This came from a local sale. The owner wanted to offload a bunch of 4 or 5 older cameras, all original purchases from his family. It was a simple “lets meet and haggle” type arrangement. His post didn’t even list this camera, and had a slightly blurry photo which included a nice Argus Astigamatic and […]
SLR
Mamiya ZE [1980]
One of the last 35mm cameras from Mamiya, yet it still showcases innovation from this long time Japanese manufacturer. I received my copy as part of a camera swap. It uses a unique battery loader, utilizing a plastic carriage which holds four LR44 type batteries as a series, which as a whole inserts in the […]
Polaroid SX-70 [1972]
This SX-70 was picked up along with a collection of many other cameras. It worked out to about $5 per camera in the box, though this and the beautiful Polaroid 95a were surely the cream of the crop. Unlike the SX-70 Alpha SE, this model does not have a tripod mount, nor the strap lugs. […]
Polaroid SX-70 Alpha SE [1977]
My first Polaroid SX-70, the Alpha SE, came from a happenstance last minute run through an estate sale in my local neighborhood. Two of the cameras which had been for sale had still not been sold: a beat up old Minolta which I passed on, as well as a Polaroid SX-70, Alpha SE with the […]
Canon FX [1964]
As my collection of Canon cameras filled out, I became enamored with early Canon FL mount cameras. Canon is the only major manufacturer to orphan lens mounts from time to time, although the current EF mount has been around for 30 years now, since 1986. Given its prominence in Canon history, and quite frankly the […]
Canon T90 [1986]
I first became interested in Canon cameras after I purchased my first DSLR, a Canon XTi/400D in 2007. Somewhere along the line I learned it could be tinkered with through the CHDK project, and along the way I became interested in Canon history. At the time I didn’t see myself eventually gaining an interest in […]