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Kodak Retina (Type 117)

Photographic Technology

1934-1935

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1956

Ilford Witness camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1959

Wrayflex camera

Photographic Technology

1951

Kodak Retinette IIA Camera, Type 036

Photographic Technology

c.1960

Periflex camera

Photographic Technology

1949-1959

Pentona II camera

Photographic Technology

1965

Leica I camera

Photographic Technology

1930

Nikon M camera

Photographic Technology

1949

Ilford Advocate camera, Series II

Photographic Technology

c. 1953

SLR camera for 35mm film (24x36mm), SMC Pentax-M lens F50mm f1.7, Serial No 2507766, FP shutter, TL metering, Serial No 8444511.

Asahi Pentax KM camera

Photographic Technology

1976

Ilford 'Sportsman 125' 35mm camera; Serial no 700245; Prontor 125 shutter; 40mm Color-Isconar lens 1:2.8; Made in West Germany, 1966.

Ilford Sportsman 125 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1966

Leica I camera, made by Leitz, 1929.

Leica I Camera

Photographic Technology

1929

Chemist Shop Case. No.2C Pocket Kodak Camera. Eastman Kodak; A130 film, 2 7/8x4 7/8 in. Kodar Achromat lens, iris diaphragm Kodex shutter 25/50/T/B. No.1. Screw focussing 30 metres-2 metres. Black leatherette covering, black leather bellows. Autographic back. With cable release. No.11389.

No 2C Pocket Kodak camera

Photographic Technology

1925-1932

Olympus OM -0 Q camera; black body only; Serial no 1293568. Olympus OM-System Zuiko Auto-S lens, 50mm 1:1.8, Serial No 3794587.

Olympus OM-10 Camera

Photographic Technology

Solid body camera for 35mm film in 24 x 36mm. Fitted with a Dallmeyer anastigmat lens F: 35mm, f/4.5-22, coated. Two blade shutter with behind the lens capping blade. 25/50/100/150/200/B. Helical focusing. Direct vision optical finder. White stove enamelled finish. Plate aperture and shutter rings. Cf 3996, 3997. No.1919-3296. Ilford ltd.

Ilford advocate camera

Photographic Technology

Minolta-35 Model-E camera. Chiyoko, made in Occupied Japan. Rangefinder camera for 35mm film 24x36mm. Chiyoko Super Rokkor lens F:45mm f/2.8-16, Serial No 18075. Helical focusing mount, coupled to coincidence type rangefinder, incorporated in direct vision optical finder. Fabric focal plane shutter, seperate speed ring: T/1/2/4/8/25 and B/1-25/35/50/100/200/500. Body release. Delayed action, cocking lever missing. Interchangeable lenses, screw mount. General Leica style design. Accessory shoe. Serial No 15480.

Minolta-35 camera Model E Camera

Photographic Technology

Canon L2 355mm with rangefinder.50mm f1.5 Canon lens Serial No 26538, with metal lens cap embossed 'Canon'. No 537800. Everready case.

Canon L2 35mm Camera

Photographic Technology

Halina Rolls 35mm. camera; Serial No 923; with 45mm f3.5 Halina anastigmat lens; bought by Phyllis McLaughin at Grattan's where she worked for £5/19/6d, 1964.

Halina Rolls 35mm

Photographic Technology

1963-1964

Canon AE-1 program camera. Serial No V1054H(K). Canon lens fd; 50mm 1:1.74, Serial no 3373241, Shutter No 5000000E. Hot shoe fitting.

Canon AE-1 Program Camera

Photographic Technology

Olympus-Pen EM camera. The Pen EM, produced from 1965 to 1966, is a motorized Pen model. It has a Olympus f Zuiko 35mm f/2 lens, and a CdS exposure meter allowing automatic or manual exposure. Half-frame 35mm camera 24x18mm. F. Zuiko lens F35mm f2. Copal Elec shutter. Auto; set aperture, meter sets shutter. Electric motor window. No 111328. ERC. With leather wrist strap on the Canon attachment. Overall: 82 mm x 130 mm x 52 mm. This camera was the first Japanese camera to have an electrically driven motor drive and rewind.

