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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...

120/Japan/Olympus/Viewfinder Comments: 0

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....

Hit/Japan/Mini camera Comment: 1

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...

120/Japan/Stereo Comment: 1

August 4, 2022

Motoshima Zeitax

Motoshima Zeitax Zeitax current value: Folding viewer Tube viewer Optical viewer Just a handful of sources are available on the Zeitax camera. Camera-wiki page mentions some references, but most end with a dead link. It mentions that the Zeitax is related to the Condor Semi cameras, which judging by the image it is. A step further down the heritage line...

120/Japan/Klapp/Obscure Comments: 0

July 30, 2022

Houghton Ticka

Houghton Ticka User manual at Butkus, incomplete User manual I downloaded from somewhere. In 1865 Alice sat under a tree in the meadow where a white rabbit was rushing by. That seemed of no particular significance, save for a rabbit carrying a large pocket watch and grumbling about being late. From here, Alice lumbered into Wonderland to become world famous,...

Sub compact/UK Comments: 0

June 29, 2022

Oehler Infra

Oehler Infra Oehler Infra current value In post-war Japan, about half a million allied troops stayed for nearly a decade. The economy was in tatters, so the allied poured much effort and money to rebuild it, not the least of which was the soldiers’ buying power supplementing it. There were few outlets for that cash, as GIs would only buy...

Karat/Obscure/Viewfinder/West Germany Comments: 0

June 22, 2022

Hunter Gilbert

R.F. Hunter Gilbert R.F. Hunter Gilbert current value In the middle of the 20th century, RF Hunter was a photo equipment distributor in London, selling German-made cameras before the war and both East and West German models after. Names that come to mind are Steiner and Purma et al. The Gilbert is the single camera that Hunter made, proudly designed...

120/Box/UK Comments: 3

June 20, 2022

Vredeborch Nordetta 3D

Vredeborch Nordetta 3D Vredeborch Nordetta 3D current value For camera collectors, vintage cameras come in several interest levels. It ranges from the nobility, such as the Leitz and Rollei, to the plebeians. Somewhere by the bottom sits the short-lived, low-tech Vredeborch brand. Vredeborch produced about 90 models, perhaps even less, discounting name variants. Today, their cameras hardly show up for...

127/Obscure/Stereo/West Germany Comments: 0

April 13, 2022

Kodak Retina I – 013

Kodak Retina I – 013 Kodak Retina I – 013 current value| Korak Retina family page The Retina I 013 was the last designated at this name, but not the last in Kodak tradition of using the same name for different camera models. At the same time, it is the first of three similar-looking models, followed by the 1a and...

35 mm/Klapp/Kodak/USA Comments: 0

April 11, 2022

Kodak Retina Ia – 015

Kodak Retina Ia – 015 Kodak Retina Ia – 015 user manual Kodak Retina Ia – 015 current value Retina family page Made for the European market, the 015 is uncommon in the used market in Canada and the US. Other European models were manufactured in France, while this came out of Stuttgart. Similar overall appearance to the earlier 013,...

35 mm/Kodak/USA Comments: 0