Mini camera Archives - Facts, notes and thoughts about vintage cameras and other trifle matters

April 26, 2026

Chinon Bellami

Chinon Bellami Camdex list number 7861 Brand Chinon Model Bellami Manual Butkus Value Bellami Bellami Anniversary Revue 35 CC Format 35mm Introduced 1980 AKA Revue 35 CC Country Japan Qty made Initial price 26,800 Currency Yen Type Viewfinder Body material Plastic Mode Auto Weight 230 gr, Body with lens, w/o flash Class average weight 215 gr, Body with lens, w/o...

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January 8, 2026

Lumiere Eljy

Lumiere family and Eljy Club Lumiere camera family list Lumier Eljy After doing the Gallus Derlux, the next should have been its ancestor, the Foth Derby. However, the French camera shelf still has some candidates, several SEM and Foca, with some orphans. So I picked up the Lumiere Eljy Club. Compared to the recent camera models I reviewed, here there...

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December 15, 2023

Bolta Photavit

Bolta Photavit Preamble Using online sources for camera research is challenging, as available information does not always tally. In extreme cases, it seems like the tale about blind people describing an elephant, where each portrays the part he touches. Consulting the printed guides, one may find different classifications for a camera line, which adds to the uncertainty. Cameras in focus,...

828/Bolta/Germany/Mini camera/Viewfinder Comments: 0

October 19, 2022

Ducati Simplex

Ducati Simplex Ducati Simplex current value Ducati Sogno current value After WWI, Italy was rebuilding its industrial infrastructure, boosted by a government ministry created for this purpose. The traditionally industrial north saw heavyweights and entrepreneurs getting into industries championed by the Germans. Such was the Ducati family, who set shop in Bologna, making small engines and branching into optical instruments...

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September 3, 2022

Sugaya Minimax 110 EE

Sugaya Minimax 110 EE Sugaya Minimax 110 EE current value Haste makes waste. I was working on the Pentax 110 SLR cameras when I noted a remark about an obscure (to me) camera, the Sugaya Minimax 110 EE, being the forerunner of the Pentax 110 cameras. Before long, I had one on my desk. Besides physical size and format,...

110/Japan/Mini camera/Sugaya/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....

Japan/Mini camera Comment: 1

October 13, 2021

Nagel Ranca

Dr. Nagel Ranca Nagel Ranca 46/0 current value Nagel Ranca 46/1 current value I got this Ranca at the first break after the first COVID wave, following a long dry period of not adding any new camera. I drove upcountry for over an hour to pick up a Rollei when the seller pulled out “another old camera”. Nikon, Canon,...

127/Mini camera/Viewfinder/West Germany Comments: 2

September 12, 2021

Rich-Ray Richlet

Rich-Ray Richlet Current Richlet value An online search for a camera returns loads upon loads of entries. It is rare that only a few entries are found. Such is the case with the Richlet, made by Rich-Ray. I saw this camera while searching on Buyee, which is the online equivalent of a slot machine. The camera was odd, unlike any...

Bolta/Japan/Mini camera/Obscure Comments: 0

March 31, 2019

Olympus Pen Family

Olympus Pen family Olympus pen current value Model Year Meter Distance Shoe Flash sync Timer Flash Lens Qty made Pen 1959 Selenium 3.5 27,000 Pen S 1960 Selenium X X X 2.8 645,000 Pen D 1962 Selenium X 1.9 265,000 Pen D2 1964 CdS X 3.5 140,000 Pen D3 1965 CdS X...

35mm half frame/Japan/Mini camera/Olympus/Point and shoot/Viewfinder Comments: 2

March 29, 2019

Leica Minilux Zoom

Leica Minilux Zoom This camera, together with a Yashica T4 I have does not really belong here. I picked up an old Soviet camera, where the owner suggested she has another one. It did not fit within my interest range, but the price was right so I took it. Think it is made by Minolta, so the only halo it...

Leitz/Mini camera/Point and shoot/Viewfinder Comments: 0

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