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Expo Watch Camera

Item is a small novelty film camera that is disguised as a railroad pocket watch, first produced into early 1900's and sold until 1939. The exposure is made through the winding stem and the winding knob serves as a lens cap, and required special film cartridges. The camera is relatively common, as it was marketed for so long and several variations exist in the "Expo" trademark style, the winding knob, and the viewfinder shape. Black, red, blue enameled versions produced about 1935 are rarer. Item has its original box and triangular viewfinder, but the lens cap is missing.

Voigtlander Vitoret 110 EL

Item is a Pocket 110 subminiature still camera. Lanthar F5.6/24mm lens. Has programmed mechanical shutter with 4 weather symbols. Has wrist strap, and hot shoe attachment. Includes manual.

McKoewn, Pg. 971

Minolta 16MG

Item is a subminiature camera from the Minolta series, with detachable dedicated electronic flash, carrying case, presentation case, strap and lens filters. Many accessories were available for this model, including a slide projector, enlarger, and laboratory equipment.

Voigtlander Bessy AK

Item is a camera for use with 126 film. Includes a swing out AG1 flash reflector in body, automatic parallax correction. Three focusing symbols are visible in finder. In autoflash mode distance coupled to aperture. Prontor-matic V 30-125. Automatic shutter priority mode with selenium cell. With colour lanthar f.28-38mm.

Lens: Voigtlander Lanthar f.8/38mm
Shutter: prontor-matic

Nishika N8000

Item is a four-lens, three-dimensional camera, originally developed by the Nimslo company, the Nishika copies were created after Nimslo was taken over by Nishika in 1989. The camera has a plastic body and 4 identical lenses, a fixed 1/60th shutter that exposes the four square images in synch. When exposed, the 35mm film had to be sent to specialty labs equipped for autostereo (lenticular) colour printing, which produced a true stereo image without the use of glasses. This process was also developed by Nims and Lo, of the original company.

Olympus OM-2 camera

Item is a 35mm camera, similar to the Olympus OM-1 MD, but fully automatic aperture-priority metering. World's first camera with OTF (off-the-film) metering. Chrome. Item comes with 2 manuals.

Olympus Optical Company Limited

Kiev-4

Item is a 35 mm rangefinder camera with a smaller and more sensitive exposure meter than the Kiev-3 and 3A. This was an imitation of the CONTAX II, it was built after the original tools had been removed from the Zeiss factory at Jena. The lens is a Jupiter-8M, f=2/50mm.

Kiev

Polaroid Automatic 230

Item is a folding, rangefinder, snapshot camera for instant photographs with Polaroid 200 series pack film. Body is grey plastic and does not have a tripod socket, includes a 3-element f8.8 lens. Manuals, accessory flash, timer and carrying case included.

Polaroid Corporation

Polaroid One Step EXPRESS

Item is a snapshot camera with built-in flash for instant photographs with Polaroid 600 film. Includes a close-up feature, fold-down flash bar and single element, fixed-focus plastic lens and automatic exposure metering. Camera body is green plastic. This model was built in England.

Polaroid Corporation

Polaroid One Step

Item is an updated version of the original One Step. Typical consumer Polaroid - Black plastic body with flash - uses 600 film with built-in electronic flash

Vivitar EF35

Item is a basic fixed focus point and shoot camera for photographs on 35mm film. Includes built-in flash, motorized film transport, and 38 mm lens.

Sure Shot 105 zoom s

Item is a typical point and shoot camera. Motor driven, auto exposure, auto focus. Has a small screen on the back ofr various indications. Small built-in pop-up flash. Includes carrying case and strap.

Canon Inc.

Minolta Autopak 400-X

Item is an automatic snapshot camera for photographs on 126 film cartridges. The Minolta model is higher quality than many of the inexpensive, basic cameras for 126 cartridges. While the operation of the camera is simple, the engineering design is complex. One feature of most Minolta Autopak cameras was the ability to keep a flashcube mounted on the camera at all times, allowing the camera to authomatically fire the flash if needed. This later became common with electronic flashes, but was unusual during the age of flashcubes and x-cubes.

This model is a 400-X: cartridge loading camera with automatic slenium metering and Rokkor f2.8/38mm glass lens with fixed focus. No batteries required for meter or flash.

Power Shot A70

Item is one of the later generations of digital still cameras that also included a feature that enabled limited length moving picture recording (including audio), depending on the size of Memory Card installed. The Resolution is 3.2 Megapixels. There is a Macro setting to 2 inches. Camera uses 4AA batteries.

Canon PowerShot A570

Item is a digital rangefinder, 7 megapixel camera for photographs on SD card. Model includes optical finder, image stabilizer, and 4X zoon. Lens is a Canon 5.8 -32.2, f 1:2.6-5.5. Uses 2 AA batteries.

