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February 15, 2026

Rodehuser Panta

Rodehuser Panta When I built my vintage camera database, I harvested information from any available source and sieved it for duplications and errors. Having said that, all was done manually. The result is a list of just under 28,000 models, which is user-searchable at camdex.ca. The downside is that much of the information is derived from cameras offered for sale/sold...

Categories 120/127/Germany/Viewfinder Comments: 0
February 4, 2026

OPL Focaflex

  OPL Foca family list OPL Foca PF1 OPL Foca PF2 OPL Foca Universel OPL Focaflex OPL Focaflex The time is mid-last century. The war ended a decade ago, and Europe is in a rebuilding mode. The middle class is recovering, and the art of photography is no longer the domain of artists and technocrats. The 35mm format is used...

Categories 35 mm/France/OPL/SLR Comments: 0
February 4, 2026

OPL Foca Universel

  OPL Foca family list OPL Foca PF1 OPL Foca PF2 OPL Foca Universel OPL Focaflex OPL Foca Universel The FCA Universal is a rangefinder camera introduced after the PF2 and PF3, as a step-up model. There was no major difference between the cameras, just a slight gradual improvement.  There were five models: Foca Universel, 1948, rangefinder, knob winder, slow-speed...

Categories 35 mm/France/OPL/Rangefinder Comments: 0
February 4, 2026

OPL Foca PF1

  OPL Foca family list OPL Foca PF1 OPL Foca PF2 OPL Foca Universel OPL Focaflex OPL Foca PF1 The second model in the Foca line was the PF1, which came after the PF2. I’m not sure about the rationale behind this convention, but looking for logic in camera makers’ naming systems is not for mortals. See more information about...

Categories 35 mm/France/OPL/Viewfinder Comments: 0
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

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