I already have an Olympus OM camera – the OM10. The OM10 is an amateur camera – aperture priority exposure meter and very clumsy manual mode. This OM1 is a professional camera. It is entirely manual and entirely mechanical. That means it will work with no battery and will even work if the meter dies.The … More Olympus OM1n
This is a 35mm SLR film camera from 1977. Ity is very reminescent of an Asahi Pentax. Interestingly, Fuji (as Fujifilm) are one of the few companies to still make film cameras – the Fuji Instax. So, this is an all manual film camera using the standard M42 lens mount thread introduced by eastern Zeiss … More Fujica ST605
This is an amazing title camera. It was introduced by Cosina in 1979/80 and, amazingly, is still available new (rebadged as a Nikon FM10) in 2017. In those years, (nearly 40!), that the Cosina CT1 has been produced, it has been sold in the slightly updated form of the CT1 Super as the Nikon FM10, … More Cosina CT1
This camera is a rebadged Franka 125L 35 mm camera sold by Boots the Chemists in the UK. At least, it was sold to me as a Boots pacemaker 35LM. The name badge (13 x 18 mm) on the lower left of the front has fallen off and what remains could be the Pacemaker 35LM, … More Franka 125L (aka Boots Pacemaker 35LM)
This camera dates from 1987 and was not very successful commercially. It is at the transition from the ‘standard’ manual SLR camera that was usual at the time to the later fully automatic cameras that were usual by the end of the 1980s. Unfortunately for Yashica, their approach to automation was a developmental dead-end – … More Yashica 230-AF SLR camera
This is Voigtlander’s attempt to cash in on the Rolleiflex design. As well as this cheaper model, they also produced a much more expensive model called the Superba. This camera looks exactly like a TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) – and it is: it hs two lenses and the viewing lens is reflex; it looks via … More Voigtlander Brillant "TLR" camera
As I have mentioned elsewhere in this blog, Cosina have an undeservedly poor reputation. In fact, in addition to their own designs made under their Owen name, they make cameras for the big-name camera companies. The event Zeiss Ikon rangefinder was made by Cosina as are many Carl Zeiss and Voigtlander lenses. Cosina CSM This … More Cosina CSM
orthochromatic sensitive to blue and green light. The name means ‘correct colour’. Orthochromatic film can be handled with a normal darkroom safe-light. panchromatic sensitive all colours – the usual film that is currently available. Must be handled in complete darkness. PC socket Prontor-Compur. Named after the two most prominent shutter manufacturers from the mid-20th century. … More Glossary of Photographic Terms (O to Z)
Karat cassette Agfa’s answer to Kodak’s 135 film in the (now ubiquitous) cassette. Introduced in 1936, it was almost identical to the later Agfa Rapid cassette. Leader The first part of the film in a 35 mm cassette. It is trimmed to about half the width of the film. leaf shutter A shutter either … More Glossary of Photographic Terms (J to N)
110 film A very small film format, held in a light-proof cartridge designed for easy loading. Now obsolete 120 size film Roll film that measures 60 mm across and is long enough for 8 off 6×9, 12 off 6×6 or 16 off 6×4.5 negatives. Still available. 126 film Film slightly smaller than 35 mm … More Glossary of Photographic terms (A to E)
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