Olympus-Pen EM camera, 1965-1966

Photographic Technology

1965-1966

35mm camera (24x36mm), Colour Corrected Rondonar-W F35mm f4 lens no. 22095, auto shutter setting, manual aperture no. 13505. The shutter setting is automatic, controlled by a meter cell surrounding the lens.

Rondo Colormatic camera

Photographic Technology

1962

Olympus-35 ED camera number 183205. Compact 35mm 24x36mm coupled coincidence rangefinder. D Zuiko lens F38mm f2.8 by Olympus. Seiko-ESF B shutter. Auto only. No. 183205. Overall: 72 mm x 125 mm x 50 mm.

Olympus-35 ED camera

Photographic Technology

1974-1978

Voigtlander Vito C camera, made in West Germany. Pronto shutter adnd Lanthar lens 2.8/50. Overall: 82 mm x 130 mm x 72 mm.

Voigtlander Vito C camera, 1955

Photographic Technology

1955

A basic, rigid-bodied camera for 35mm film, 24x36mm; Dignar lens F:45mm f/3.5; Vario shutter 1/25-1/200; Coaxial flash socket; accessory shoe; level wind on.

Dacora Dignette camera

Photographic Technology

1964-1972

Fujica Rapid D1 35mm camera, serial No. 182478. With ring flash. Fujinon lens 1:2.8 f=2.8cm. Uses Agfa Rapid 35mm film cartridges. Overall: 90 mm x 130 mm x 50 mm. Seikosha-L shutter coupled to a built-in selenium exposure meter, with a clockwork powered wind-on.

Fujica Rapid D1 camera, 1965

Photographic Technology

1965

Konica MG/D 35mm automatic focusing camera no. 2552927, fitted with 35mm F3.5 Konica Hexanon lens and "Auto-Date" feature, all in original manufacturer's packing, 1984

Konica MG/D 35mm automatic focusing camera

Photographic Technology

Kodak Auto Color Snap 35 camera, 1960-1965, made by Kodak Ltd. 35mm camera, metal and plastic. Kodak Anaston lens, F:43.9mm, f/5.6, coated. Automatic aperture setting; photo-cell directly setting aperture. Calibrated ASA 10-160. Low-light signal shows in direct vision optical viewfinder. Auto-manual setting dial with exposure values 11/15, yellow filter shows in view finder on manual. Front cell focusing 2.5ft - inf. Contacts for Brownie flash holder on the side. Lever wind and exposure counter. 213060. M4334. Overall: 92 mm x 122 mm x 65 mm.

Kodak Auto Colour Snap 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1960-1965

35mm camera 24x36mm; F:40mm f/2.8 lens; automatic exposure control; Prinz autocell; coaxial flash socket; brightline finder; hot shoe.

Prinz Saturn 35 Auto camera

Photographic Technology

1970

Plastic bodied camera for 35mm film in rapid cassettes 24mm. Fitted with an Isinar simple lens, rotating plate with three apertures f/8,11, 16. With two speed everset shutter with symbols for sun and flash. Interlocked with windon. Optical direct vision finder. Cassette to cassette film wind by thumb wheel and sprocket. Built in cylindrical parabolic reflector retained in camera body and erected by rack and pinion. Flash contacts for AG flashbulbs. Bulb ejected by operating reflector control. Flash guide on camera back. Compartment in base for battery, With wrist strap. Transparent slipover flash guard. Agfa

Agfa Iso-Rapid IF camera

Photographic Technology

1965

The Periflex Gold Star 35mm camera. Periscope focusing. Fitted with a Lumax F.2 50mm f.1 lens in interchangeable mount. Focal plane shutter with speeds 1 sec 1/200sec B. & T. Metal construction with black leather cover. c.1958

The Periflex Gold Star 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1958

Leica II copy 35mm coupled rangefinder camera 24x36mm; Industar-22 lens F:50mm f/3.5; focal plane shutter 1/20-1/500.; ERC; no. 106539. The Zorki was a Russian-made copy of the Leica II camera.

