501 (known as the N2020 in North America). The…
Olympus AF-1 (Infinity in the US) of 1986 was the world’s first weatherproof fully automatic 35mm compact camera, earning it the nickname “Nurepika” (wet flash) in Japan. It was the first in the Olympus AF series. Lens: Zuiko 35mm, f/2.8, four elements in four groups. Closest focus distance: 2.46 feet. Battery: CR-P2 Lithium, 1 pcs.…
The Canon AF35M, by Canon Japan or the Sure Shot by Canon USA, was Canon Inc.’s first autofocus 35mm lens-shutter compact camera. It was launched in November 1979 and received the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s Good Design Award in September 1980. Lens: 38mm, f/2.8 (4 elements in 3 groups). Autofocus with the…
The Canon 3000N released in 2002, was one of Canon’s last 35mm film consumer SLR bodies for Canon EF autofocus system lenses. It had a large set of operation modes including fully automatic modes, semi-automatic modes, scene modes, and TTL flash modes. In other markets, it is also known as the EOS Rebel XS N,…
The Bilora Special Box camera was manufactured by the Kurbi & Niggeloh (Bilora) Company of Radevormwald, Germany beginning in 1954. This box camera was constructed of metal with a leatherette covering and an art deco etched faceplate. It was capable of capturing 6 X 9 cm exposures on no. 120 roll film. It was fitted…
Chaika II is a half-frame 35mm film viewfinder camera made by MMZ (Minsk Mechanical Factory) which was founded in 1957. MMZ started making optical glass and producing cameras that were developed by GOMZ (State Optical-Mechanical Factory). In 1971 it became BelOMO (Belorussian Optical and Mechanical Association). It was based in Minsk, the capital of the…
Zenit-E is a 35mm film SLR with Helios 44-2 lens, made in 1971. Zenit (Russian: 3EHNT) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) camera brand manufactured by KMZ in the town of Krasnogorsk near Moscow since 1952 and by BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s. The Zenit E does not have aperture automation, and therefore must be…