Braun Paxette – a novel viewfinder camera from the 1950s
This is a look at the Braun Paxette interchangeable lens, viewfinder camera which was made by Braun of Nuremberg in the early 1950s.
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The Pentax Spotmatic SP-500 35 mm SLR, a cut-down camera?
The Pentax Spotmatic SP-500 is one of the cut-down versions of the Spotmatic series which Pentax launched after the original Spotmatic.
Yashica J-3 35 mm SLR camera
The Yashica J-3 is a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera which was made in the early 1960s and features a useful range of shutter speeds, a built in light meter, a self timer and a universal M42 lens mount.
Excellent Kodak Retina Ysarex f/2.8 50 mm lens on Fuji X-T1
In this post I’m going to show some pictures I took on my Fuji X-T1 mirrorless camera using a vintage Kodak Retina Ysarex f/2.8 50mm lens
Servicing the Argus A2F viewfinder camera
This article shows the procedure I used to service my Argus A2F viewfinder camera.
Argus A2F Art Deco, viewfinder camera
The Argus A2F camera was one of the last of a series of viewfinder cameras made in the USA in the years just before and just after the second world war.
Minolta Dynax 5000i
The Minolta Dynax 5000i SLR camera was produced by Minolta in Japan in the late 1980s as part of their second generation of auto focus, 35mm cameras.
Nikon Coolpix SQ digital camera
The Nikon Coolpix SQ was one of the last in the Coolpix series of cameras to feature the split body design where the lens unit can be rotated about an axis with the display unit.
Pentax 28 to 90mm zoom sample pictures
Some photos taken with a vintage Pentax 28 to 90mm zoom kit lens with a Pentax K5 DSLR.
Kodak Retinette type 22 from 1954
This is a short pictorial post describing the Kodak Retinette type 22, 35mm, viewfinder camera which was made by Kodak between the years 1954 and 1958.
Stripping down a Beauty Beaumat rangefinder camera
The procedure I used to strip down a Beauty Beaumat rangefinder camera.
The Interesting Beauty Beaumat 35 mm camera.
The Beauty Beaumat is a 35mm rangefinder camera with a few rather interesting features which set it aside from some of the more ‘run of the mill’ rangefinder cameras