Zorki 1 camera

Photographic Technology

1950

Kodak Colorsnap 35 camera, model 2, 1963-1967. Kodak Anaston lens. Calculator scale for lighting conditions, exposure valves and flash distances. Film speed scale 12-400 ASA. Focusing lens inf. to 2.5'. Direct vision optical finder. Shutter/window interlock. Flash contacts for Brownie flash holder. No. 303382. Overall: 85 mm x 130 mm x 62 mm.

Kodak Colorsnap 35mm camera model 2

Photographic Technology

1963-1967

35mm camera (24x36mm), colour Corrected Rondonar-W F35mm f4 lens no. 64149, auto shutter, manual aperture no. 24638. As 5018 but with meter needle visible on camera top.

Rondo Colormatic camera

Photographic Technology

1962

Meica 35mm rigid camera from Japan. Aluminium body with chrome.. Fitted with a fixed focus Meniscus lens F.II mounted in a 2-position shutter, inst. and time. Synchronised for flash. With direct vision viewfinder built into the camera. c.1950.

Meica 35mm rigid camera

Photographic Technology

1950

Yashica Mimi-S 35mm half-frame camera . For 2.8cm. F2.8-16 Yashinon lens, coated. Auto-exposure shutter photocell controls shutter speed automatically between 30/800/B. Flash synchronised. Manual iris adjustment for flash. Front cell focussing inf.2.5 feet. Suspended frame viewfinder. Meter adjusts ASA 16-200; lowlight indication.

Yashica Mimi-S 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1964

Hasselblad SWC/M 35mm camera with lens hood, 1980-1988.

Hasselblad SWC/M 35mm camera with lens hood

Photographic Technology

1980-1988

Kodak 35 camera in field case, 1938-1948. Eastman Kodak Company. 35mm camera; Kodak anastigmat lens F:51mm; f. 4.5-16. Kodak No 1 Diomatic shutter 25/50/100/150/B/T with cocking lever (partly missing) and delayed action mechanism. Focusing to 4' with rotating front cell. Collapsible optical frame finder; accessory shoe. Knob wind and rewind. Camera number: 133803. This was the first 35mm Kodak camera to be manufactured outside Germany. During the second world war a military version of this camera was produced with an olive drab finish.

Kodak 35 Camera

Photographic Technology

1938-1948

Solid body camera for 35mm film (24x36mm), C-Masters Corona lens 07-64, F:45mm f/8; I/B shutter; direct vision optical finder; accessory shoe; coaxial flash socket.

Corona 35r camera

Photographic Technology

1955

Maton 'Walking Picture' camera. Made in France. Bakelite body for 35mm film - waterproof paper 47 x 35mm. Fitted with a H Roussel Trylor lens F:85mm f/4.5-32 Serial No164072. Gitzo shutter 25/50/100/B. Front cell focusing. Shutter released by turning handle, which also winds on film through double mutilated roller mechanism. Film fed from small cylindrical cassette to square take up cassette. Prism behind lens laterally reverses image, turning light path through 90 degrees. Two brilliant reflecting finders. Knuckle duster grip. Rotary counter shows exposures made and remaining - 24 total. Serial No2676.

Maton 'Walking Picture' Camera

Cinematography

Leica IG No. 925160 with screw in lens. With no rangefinder or viewfinder. To be used with universal viewfinder coupled to Visoflex-housing. Focal plane shutter has speeds graduatd in geometrical progression. Fully automatic flash synchronisation without contact number. Speeds 1sec 1/100sec B. & T. Universal viewfinder, Elmar F.2.8 50mm - no. 1625525. Chrome. E. Leitz. Overall: 112 mm x 144 mm x 52 mm.

