Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use Forget the socks… What he really wants for Christmas is a vintage camera. This is the Retina I, type 119, which Kodak produced in the Nagel plant in prewar Germany for a short period between 1936-38. This Retina cameras used a newly introduced Kodak film, which was…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is the high end version of the Kodak Retina. It was only produced at the Nagel factory in Stuttgart Germany between 1937-39 and intended for the European luxury market. This Kodak Retina featured a very fine satin chrome finish that’s silky smooth to the touch. It…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate us This is a 1937 35mm camera built produced in Germany just prior to WWII by Welta Kamera-Werke. It was an expensive, high performance camera. It’s body was constructed of die cast alloy that was carefully machined, wrapped in real leather. Another advanced feature was that the lens…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is the high end version of the prewar Kodak Retina. It was only produced at the Nagel factory in Stuttgart Germany between 1937-39 and intended for the European luxury market. This Kodak Retina featured a very fine satin chrome finish that’s silky smooth to the touch….
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! Nikon NOT Included. I’ve been collecting classic cameras for many years and I enjoy using them. There is a subtle pleasure to using a prewar camera and often I have a sense of connection to the past while using it. I feel things that are difficult to put…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is an early prewar Kodak Retina type 149 in exceptionally fine condition. It was produced at the Nagel factory in Stuttgart Germany in 1939 and intended for the European market. It was never released in the USA and as a result it’s nearly impossible to find…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! Nikon not included This is a Photavit subminiature cameras produced in Germany in circa 1947. It’s a very small camera that was designed to produce square 24×24 negatives on standard 35mm film loaded into special Photavit cartridges. Film is drawn from the supply cartridge to the take-up…
If you’ve seen our items before you’ll know that we service and sell fine prewar cameras such as Contax, Leica, Super Ikonta, Bessa RF, Rolleiflex and more. Personally I love all of these cameras but as a collector I’m also interested in other brands and models as well. Frankly a collectable camera doesn’t always need…
If you’ve seen our items before you’ll know that we service and sell fine prewar cameras such as Contax, Leica, Super Ikonta, Bessa RF, Rolleiflex and more. Personally I love all of these cameras but as a collector I’m also interested in other brands and models as well. Frankly a collectable camera doesn’t always need…
If you’ve seen our items before you’ll know that we service and sell fine prewar cameras such as Contax, Leica, Super Ikonta, Bessa RF, Rolleiflex and more. Personally I love all of these cameras but as a collector I’m also interested in other brands and models as well. Frankly a collectable camera doesn’t always need…
If you’ve seen our items before you’ll know that we service and sell fine prewar cameras such as Contax, Leica, Super Ikonta, Bessa RF, Rolleiflex and more. Personally I love all of these cameras but as a collector I’m also interested in other brands and models as well. Frankly a collectible camera doesn’t always need…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use Everyone should have a small black camera. Everyone should have a camera that clicks instantly when you push the shutter button. And everyone should have a clean, lean classic design icon. I just gave you three good reasons to buy, own and use a Rollei. Good looks,…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use This is a 35mm camera built produced in Germany in 1938 by Welta Kamera-Werke. It was a quality camera that made common folding cameras of its era pale in comparison. Its body was well made, constructed of die cast alloy that was carefully machined, wrapped in black…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is the Retina I, type 118, which Eastman Kodak produced in prewar Germany for a very short period between 1935-36. This camera coincided with the introduction of a new Kodak film, which was cleverly designed to fit the Retina, as well as Leica and Contax 35mm…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is an exceptionally fine Balda Jubilette produced in Dresden, Germany in 1938. It was a limited production camera, introduced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Balda Camera Company. The Jubilette was Balda’s second 35mm camera and it used Kodak’s then new 35mm film which Kodak…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! There’s a real charm to owning and using a vintage camera that’s difficult to put into words. Part of it has to do with a sense of history and heritage as well as the simple pleasure of manually setting the dials. Personally I like the simple purity…