Sold in 1936/37 as an affordable view camera, this unit was inherited by the museum from my wife’s Grandfather, who used it for studio […]
Mamiya Universal
This is an example of the final model run that began in 1960 with the Mamiya Press, the Universal being introduced in 1969. It […]
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Argus C33
This is one of several cameras that we inherited from my wife’s Grandfather, who was a newspaperman. Known as “The Brick’ for obvious reasons, […]
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Pentax auto 110
Background This is a real oddity, a precision SLR designed around the tiny 110 film format. Pentax introduced this in 1979, at a time […]
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Pentax Spotmatic SPII
Background Introduced in 1971 along with the line of S-M-C Takumar lenses – though still all metal without the rubber grips found on the […]
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Pentax Spotmatic F
Background Launched in 1973, the Spotmatic F was the first Pentax to offer open-aperture TTL metering – 7 years after rivals had first offered […]
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Canon F-1
This represents a turning point for Canon: their first professional grade camera, introduced in March of 1971 along with a new lens mount – […]
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Canon Pellix
This is a definite odd-ball, and example of creativity attempting to solve an engineering problem: how do you capture light coming through the lens […]
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Olympus OM10
In 1972 Olympus introduced their OM line, and reset consumer expectations for the size and heft of a 35mm camera body. The various OM1/2 […]
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Pentax KM
Essentially an Spotmatic F, the KM is what many feel the K1000 should have been. Introduced alongside the KX in 1975 as it’s less […]
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