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December 3, 2020

Yashica Electro 35

Yashica Electro 35 Preamble I was looking for a camera among the rangefinders and realized that there are Yashica Electro cameras everywhere. Six of them. I remember where I got two of the lot, where one was the first in my collection. Till now I had not looked closely at them, and it seems that although they carry different model...

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November 23, 2020

Walz / Lafayette Electrick

The Walz camera brand shows little at online search. It is mentioned on the fly as both a manufacturer and distributor with no hard evidence to either. From my two decades of dealing with Japanese corporations, I can vouch that they excel in record keeping, so lack of information here is odd. I incline to believe that Walz was a...

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June 19, 2020

Yashica 35

Yashica 35 Online research is much like panning for gold. There is information like sand, but only a few and far between nuggets of any value. Moreover, most of the useful information is copied over and over, just to create a critical mass for the search engine to bite. About five years ago I looked for information about Linhof. Texts...

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August 5, 2019

Olympus 35 RC

Olympus 35 RC There are petty cameras, there are not so. It would be an endless discussion about which is which. Within the pretty cameras scale, the Olympus 35RC has a seat at the very top. Be it within the entire camera universe, for sure amongst the rangefinders. Toy companies have the ability to simplify the design of everyday objects...

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June 25, 2019

Nasco Galaxy

This little camera caught my attention on an online auction. Always looking for odd cameras, I looked it up and found little information about it, where writers relate its pedigree to different dynasties, None seem to have any basis. McKeown’s relates it to Taron PR, a camera as obscure, admittingly a look alike. It is a chameleon camera, as it...

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June 5, 2019

Olympus 35-S

Olympus 35-S and 35-S II Two cameras of the same name, of different crop and slightly different. A common phenomenon in the camera universe. The German manufacturers are notorious for producing step-up models marked with the same name, perhaps for a reason or just for legacy. In the motor industry, it is common, so a Civic is a Civic over...

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May 30, 2019

Petri Color Corrected

Petri Color Corrected Petri did achieve neither prominence nor longevity, staying in business for about half of last century. Out of some 150 models offered by them, only a dozen or so are valued for over $200, and such is by McKeown’s, where I could not find another reference to confirm it. The Petri F1.9 colour corrected super, and her...

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