Canon Inc.

Tire Camera RE47

Item is a small camera designed to resenble a tire. Used with 110 cartridge film, includes a Meniscus F11 lens, and single-speed shutter. This is a promotional item from the Birdgestone Tire company. Comes with original box, instruction guide and wrist strap.

McKoewn, Pg. 801

Cine Kodak K 100

Item is a range-finder, 16 mm motion picture camera for amateur, home use. The spring wound moter will shoot 40 feet of film before needing to be rewound.

Ihagee Rulex camera

Item is an early folding plate camera with a Rulex triple anastigmat F13, 1:4 lens and an unmarked compound shutter. Includes both a brilliant viewfinder and optical direct finder.

Brownie Target SIX-20

For 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. exposure on 620 film Acromatic lens, 2 aperture settings, rotary shutter. Metal and leatherette case. Case will not separate to open camera.

Kodak Brownie Twin 20

Item is a plastic box camera for 12 6 x 6 cm (2.36" x 2.36") exposures on 620 film. Simple, single speed shutter and flash synch and double exposure prevention.

Kodak Duaflex II

Item is a mock twin lens reflex camera with Bakelite body and metal fittings, for use with 620 roll film. Designed to mimic the look of a twin lens camera, the topmost "lens" is in fact a brilliant viewfinder; it is a simple box camera design. The f8 lens has a 3 aperture settings.

Voigtlander Brilliant

Item is a mock twin lens reflex camera with Bakelite body and metal fittings, for use with 120 roll film. Designed to mimic the look of a twin lens camera, the topmost "lens" is in fact a brilliant viewfinder used only to frame the view and not to focus.

No. 3 Brownie camera, model B

Item is a wooden box camera with leatherette covering for large 8.25 x 10.8 cm (3.25 x 4.25") exposures on 124 film. The design is simple, with a fixed focus and shutter speed. The roll film was advanced past the lens manually with a small crank. The original sales price was $4.00.

Agfa synchro box 600

Item is a metal box camera for 8, 6 x 9 cm (2.36" x 3.54") exposures on 120 film. The simple design includes a single-element Meniscus lens, fixed speed rotary shutter and brilliant viewfinder.

Anscoflex

Item is an all-metal camera designed by Raymond Loewy for 6 x 6 cm (2.36" x 2.36") exposures on 620 film. Designed to mimic the look of a twin lens camera, the topmost "lens" is in fact a brilliant viewfinder, it is a simple box camera design with a two element Meniscus F11 lens and fixed 1/60th shutter speed. The front panel slides up to reveal the lens and viewfinder.

Kodak Retina Automatic III

Item is a 35mm film rangefinder camera with a Schneider*Kreuznach Retina-Xenar f:2,8/45mm 4 element lens. The camera allows for shutter priority automatic exposure as well as manual exposure. Exposure is determined with a Gossen Selenium meter. The viewfinder offers parallax correction marks for framing. The camera comes with a manual and case

Kodak A.G.

Argus C3 Matchmatic

Item is a 35mm point and shoot cameras. The Argus C3 Matchmatic camera is similar to the C2 but with different colored leatherette covering and different, propriety markings on the exposure settings. The lens is a 50mm f3.5 coated Cintar lens. The aperture range is f3.5 to f16 and the focus range is from 3 to 50 feet + infinity. Available shutter speeds are 1/10 to 1/300 plus B.

Agfa Silette Type 1

Item is a simple 35mm camera with Agfa Apotar 1:3.5 45mm lens, Pronto SVS shutter with sync contact, it includes a leather case, And an electric light meter "primat" - also in it's own leather case.

Duplikin C12610

Item is to be used for duplication of 35mm slides or film strips. The bellows are folded into the adapter unit and is kept in place out of sight with a magnet to protect it from damage. Manufactured by Century Optics.

Soligor tele-auto 1:6.3 400mm

Item has interchanghable mount - similar concept to Tamron's adaptall mount. The item has a Nkion mount adapter.American Allied Impex Corporation manufactured photographic equipment under the Soligor brand commencing in 1956.

American Allied Impex Corporation

Yukon CU lens

3 close up lens in leather pouch (+1, +2, +3). The lens have a diameter of 52mm. The lenses can be used individually or in combination to do micro photography.

