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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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August 14, 2022

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR

Minolta 110 Zoom SLR Minolta 110 Zoom SLR current value User manual at Butkus User manual at Pacific Rim Camera Kodak has led the photographic industry in hardware and media for most of the past century. At times, they offered new formats matched with new camera types, where all were closely followed by other manufacturers, sometimes with improved models. The...

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August 10, 2022

New Olympic Kinsi

New Olympic Kinsi Current values: New Olympic Semi Olympic Riken Semi Kinsi Riken Kinsi New Olympic Kinsi One of the obscure Japanese cameras with many fathers on record, depends on where you look. The model I have on my desk is marked ‘Kinsi’ on the front, ‘The New Olympic Camera Worlks’ on the side latch. The Kinsi is reported to...

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August 7, 2022

Hit type camera list

Hit camera list The Hit Is a type of camera, rather than a single model, a generic name derived from the first such model made by Tougodo. Common to to this type is the media, a 17.5 paper-backed film producing 14mm x 14mm images. The 17.5mm was initially meant to be slit from 35mm Bolta film, widely available in Japan....

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August 7, 2022

Rokuwa Stereo Rocca

Rokuwa Stereo Rocca User manual Current value Some weeks ago, I looked at the Nordetta 3D, for which scant information is available online or elsewhere. There is a long article in Spanish, but more than information on the Nordetta, it is a love poem to the ISO Duplex Super 120. Being tall on curiosity and short on self-control, I bought...

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