35mm half frame – Camera Collector Pages

September 3, 2020

Taron Chic

At the heels of the WZFO Alfa comes another odd, vertical camera, the Taron Chic. At the heels is not entirely correct as it refers to the order it is being presented on this site, where the Taron Chic was introduced a year earlier than the WZFO Alfa. The difference is that the Chic is a nicely balanced looking camera,...

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September 25, 2019

Konica Autoreflex Half Frame

Konica Autoreflex Half Frame The year is 1966. The world camera makers rush to design and introduce compact SLR cameras. Saying ‘world’ and ‘compact SLR’ would seem all-inclusive, which is not. The Brits, Italian, French and American have all but abandoned the high-end camera lines. The only real players yet were Germany, both East and West, USSR and Japan. USSR...

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August 29, 2019

WZFO Alfa

To its given luck, the Polish nation is located in between western and eastern Europe. On the face of it, it couldn’t be better, being a commercial and cultural gateway between the two. Regrettably, it was not so as each invading power marching either east or west had passed through this land, in turn imposing rules and forced culture upon...

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March 31, 2019

Olympus Pen Family

Olympus Pen family Pen EE Pen EE-3 Pen EES-2 Pen EM Model Year Meter Distance Shoe Flash sync Timer Flash Lens Pen 1959 Selenium 3.5 Pen S 1960 Selenium X X X 2.8 Pen D 1962 Selenium X 1.9 Pen D2 1964 CdS X 3.5 Pen D3 1965 CdS X 3.5 Pen D3 EL 1965...

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March 12, 2019

Olympus Pen F Family

Olympus Pen F Family I became aware of the Olympus Pen F and variants about five years ago. Excuse my ignorance. Once I read about that line I wanted one, and fast. There were some on eBay, costly, so I settled on a one from a fellow Ontarian which was cheap. The camera,l not the fellow Ontarian. The seller had...

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September 22, 2018

Konica AA-35

Konica AA-35 / Konica Recorder My first encounter with the Konica AA-35 was incidental. I had records of it and its sister, the Konica Recorder, but never paid attention to them. They looked like another entrant to the Japanese endless point and shoot parade. I went to pick up a couple of Pen F cameras where the seller motioned that...

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