Assorted camera filters

Item contains the following filters:

1 Olympus 55mm Skylight 1A
1 Fuji Film Light Balancing Filter A2 for Fujica Single-8
1 Kodak Series VII Daylight Filter for Type A film
1 Kodak Series VI color compensating filter CC-10M
1 Kodak Series VI yello color filter
1 Omag filter 40
1 Canon close up lens uv filter 72mm 1100
1 Kenko LBW10 49 orange filter
1 Kodak #2 yellow filter (glass only)
1 Kodak Series VI Kodachrome Haze filter
1 Kodak #13 Close-up attachment
1 Kodak Series V Wratten Filter
1 Kodak Wrattan filter # 54 B
1 Kodak series VI adapter ring 31.5mm
1 Kodak Series 4 daylight filter for type A color films No. 85
1 Kodak Close-up attachment No. 6A
1 Kodak Series VI adapter ring 31.5mm with UV filter
1 Kodak Series V wratten filter A
1 Kodak orange filter, glass only
1 Kodak cloud filter No. 13
1 Kodak Series 5 daylight filter for type F color film
1 Kodak Series 6 Skylight filter No. 1A
1 Kodak Series VI Wratten filter No. 85B
1 Hoya 40.5 85B
1 walz UV filter
1 EdnaLite filter 514
1 EdnaLite filter 601
1 Voigtlander G1/37 mm
1 Walz red filter for Argus C-3
1 Walz #112 1A filter
1 Kodak Series VI color compensating filter CC-05M
1 Kodak Series VI color compensating filter CC-10C
1 Eumig Makro filter
1 Zeiss Ikon 351/6 graduated yellow filter
1 Carl Zeiss Jena Proxar 0.67 x 37
1 Zeiss Ikon 988/12 yellow filter
1 Sharplite optical filters Type A 21.5
1 Harrison corrector disc
1 Minolta color filter set for Minolta-16 II
1 Polaroid light polarizing series VI filter
1 Kodak Wratten gelatin No. 1A Skylight filter
1 Lee filters sample set
1 roscolene filter sample set
1 Minolta filter set
1 Canon 72mm No. 4x
1 Zeiss Ikon Contapol 4x polarizing filter
1 No. 1 58mm filter
1 Kodak series VI wrattan filter A red filter
1 Aroma 55mm No. 2 filter
1 Optex 52mm UV filtre
1 1 m - 40" filter
1 2 m - 80"
1 Tiffen 49mm Hazan filter
1 B+W 50mm ES 101 filter
2 Toshiba 52mm SL-1A filter
1 Kodak series V adapter ring 25.5mm with series V wrattan filter no. 85 B
1 Sepia filter (glass only)
1 Kodak FIV/32 -1.5 L=3x orange filter
1 Lifa Tagesslicht
1 red filter (glass only)
1 Impakt 1A 55mm filter
1 Toshiba 52mm SL-1A
1 yellow filter (glass only)
1 Tiffen 67mm 80 B blue filter
1 Toshiba 72mm SL-1A filter
1 set of Crown 52mm close up filters
1 Utilo filter Wratten K-2 No. 8 yellow filter
1 set Kodak Cmbinaion filter series VI

Vivitar 2500

Electronic Flash - semi-automatic for hot shoe or synch-cabled cameras. In original box, with instruction manual and warranty card.

Vivitar Corporation

Minox daylight developing tank

This item is a daylight developing tank, manufactured by Minox and made of bakelite material. The tank comes with two rings to be used in the development of shorter 15 and 36 exposure lengths of film introduced in 1968 and 1969. The thermometer is no longer with the tank. The tank comes with original packaging.

2 way paper easel

The item is constructed from two pieces of black metal with rectangular and square openings to be used with 3 1/2 x 5 inch photographic paper to produce two different sizes of prints .

Photographic examples

Item is a group of negatives and prints, examples of various photographic media.

1 wet collodion plate 16.5 x 21.5 cm
2 glass plate 16.4 x 21.3 cm
3 glass plate 16.5 x 21.5 cm
4 glass plate 16.4 x 21.5 cm
5 polaroid sx 70 10.8 x 9.9 cm
6 polaroid polacolor 2 8.5 x 10.5 cm
7 polaroid polacolor 2 8.5 x 10.5 cm
8 Kodak Handle instant photo 10.2 x 10.2 cm

Retouch Frame

Item is an apparatus used to retouch negatives in a professional studio. These devices were in use since the 1850's in the form of wooden frames with a reflecting surface (mirror) to light a negative and stabilize it for retouching work by knife, brush or pencil. This version is a is a Kodak and Spotone collapsible model, possibly manufactured in Canada.

No. 2C Brownie camera

Item is a fairly large box camera, for 6 7.5 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5") exposures on Kodak 130 film. Simple lens and rotary shutter.

Kodak Brownie 127

Item is an eye-level box camera with Bakelite body and rounded edges. Lens is a Meniscus f 14, 65mm and the shutter is single speed, 1/50th.

