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February 1, 2026

OPL Foca PF2B

OPL Foca family list OPL Foca PF1 OPL Foca PF2 OPL Foca Universel OPL Focaflex OPL Foca PF2B The Foca PF2 cameras were made in two generations: the 1945 Foca PF2 and the 1947 Foca PF2B, which is described on this page. Both models had their own sub-versions. The main differences between the PF2 and PF2B are the PF2B’s higher...

Categories 35 mm/France/OPL/Rangefinder Comments: 0
January 26, 2026

OPL Foca camera family list

  OPL Foca family list OPL Foca PF1 OPL Foca PF2 OPL Foca Universel OPL Focaflex OPL Foca camera family list A specific online camera research project is unpredictable. I have looked at over 300 cameras, focusing on less popular, obscure models. For the Leicas, Canons, and Nikons, there are piles upon piles of articles; adding one more write-up is...

Categories 35 mm/Folder/OPL/Rangefinder/SLR/Viewfinder Comments: 0
January 13, 2026

SITO Royer Savoy

SITO Royer Savoy Royer models family list Royer Savoy Royer Savoy II Royer Savoy III B Royer cameras I continue with the French camera streak, now with Royer cameras. Researching cameras online is a mixed bag. On one brand, there are articles by the bucket; see the Lumiere page. In other cases, such as here, there is not enough to...

Categories 120/35 mm/France/Klapp/Royer/SLR/TLR/Viewfinder Comments: 0
January 8, 2026

Lumiere Eljy

Lumiere family and Eljy Club Lumiere camera family list Lumier Eljy After doing the Gallus Derlux, the next should have been its ancestor, the Foth Derby. However, the French camera shelf still has some candidates, several SEM and Foca, with some orphans. So I picked up the Lumiere Eljy Club. Compared to the recent camera models I reviewed, here there...

Categories France/Mini camera Comments: 0
January 5, 2026

Gallus Derlux

Gallus Derlux / Derby Lux In a French streak, after the FAP Norca and the Cornu Ontobloc, I continued to the next compact model on the French shelf. The subject is the Gallus Derlux, an odd-looking camera, true to the way the French see the world. The history of this brand is shrouded in mystery, a common trait among early-...

Categories 127/France/Pop out/Viewfinder Comments: 0
December 31, 2025

Cornu Ontobloc

Cornu Ontobloc After I was done with the FAP Norca, an obscure French camera, I picked up the one next to it on the shelf, the equally obscure Cornu Ontobloc. I say ‘obscure’ because there is very little information about the brand, as if it had landed on Earth and then taken off after a brief visit. Online and in-print...

Categories 35 mm/France/Obscure/Viewfinder Comments: 0
December 28, 2025

FAP Norca C mt

FAP Norca C mt French industry made cameras since the mid-1800s, when this art was much the domain of a few mad scientists. It looks as if this local had developed in isolation from the industry leaders, the Germans. Looking at the camera concepts at the time shows a clear division between the countries: as the Germans moved into compacts,...

Categories 35 mm/France/Obscure/Viewfinder Comments: 0
December 25, 2025

ISO Duplex Super 120

ISO Duplex Super 120 Thinking about Italian cameras, what comes to mind are the mid-20th-century cameras for the masses, such as Bencini or Ferrania, which was my first-ever camera, circa 1962. Nonetheless, Italy was one of the few European countries that produced cameras since the late 1800s. The hard-to-read book Made in Italy lists over 100 manufacturers. Most early manufacturers...

Categories 120/Italy/Stereo/Viewfinder Comments: 0
December 22, 2025

GOMZ / LOMO Sputnik

GOMZ / LOMO Sputnik GOMZ(1), based in Leningrad / St. Petersburg, established in the 1930s, was one of the earliest optical equipment and camera factories in the USSR. In 1966, the company name had changed to LOMO(2).  In both incarnations, the company produced photographic and optical equipment for civilian and military use. The cameras made were basic, with one exception:...

Categories 120/GOMZ / LOMO/Rangefinder/Stereo/USSR Comments: 0
December 17, 2025

Lionel Linex Stereo

Lionel Linex Stereo Cameras are not considered objets d’art; nonetheless, they should appear their purpose, practical and eye pleasing, and well, look conventional, not avant-garde. As with any product convention, there are outliers. Take Charlie the Tuna, which could be forgiven if it was made as a premium product like so many drink cans. Take a camera that wants to...

Categories 16mm/Stereo/USA/Viewfinder Comments: 0

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