Leica IG camera

Photographic Technology

Zorki-4K camera in ever ready case. Made in USSR. Coupled rangefinder camera for 35mm film 24x36mm. Jupiter-8 lens, F:50 f/2-22, No 7539395. Fabric focal plane shutter. Coupled coincidence type rangefinder combined with direct vision optical finder. X and M flash synchronisation, coaxial socket. Accessory shoe. Rotary frame counter. Lever windon. No 75896074.

Zorki-4K camera

Photographic Technology

1972-1980

Olympus-Pen S camera, Halfframe camera for 35mm film 18x24mm. D. Zuiko lens F30mm f/2.8. Copal-X shutter. Brightline finder. No. 419485. With leather wrist strap. Overall: 66 mm x 112 mm x 42 mm.

Olympus-Pen S camera, 1959-1969

Photographic Technology

1959-1969

Kodak Retinette camera, 1952-1954. Manufactured by Kodak AG, Stuttgart. Folding camera for 35mm 24 x 36mm. Schneider-Kreuznach reomar lens. F:50 f/4.5-16 No 3288926. Prontor S.V. shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/300/B with delayed action. X & M flash synchronisation coaxial socket, front cell focusing to 3 1/2 feet. Optical finder, accessory shoe, body shutter release, rotating exposure counter in an ever ready case. No 941333. In original carton with instruction book. Overall (deployed): 80 mm x 122 mm x 84 mm. This was the last folding Retinette camera. All subsequent models were of solid construction.

Kodak Retinette Type 017 camera

Photographic Technology

1952-1954

35mm camera 25x36mm; new Mekai lens F:50mm; weather symbols: sun-cloudy bright; single speed shutter; direct vision optical finder; flashcube socket.

Meikai EL camera

Photographic Technology

1964

EMI K 35mm camera (24x36mm), Fujiyama Eminent Color lens F50mm f2.8 Serial No 29625, Serial No 11530. Manufactured by Oshiro Optical Works, Japan. Identical to 1990-5036/5011.

EMI K 35 camera

Photographic Technology

1956

Canonet QL/9 camera. Manufactured by Canon Camera Co., Inc., Japan. Coupled rangefinder camera for 35mm film 44x36mm. Canon SE lens F:45 f/1.9; Copal SV shutter 1-1/500 sec. Auto exposure mode. Set shutter, auto aperture; aperture scale visible in DV optical finder. Coincidence type coupled rangefinder. XM flash sync., coaxial socket. Quick loading device. No 178443. Overall: 87 mm x 150 mm x 70 mm.

Canonet QL19 camera

Photographic Technology

1965

Voigtlander Vito B camera. 35mm camera 24x36mm film. Color-Skopar lens F50mm f3.5; Prontor-SVS shutter 1-1/300 sec. No 3714006. Direct vision optical finder.

Voigtlander Vito B camera

Photographic Technology

1958

Amourette 35mm camera, made by O.T.A.G., Vienna. Metal body camera using 35mm film in 50 exposure cartridges. 24 x 34 pictures. Extra Rapidoptik lens F:35mm, f.63 and 11.6 shutter speeds 50/100. Meyer Goerlitz Trioplan No. 355052. Wire frame finder. Film transported by sliding plate bearing articulated claws. Frame counter. In Chamois leather bag.

Amourette 35mm camera

Photographic Technology

1926

Leica IIc 35mm rangefinder camera Serial No 440847. Shutter has speeds 1/30sec to 1/500sec & B. Fitted with a Summar F.2 50mm lens f.1: 3.5mm lens, Serial Number 445918. Has eyelenses for viewfinder and rangefinder close together. The lever for adjusting the magnification of the rangefinder lens is next to the rewind knob. Metal lens cap. Leitz, circa 1948.

Leica IIc 35mm Camera

Photographic Technology

1943-1953