Hit miniature camera

Item is a "Hit" type novelty subminiature camera for 14 x 14 mm exposures on 17.5 mm paper-backed rollfilm. This style of camera was named for the original Hit camera design that inspired many similar cameras. This design is a chrome and black leatherette construction. Hit cameras were first produced in post WWII Japan, and were sold for about $0.50 each. Miniature accessories, such as filters, lens hoods and leather carrying cases, were also available. It is not known if this camera is related to the Crystar company.

Univex model A

Item is a small, Bakelite camera with a frame viewfinder. This was a proprietary camera design, which used No.00, 6 exposure film only made by the Universal Camera Corporation. Norton Camera filed a patent lawsuit filed against the Universal company after the product was released. Norton had been in talks with Universal to produce the camera originally. Universal eventually won the case and purchased the Norton Camera company. The camera originally sold for 39 cents.

Minolta 16 MG-S

Item is a subminiature camera, similar to the Minolta 16 MG, manufactured between 1966 and 1971. The images produced by 16 MG-S are a substantial improvement over the 16 MG. By using single perforated film format, the negative size was increased from 10x14mm to 12x17mm thus producing an image almost 50% larger. Composed of 4 elements in 3 groups the 23mm (f2.8-16) lens had a fixed-focus set at about 13 feet. Shutter speeds ranged from 1/30 to 1/500.

Hanimex 110 LF tele

Item is marked with the Hanimex brand, though the camera was manufactured by the Vivitar Corporation. It is a 110 format camera with a built-in flash powered by two AA batteries. It has a fixed focus. The photographer can select either a normal or telephoto lens, by using a slide switch on top of the camera.

Graflex speed graphic

Item was the official US press photographer's camera. It has a focal plane shutter as well as a front shutter. The lens is Wollensaku 135mm F/4.7 Raptar. The camera has a metal drop bed with two focus knobs. On top is a telescoping sports-finder. This model is a 4 x 5 format.

McKoewn pg. 369

Contax 137 MA Quartz

Item is a 35mm camera with a built in electric 3 frames per second motor winder powered by four AA batteries that also run the metering and shutter timing. The camera has modes for aperture priority and manual.

Leica AF C1

Item is a compact, black plastic, point and shoot viewfinder camera. The lens has two focal length options, 2.8 F= 40 mm amd 5.6 F= 80mm. Fully automatic, Film speed, distance and exposure are set with no override settings. A small LCD Screen on top shows self-timer, battery status, film indicator and frame counter.

Agfa Karat 3.5

Item is a 35mm camera, using a proprietary 12 exposure film cassette with no moving parts. The sprockets of the camera simply pull the film out and push it into an empty cartridge on the other side. This system with some modifications eventually lead to the design of the Instamatic format. The shutter on or model is a Prontor -S and the lens an Agfa Apotar 1; 3.5 F= 55mm. No rangefinder, simple optical viewfinder. The camera body is a " Strut " design, allowing the front to fold easily.

Pentax K1000

Item is a single-lens reflex 35mm camera with interchagneable lenses. The camera is a fully mechanical, manual camera without program modes. It is often considered the archetypal "student's camera" due to its simplicity of functions and robust design. The K1000 was equipped with a TTL metering system, wide-ranging shutter speeds from 1/1000 to 1 s, and the ability to use all the available K-mount lenses made by Pentax.

Asahi Optical Co., Ltd.

Nikkormat EL

Item is a manual single-lens reflex 35mm camera. The Nikkormat incorporates an electronically controlled vertical travel shutter. Located on the camera's top panel the shutter speed dial offers speeds from 4 sec to 1/1000 sec. Flash sync for electronic flash at all speeds up to 1/125 sec and for FP, M and MF type flashbulbs at all speeds from B to 1/1000 sec. The camera allows for film speeds from ASA 25-1600. The has a TTL center weighted metering with manual exposure control. The Nikkormat EL was produced in white/black chrome versions.

Zorki type 1d

Item is a 35mm rangefinder camera with M39 screw mount interchangeable lens manufactured by KMZ plant in Krasnogorsk, Moscov, USSR, between 1948-56. It is a copy of the Leica II. The lens is a Industar-22 (3.5/50mm) (#6080561). The shutter speeds range from 1/20 to 1/500 with a B setting. In Type 1d, the black trim is visible below the top plate and above the bottom plate and extends to envelop the lens mount.

Krasnogorsk Mechanical Zavod (KMZ)

Contarex Super

Item is an oversized single-lens reflex, 35mm camera with many features. The contarex Super has a data back attached and a "wechsel magazine". Item serial number is 20.7856. it comes with a Zeiss Planar 55mm 1:14 lens. There is a polarizer for the normal lens in the case.

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