The Balda Baldessa 1B is a 35mm coupled rangefinder camera with built in light meter and a rather unusual focus control and film advance placement. It was made in about 1958 (as I was oddly enough) and has a rather nice, curvy feel.
The E-20p is a solid, well constructed camera with a really good set of controls making it simple to adjust almost any parameter you can think of as you take pictures.
The OM-40 is a manual focus, 35mm slr with various exposure modes, pattern or 'off the film' metering, DX coded automatic film speed selection and an improved viewfinder display.
I couple of days ago I cleaned up the frame advance mechanism on my Agfa Karat 35 mm viewfinder camera, but the one remaining area which still needed attention was the focus mechanism. When I received the camera the front element was seized almost completely solid, and I couldn't turn the lens, so in order to […]
This post describes how I stripped down and cleaned up the Agfa Karat film advance/frame counter assembly, which is found under the top cover of the camera
The Finetta 88 is an attractive and interesting 35mm viewfinder camera with an interchangeable lens, 4 shutter speeds and a lightweight, aluminum construction.
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