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February 28, 2022

Topcon SLR family

Topcon SLR family in order of introduction. Topcon had an early start in SLR cameras, where the first models were groundbreaking. The affair lasted about twenty years, where the late models were lackluster reincarnations of the glorious ones. In the US, Topcon sold under Beseler’s name, while in OZ under Hanimex. Several other models were rebranded or made per distributors’...

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February 25, 2022

Canon Pellix

Canon Pellix / Pellix QL Canon Pellix user manual Canon Pellix current value Canon Pellix QL current value Since the great war, Canon made a name for themselves by making rangefinders and Leica-style cameras. However, the trendsetters of the time, the German camera makers of both sides of the partition lines, moved into the next step in photography, the compact...

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February 11, 2022

Olympus OM-10

Olympus OM-10 Olympus OM-10 user manual The current value of OM-10 variations: Olympus OM-10 Olympus OM-10 FC Olympus OM-10 Quartz The OM-1, the first in the Olympus OM camera line, was introduced in 1973 to a thriving reception. It had two slight variants and even a NASA version. Close on its heels came the OM-2, adding automatic control, and after...

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February 8, 2022

Olympus OM-2S / 2SP

Olympus OM-2S / 2SP Olympus OM-2S / 2SP user manual Olympus OM-2S current value Olympus OM-2SP current value The next Olympus OM SLR on my shelf is an OM-2S. In my library, I could find references to the OM cameras described earlier; this model seems to be out of favour. The only source describing it in some detail is the...

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February 7, 2022

Olympus OM-2

Olympus OM-2 Olympus OM-2 user manual Olympus OM-2 current value: OM-2 OM-2 Black OM-2 MD OM-2 MD Black OM-2 N OM-2 N black OM-2 N MD Two years after the OM-1 introduction, Olympus came out with the next great camera, the OM-2. Here they added an automatic option, the only feature missing on the OM-1. The auto mode is...

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February 4, 2022

Olympus OM-1

Olympus OM-1 Olympus OM-1 user manual Olympus OM-1 current prices: ON-1 OM-1 Black OM-1 MD OM-1 N MD After the war, the newly introduced 35mm format influenced the hobbyist camera styles into smaller models, away from the 120 / 127 formats. The war technology contributed to advances in optics, so enlargers for 35mm formats were now affordable, making contact prints...

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January 29, 2022

Yashica FX-2

Yashica FX-2 Yashica FX-2 user manual Yashica FX-2 current value The Yashica TLR lineup had followed a traditional pattern, evolving in technology and style as other manufacturers. In 1983 Yashica was swallowed by Kyocera, a hi-tech, we-do-it-all corporation, and the scope had shifted from ‘optical products as an objective’ to ‘optics included in other products’. The FX cameras were the...

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January 12, 2022

Yashica FR-II

Yashica FR-II Yashica FR-II user manual Yashica FR-II current value Yashica’s third group of compact SLR, the FR and FX cameras, came to compete with the Canons and the Pentax SLRs. The Yashica RF was first in this line, a shutter priority, a stripped-down version of the popular Contax RTS. It was followed by the FR-I, an aperture priority or...

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January 10, 2022

Yashica FX-3 Super 2000

Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 user manual Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 current value The best thing I can say about a camera is that there is nothing to say about it. I go through quite a few (many) cameras and need to decipher the designer’s thoughts and ideas. In some cases, it is easy; in others, it...

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January 9, 2022

Yashica FX-D

Yashica FX-D Yashica FD-X current value Yashica FD-X user manual There is also a SE version. Could not find any reference to it, assume it is Special Edition. Most past camera makers were identified with a particular camera style. Zeiss and Leitz with rangefinders, Pentax with SLR, Cannon with rangefinders and SLRs, and so forth. Leitz made SLR cameras, but...

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