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…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use This week we have another freshly serviced 6×9 Super Ikonta. It has a built in coupled rangefinder that never leaves you guessing about the distance or the focus. It’s a lovely camera that easily slips into a jacket pocket or a back pack and yet folds out…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is a medium format rangefinder camera built produced in Germany in circa 1938 by Welta Kamera-Werke. Prior to WWII, Welta was a well-respected camera brand, known for its quality products. It was in fact one of Germany’s “big three” camera producers, which in the late 1930’s…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is a lovely Super Ikonta which was produced by Zeiss-Ikon in Dresden in 1937. At the time it was the world’s finest 6×6 rangefinder camera and it would retain that status until Dresden and the Zeiss-Ikon factory was destroyed by a massive assault of allied bombers…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is a lovely Super Ikonta which was produced by Zeiss-Ikon in Dresden in 1937. At the time it was the world’s finest 6×6 rangefinder camera and it would retain that status until Dresden and the Zeiss-Ikon factory was destroyed by a massive assault of allied bombers…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use Nikon F4 NOT included. Imagine for a moment that you could one own only two classic cameras, one 35mm camera and one medium format. I imagine the 35mm camera would be a relatively easy choice, since you undoubtedly have one you use more than any other. It’s…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use Pentax NOT included Imagine for a moment that you could one own only two classic cameras, one 35mm camera and one medium format. I imagine the 35mm camera would be a relatively easy choice, since you undoubtedly have one you use more than any other. It’s easy…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! There are times when camera collecting is incredibly difficult. It comes as moments when you’re asked simple questions like “What’s the best camera…?” or “Which is the most significant camera ever?” The brain starts working, the heart beats nicely and the mouth moves but if an answer…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! There are times when camera collecting is incredibly difficult. It comes as moments when you’re asked simple questions like “What’s the best camera…?” or “Which is the most significant camera ever?” The brain starts working, the heart beats nicely and the mouth moves but if an answer…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use This is a freshly serviced prewar Bessa Rangefinder camera produced in Germany in 1938 just prior to the second world war. It was built in a time and a place when the world looked very different than it does today. This 80 year old camera has traveled…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use This is a medium format rangefinder camera built produced in Germany in circa 1938 by Welta Kamera-Werke. Prior to WWII, Welta was a well-respected camera brand, known for its quality products. It was in fact one of Germany’s “big three” camera producers, which in the late 1930’s…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use This is a medium format rangefinder camera built produced in Germany in circa 1938 by Welta Kamera-Werke. Prior to WWII, Welta was one of the best camera producers in Germany and well respected its quality products. It was in fact one of Germany’s “big three” camera producers,…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is a rare medium format rangefinder camera built produced in circa 1940 by Welta Kamera-Werke which was located near Dresden, Germany. In the 1930’s Welta was a well-respected camera brand, known for its quality products. It was in fact one of Germany’s “big three” camera producers,…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is a 35mm prewar Contax rangefinder camera produced by Zeiss-Ikon. If you’re familiar with the Contax and the legendary performance of its lenses, you’ll know that it’s considered a cult classic by many fans all over the world. It uses normal 35mm film and was used…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use Did I hear you say you were looking for an enjoyable classic prewar camera with a coupled rangefinder? One that you can slip into a jacket pocket or a back pack and fold out to take lovely 6×9 photos on 120 roll film? Than this may be…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is a somewhat rare medium format rangefinder camera manufactured for only three years from 1937 to 1940. This is the Ensign 220 Auto-Range produced by Houghtons Ltd which was located in London England. Production of this camera ceased after the factory was completely destroyed during the…