A Cosina CT-( rebadged as a Miranda MS-3
Author Archives: John Margetts
Kershaw Eight-20 King Penguin.
This is a folding medium format camera of a style that that was state of the art through the first half of the 20th century. When this camera was made in the early 1950s, the design was rather passé. By the end of the 1950s, folding cameras had disappeared from mainstream photography. The camera measuresContinue reading “Kershaw Eight-20 King Penguin.”
Sida – the camera.
This is a very simple camera from Sida in Germany.
Agfa Isolette III
A folding, medium format camera from Germany from the 1950s.
Canon AL-1
Canon’s AL-1 focus assist film SLR camera from 1982.
VP Twin
A neat Bakelite camera from 1930s Britain.
Canon FX
Canon FX film SLR camera from Japan.
Nikon Nikkorex
Nikon’s first SLR camera was the professional Nikon F which introduced the F mount which is still (in modified form) in use today. In order to tap into the large enthusiast market, Nikon introduced the Nikkorex range. There were three models in the Nikkorex range. The first two models seem to have been modelled onContinue reading “Nikon Nikkorex”
Butcher’s Reflex Carbine
Antique (1925) reflex camera from England.
Petri Flex 7
Petri were a prolific maker of cameras in the 1950s, 60s and 70s — for themselves and for own-label resellers. I already have a Petri 7s rangefinder camera and a 2MTL made for Wirgin and sold as an Edixa 2MTL. It is possible that I have other Petri camera that I am not aware of.Continue reading “Petri Flex 7”