General Thoughts, discussion, origin, history What’s So Special? What’s special about this particular item Pros one two Cons one two Specifications Manufacturer: Yashica Country of Origin: Made in: Introduced: 1979 Camera Type: Lens Mount: Format: How to access film: Battery: How to access battery: Dimensions (cm): Weight: Serial: Accessories Eyecup: Strap: Extended Grip: Suggested Flashes: […]
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Canon T50 [1983]
General Thoughts, discussion, origin, history What’s So Special? What’s special about this particular item Pros one two Cons one two Specifications Manufacturer: Country of Origin: Made in: Introduced: Camera Type: Lens Mount: Format: Battery: Dimensions (cm): Weight: Serial: Accessories Eyecup: Strap: Extended Grip: Suggested Flashes: Other: Manual Butkus Additional Resources Canon Camera Museum Wikipedia MIR […]
New finds this weekend
6 new cameras for the collection this weekend… on a $17 total expenditure. First up… and I’m quite excited by this one: a 1978 Agfa Optima 1035 in fantastic condition. For $4 it was my most expensive purchase of the day. It takes 3x 625 mercury batteries (no longer available), which normally would be an […]
Yashica Electro 35 GS [1970]
The Yashica Electro 35 series cameras were extremely popular cameras in the 1960s and 1970s, which have stood the test of time quite well. The GS is a rather attractive camera with a great lens, and for better or for worse does get a bit of attention when it is brought out. I recently took […]
Revere Model 88 [1940]
An interesting WWII era filom motion picture camera using so-called “double 8mm” film. In reality this was 16mm film, which the camera exposed only one side of. Then the film would be flipped and respooled and the other side exposed. Development labs would split the film in two and splice the ends together to produce […]
Pentax Auto 110 Super [1982]
Oh my this camera is super cool. The Pentax Auto 110 Super was the second of the two Pentax SLR cameras for the super small 110 film cartridge. The Super is a minor upgrade including a self timer, and the winder now requires only one winding per film advance – the original requires two. This […]
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