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Minox (pronounced / ˈ m iː n ɒ k s / MEE-noks) is a manufacturer of cameras, known especially for its subminiature camera.. The first product to carry the Minox name was a subminiature camera, conceived in 1922, and finally produced in 1936, by Baltic German Walter Zapp. [1]
The Rolleiflex features a twin-lens reflex camera that produces ultra-sharp photos, plus a design that collectors adore. Resale prices range from $300 to over $2,600 , depending on the condition. 3.
Martin Hill is a former camera man who collects antique cameras, reels and other various filmmaking equipment. After making a few films, Hill decided to collect cameras instead. At one point he owned the Panavision PSR 35mm that George Lucas used to film the first Star Wars movie, which eventually sold for over $600,000.
Bellamy Hunt is a camera collector and runs the website Japan Camera Hunter. Based in Tokyo, Hunt focuses on film cameras. [1] Hunt scours the city's many camera stores looking for collectible cameras- often by request of online customers. [2] Most of the classic cameras Hunt searches for are collectible Leica and Nikon models. [3]
Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic, 1947. Graflex was a manufacturer that gave its brand name to several camera models.. The company was founded as the Folmer and Schwing Manufacturing Company in New York City in 1887 by William F. Folmer and William E. Schwing as a metal working factory, manufacturing gas light fixtures, chandeliers, bicycles and eventually, cameras.
A related line of smaller, simpler cameras was the "Exa" line; these, too, existed in several variations. The Beseler Topcon line of 35mm cameras used the same lens mount as the Exakta. In the early 1970s, the Exakta "RTL 1000" was introduced; it accepted the older models' lenses, but had its own range of viewfinders, which included a model ...
Kodak Retina (Nr. 117), 1934–1935 ("First Retina") Retina was the brand-name of a long-running series of German-built Kodak 35mm cameras, produced from 1934 until 1969.. Kodak Retina cameras were manufactured in Stuttgart-Wangen by the Kodak AG Dr. Nagel Werk which Kodak had acquired in December
Even these days, collectible Alpa cameras can fetch quite a high auction price. [1] It is estimated that as few as 40,000 cameras of all models of Alpa were made during the company's 40-year history. Allowing for certain gaps, the serial numbers would support that, as the last cameras made (in about 1990) carried serial numbers of only 64,xxx.