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Decade Camera Manufactured : 1940 to 1949

A picture of the Kodak 35 Rangefinder camera
A look at one of the strangest 35 mm rangefinder cameras that Kodak produced, the 1940 Kodak 35 rangefinder.
A Picture of the Kodak Flash Bantam Art Deco camera
A look at a miniature camera from the 1940s, the Kodak Flash Bantam which, together with a roll of 828 film, must have captured many happy memories.
A Picture of the Voigtlander Vito II 35mm folding camera.
A look at a nice little Voigtlander Vito II viewfinder folding camera that was made by Voigtlander sometime between 1949 and 1954.
Argus A2F Viewfinder Camera - Side view with lens collapsed
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.
Ciro-Flex TLR sample pictures - A goose at Fairlands Lake
A Short article featuring sample photos taken with the Ciro-Flex TLR camera
Ciro-Flex medium format twin lens reflex camera - Side view showing focus and film advance knobs
The ciro-flex is quite a simple camera in design, with no complex frame counting or film advance mechanism and so, once the shutter and focus are correctly set, there isn't much to go wrong with it.
Ciro-flex  repair - Refitting the sync leads
Covering the repair of a Ciroflex TLR camera.
Ciro-Flex TLR  shutter strip down - shutter blades re positioned
This article covers the strip down and servicing of the shutter used in the CiroFlex TLR camera
Voigtlander Vito 35mm folding camera
A look at a 35mm folding camera made by Voigtlander the Voigtlander Vito from about 1947
Zeiss Ikon Nettar II 517/16 front view of lens
This post describes a Zeiss Ikon Nettar II folding camera which was made in about 1949 and takes type 120 film
Kodak Brownie Reflex camera with viewscreen unfolded
This is the first part of my review of one of Kodak's very popular cameras from the early 1950's - the Kodak Brownie Reflex.
Voigtlander bessa 66 sample picture - The church in Teverham near Norwich
My experiences and some sample photos from using a Voigtlander Bessa 66 folding camera.

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