Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use! This is a Zeiss-Ikon Super Nettle which was produced in limited numbers between 1934 to 1937. It is a high quality, 35mm rangefinder camera. This camera was Zeiss-Ikon s first attempt to directly compete with the specifications of the Leitz Leica II. The handsome Super Nettel offered…
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 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, the other is the simple pleasure of controlling everything. I like the simple purity of it and…
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 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…
Will also fit the later Contax IIa & IIIa cameras Contax not included This is the Carl Zeiss 13,5cm (135mm) Sonnar lens which was developed for the Contax rangefinder camera. Built of high quality chrome plated brass, it is suitable for portraits & landscapes and it was a very popular Zeiss lens in its era….
Will also fit the later Contax IIa & IIIa cameras This is the Carl Zeiss 13,5cm (135mm) Sonnar lens which was developed for the Contax rangefinder camera. Built of high quality chrome plated brass, it is suitable for portraits & landscapes and it was a very popular Zeiss lens in its era. Nearly all the…
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…
Screw mount lens for Leitz various Leica II & III models and Micro 4 3 cameras. Leica camera not included! This is an early 3.5 50mm Elmar lens. Its serial number (359424) indicates it was produced in Germany in 1937 when the world looked very different that it does today. The elmar is an adventurous,…
Cleaned, Lubricated & Adjusted. Ready for immediate use If you’re familiar with the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord cameras you’ll know that it’s considered a cult classic by many fans. It was the camera of choice by pros until the middle of the 1960’s. And even today it’s still a camera that’s often mentioned on photographic websites…
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 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 This is a Zeiss Ikon 6×4.5 classic folding camera. It’s a medium format camera which is small enough to always have with you. Smaller than many 35mm cameras, it easily fits easily into a jacket pocket, yet it folds out to take 16 beautiful photos on a…
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…