Olympus XA2 and Pentax ME-F pages updated
Added full contents of a little (!) XA2 brochure, and a full-page ad for the ME-F.
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Archive for October, 2009
Three New Cameras
Those boxes keep showing up!
Just posted are pictures of the Kodak Medalist II, one of the wonders of the camera world (shown),
the Canon Pellix (fixed, semi-transparent mirror), and Rollei 35 (smallest mechanical full-frame 35mm).
On my Classic Cameras site.
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Olympus Pen F, Polaroid SX-70 Sonar One Step, Kodak Vest Pocket Model B, Nikkorex F, Topcon RE Super, Kodak 35, Praktica LLC
All now on my Classic Cameras site. A few updates to other pages, too, and some new ads.
Did you know that the Kodak Vest Pocket Model B may have been the first camera to summit Mt. Everest? Or that the Polaroid SX-70 Sonar One Step was the first autofocusing SLR? Read the rest of this entry »
The Maitani Olympus Family
My Pen F came today, so now all four members of the Yoshihisa Maitani designed Olympus cameras are in residence.
Shown are the Pen (1959), Pen F (1963), OM-1 (1972), and XA2 (1980).
All but the Pen F are already on my Classic Cameras site;
I’ll have the Pen F (and a few other new arrivals) there soon.
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Seven more cameras, and a story, too
Seven more, with close-up photos but not much text yet,
on my Classic Cameras site:
Contax IIa
Kodak 35
Nkkorex F
Olympus Pen
Olympus XA2
Praktica LLC
Topcon RE Super
Here’s a quick note (edited) I posted on photo.net about three of these and three others not on the Classic Cameras site
(although the Kodak Vest Pocket will get there):
I’m always reading posts here about [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Classic Camera updates
Added text to the Contarex page. Read the rest of this entry »
Classic Cameras site updates
More cameras, more ads and reviews, more text, reorganized home page. Read the rest of this entry »
Who lists a camera at 3am?
Maybe a sleepless renter worrying about his overdue rent? A night worker on his lunch break? A musician just getting off work? I go to bed much closer to 11, and checking eBay the other night I came across this (the one bid is mine):
I really wanted an SR-2, which was the first Minolta SLR, [...] Read the rest of this entry »
