Eastman View Camera 33a
Sold in 1936/37 as an affordable view camera, this unit was inherited by the museum from my wife’s Grandfather, who […]
Museum
Mamiya Universal
This is an example of the final model run that began in 1960 with the Mamiya Press, the Universal being
Pentax auto 110
Background This is a real oddity, a precision SLR designed around the tiny 110 film format. Pentax introduced this in
Pentax Spotmatic SPII
Background Introduced in 1971 along with the line of S-M-C Takumar lenses – though still all metal without the rubber
Pentax Spotmatic F
Background Launched in 1973, the Spotmatic F was the first Pentax to offer open-aperture TTL metering – 7 years after
Canon Pellix
This is a definite odd-ball, and example of creativity attempting to solve an engineering problem: how do you capture light
Olympus OM10
In 1972 Olympus introduced their OM line, and reset consumer expectations for the size and heft of a 35mm camera
