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Gamma II (1947)

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Published: September 3, 2024 14:29

This is a Gamma II, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Gamma Officine Meccaniche de Precisione in Rome, Italy between the years 1947 and 1950.  The Gamma II was the first in a series of Gamma cameras and the only one with a unique bayonet lens mount.  Later…

Join Us on the Next Camerosity Podcast

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Published: August 30, 2024 20:32

It’s that time again to send out the announcement for another recording of the Camerosity Podcast.  For Episode 76, the guys and I are going to tackle a subject we know VERY well, which is buying and selling cameras.  With Paul Rybolt on the Camerosity…

Chinon Bellami (1980)

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Published: August 27, 2024 14:26

This is a Chinon Bellami, a compact 35mm point and shoot camera made by Chinon International Corp in Tokyo, Japan starting in 1980.  The Chinon Bellami was one of the smallest full frame 35mm cameras ever made and has a design and feature set very…

Pentacon Super (1968)

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Published: August 20, 2024 14:27

This is a Pentacon Super, a 35mm SLR made by Kombinat VEB Pentacon Dresden between the years 1968 and 1972.  The Pentacon Super was the sole attempt by Pentacon to build a professional level SLR.  It had a number of features such as an interchangeable…

Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 40-80mm f/2.8

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Published: August 16, 2024 13:37

In the early days of still photography, the idea of a variable focal length lens was fantasy.  Since the dawn of photography, lens designers, engineers, and mathematicians worked at calculating optical formulas to correct for astigmatism, coma, spherical…

Episode 75: The Definitive Pentax Podcast with Gerjan van Oosten

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Published: August 15, 2024 17:52

A brand of camera that we’ve talked quite a bit about on this show is Pentax, but in every episode where this brand came up, the same book and author gets brought up as a great resource for screw mount Pentax and Takumar lenses, which is “The…

Fujifilm GF670 Professional (2010)

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Published: August 14, 2024 14:44

This is a Fujifilm GF670 Professional, a folding dual format medium format rangefinder camera, jointly made by Cosina and Fujifilm of Japan.  The Fujifilm GF670 went on sale in March 2010 and was one of the very last Fujifilm cameras and shoots both 6cm x…

Ilford Witness (1953)

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Published: August 7, 2024 15:42

This is an Ilford Witness, a 35mm rangefinder camera made in 1953 by Peto Scott Electrical Instruments for Ilford of London, England.  The Witness was a very ambitious camera, first designed in 1947 by ex employees of Leitz and Zeiss-Ikon.  It incorporated…

Join Us on the Next Camerosity Podcast

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Published: August 3, 2024 22:33

We are happy to announce not only a special guest for the next episode of the Camerosity Podcast, but also a special time.  For Episode 75, we are pleased to welcome author and Pentax historian, Gerjan van Oosten, author of the excellent reference book,…

Braun Paxette Reflex Automatic (1958)

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Published: July 30, 2024 13:46

This is a Paxette Reflex Automatic, a 35mm single lens reflex camera made by Braun Nurnberg in Nuremberg, West Germany between the years 1958 and 1960.  The Braun Paxette Automatic was an SLR version of the long running Braun Paxette series which consisted…