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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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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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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...

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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,...

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April 3, 2022

Kodak Retina Ib – 018

Kodak Retina Ib – 018 Kodak Retina Ib – 018 user manual Kodak Retina Ib – 018 current value Kodak Retina family Still within the Retina I realm, Kodak introduced the Ib (018) in 1954. In the tried and true Kodak tradition, three years later they’d added two other cameras under the same name, the [019-1] and the [019-2]. As...

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March 28, 2022

Kodak Retina I – 010 / 149

Kodak Retina I 010 / 149 Kodak Retina I 149 current value Kodak Retina I 010 current value Retina family page Kodak kept the Retina I coming with several style groups, having minor changes within each group. Group 1, containing 117,118, 119, and 143, had a flat top with a center-mounted viewer. Group 2, the top fascia on the 126,...

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March 21, 2022

Kodak Retina IIa – 016 / 150

Kodak Retina IIa 016 / 150 Retina IIa 150 user manual Retina IIa 016 current value Retina IIa 150 current value At the heals of the successful early Retina camera models, being viewfinders, came an improved model, a rangefinder, under the Retina II umbrella. The first models, the Retina II 122 and 142, were sold in Europe, with no official...

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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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