Category: Mini camera

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,...

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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,...

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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....

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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September 22, 2018

Konica AA-35

Konica AA-35 / Konica Recorder Konica AA-35 current value Konica Recorder current value 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...

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