Cameras – Page 22 – Facts, notes and thoughts about vintage cameras and other trifle matters

September 21, 2022

Pentax Auto 110 Super

Pentax Auto 110 Super User manual Current value, the camera only Current value, full outfit Three years after the Pentax Auto 110 launch, Pentax presented the ‘Super’ version, adding a few features to the early model. Physical size and appearance stayed the same; the differences are: A self-timer with a LED indicator marked S on the selector. A shutter lock,...

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September 19, 2022

Canon rangefinders family

Canon Rangefinders family model list After the war, the Japanese camera makers embarked on making Leica clones, selling them like a fire in the bushes. The local GI contingent was the early target market and thereafter exported same to the US. Most makers are just a memory, such as Tanaka and Nicca, Reise and Leotax, Meguro and Zenobia, and more. Canon...

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September 14, 2022

Becnini Comet 3

Becnini Comet 3 Comet 3 / III current value More about Bencini The Italian camera industry, which is no more, had a few high-end camera makers and some that made cameras for all, to meet the up-and-coming hobby. The flag bearers were Ferrania and Bencini. I may favor Ferrania as my first camera, back in 1962 or about that was...

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September 8, 2022

Goerz Minicord III

Goerz Minicord III Minicord user manual Current value, Minicord variations: Minicord Minicord III Minicord III brown Minicord III Gold Minicord III Silver The list of countries that made cameras is pretty short. The first country that comes to mind is Germany as a single entity that later split into East and West and, after unification, hardly anything. With a slow...

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September 3, 2022

Sugaya Minimax 110 EE

Sugaya Minimax 110 EE Sugaya Minimax 110 EE current value Haste makes waste. I was working on the Pentax 110 SLR cameras when I noted a remark about an obscure (to me) camera, the Sugaya Minimax 110 EE, being the forerunner of the Pentax 110 cameras. Before long, I had one on my desk. Besides physical size and format,...

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August 30, 2022

Hasselblad 500 C/M

Hasselblad 500 C/M Current values: 500 C/M 500 C/M 25th anniversary 500 C/M 30th anniversary 500 C/M 50th anniversary 500 C/M Black / Gold Exclusive 500 C/M Colours 500 C/M SE Victor Hasselblad List number 6271 Brand Hasselblad Format Medium Model 500 C/M Introduced 1970 AKA Country Sweden Qty made Initial price Currency Type Medium format SLR Body material...

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August 28, 2022

KMZ Zenit Photosniper FS-12

KMZ Zenit Photosniper FS-12 Zenit 12 XP User manual Photosniper FS12 user manual Current value – Photosniper FS-12 Current value Zenit 12XP KMZ Zenit models list The Photosniper (anglicized from Fotosniper) is a line of camera kits made of a telephoto lens hooked to an SLR camera with a gun-like stock. There are several models: Model Year Stock Camera Qty...

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August 24, 2022

KMZ Zenit 11

KMZ Zenit 11 Zenit 11 user manual Zenit 11 current value KMZ Zenit models list In the mid-1980s, I was posted to Zambia, one of the nicest places on earth, people and landscape and the best weather one could wish for. Alas, dirt poor. With the economy centered around agriculture, we dealt with such implements and, at a certain time,...

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August 22, 2022

Pentax Auto 110

Pentax Auto 110 User manual Current value: Black, full outfit Clear Maroon After Minolta married the #110 format with an SLR body to conceive the 110 Zoom SLR, the idea resonated with Pentax. So, when Minolta introduced the Mark II, Pentax presented a similar concept but a different uptake with a smaller and more versatile model. A kit, or a...

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August 17, 2022

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mark II

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Mark II User manual Current camera value The Minolta 110 Zoom SLR, the first of the four 110-format SLR camera models ever made, was not a great success. Although an able instrument, it didn’t fly off the shelves. Introduced in 1976, it was promptly killed and, by 1979, replaced by a sibling, the 110 Zoom Mark...

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