Japan Archives - Page 12 of 19 - Facts, notes and thoughts about vintage cameras and other trifle matters

December 31, 2022

Nikkormat FT

Nikon Nikkormat FT Current value User manual List number 1959 Brand Nikon Format 35mm Model Nikkormat FT Introduced 1965 AKA Nikomat FT Country Japan Qty made 105,000 Initial price Currency Type Compact SLR Body material Metal Mode Manual, needle guided Weight 750 gr, Body only Class average weight 620 gr, Body only ASA range 12-1600 Kit lens 2,0/50 Lens make...

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December 31, 2022

Olympus 35 family

Olympus 35 family Model List

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December 26, 2022

Japanese Semi and Six models

Japanese Semi and Six models The 120 format was popular worldwide from the 1930s onwards. A size that is small enough for compact, portable cameras, and large enough for contact printing. Came the war, which had ended with a large GI contingent in Japan. Buying power was there, but little to apply it for. To fill the need, a whole...

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December 15, 2022

Mamiya Six family

Mamiya Six family model list The late 1940s and the 1950s saw most Japanese camera makers offering cookie-cutter 120 klapp cameras, most named Six or Semi in one way or another. Some makers survived a further decade or two, a few have reached the next century, while most just faded away. These models were made for the local market, where...

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November 17, 2022

Canon Canonet family

Canon Canonet family model list The Canonet was introduced in 1961 as a low-cost advanced camera for a broader customer base. An automatic, plastic body viewfinder with a selenium meter around the 1.9 lens. Zone focusing with pictographs. It was received with great enthusiasm, about a million units sold. Its success had invited competition from fellow Japanese camera makers, such...

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November 10, 2022

Fujipet 35 EE

Fujipet 35 EE Fujipet EE user manual Current value: Fujipet Fujipet 35 Fujipet EE As (I think) other collectors, I buy cameras in two avenues. If something captivating comes my way, I will pick it up and also hunt for models I wish to explore. The Fujipet was unknown to me, and I grabbed it just for its intriguing name;...

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October 25, 2022

Miniature Box cameras

Miniature Box cameras Yen Baby Camera Eho Baby Box Georges Paris Gap Fotobaby List number 97050 12865 131926 Brand Baby Camera Kenkyujo Eho Altissa Georges Paris Format Cut 3*4.5 127 127 Model Baby Camera Eho Box 3×4, baby box GAP Fotobaby Black Introduced 1935 1930 1955 AKA Country Japan DDR France Qty made Initial price Currency Type Yen Box Box...

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October 11, 2022

Petri Fotochrome

Petri Fotochrome User manual Current value Describing a product as a ‘class of its own’ means exalting it, not in this case. The Fotochrome camera is in a class of its own; in the worst possible way. I am looking at this camera in search of anything positive, minor as could be, in vain. It exemplifies a miserable idea, bad...

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October 5, 2022

Petri Color 35 E

Petri Color 35 E Fully Automatic Petry Color 35 E user manual Current values Petri Color 35 E Ihagee Exa 35 E Brown Phokina Compact 35 S Cosina Compact 35 S Petri Micro Compact In the 1960s, photography became accessible to all walks of life. The rigid contact print formats gave way to the Kodak 135 format, so old-style...

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September 21, 2022

Pentax Auto 110 Super

Pentax Auto 110 Super User manual Current value, the camera only Current value, full outfit Three years after the Pentax Auto 110 launch, Pentax presented the ‘Super’ version, adding a few features to the early model. Physical size and appearance stayed the same; the differences are: A self-timer with a LED indicator marked S on the selector. A shutter lock,...

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