Single lens Reflex

The Single Lens Reflex category covers camera which have a reflex mirror and can be focused optically by looking through the same lens that the camera will use to take the picture. This gives advantages for not only focus; the composition is also made easier by seeing the photo exactly as the picture will be taken.

Exakta Exa 500 35mm film camera - front view with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar

Exakta Exa 500 35mm camera

The Exa line of cameras was an entry level 35mm camera made by Ihagee in Dresden, which was started as a model for people who didn’t want to go the the expense of the company’s Exakta range.

Exakta Exa II shutter repair

Showing how I repaired a sticking first curtain on my Exakta Exa II 35mm SLR camera

Exakta Exa II 35 mm SLR camera

The Exakta Exa II was a camera made by the East German Ihagee camera company in the early part of the 1960s.

Ricoh Mirai 105 35mm slr camera - Camera with lens cap removed

Ricoh Mirai 105 35 mm autofocus SLR camera

The Ricoh Mirai 105 is a point and shoot, auto exposure camera camera with quite simple controls for everyday use, and some more difficult to operate buttons on the back panel for setting things like exposure compensation and drive mode.