Category Archives: Cameras

“H” is for Hit, and the Ernemann Haeg

Hit cameras are very small film cameras first marketed under the Hit name.

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“G” is for Graphic: The Graphic 35 from Graflex

The Speed Graphic from Graflex is a camera that recalls the past. This was a common press camera, that took images on large plates.

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“F” is for F: The Nikon F Photomic FTN

The Nikon F was Nippon Kogaku’s first Nikon SLR camera. The Photomic FTN was a specific type of prism on the top of the camera.

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“F” is for Falcon

Falcon was a name given to many inexpensive, often plastic cameras, mostly manufactured by Utility Manufacturing Company. The company was founded around 1934 and was sold to the Spartus Corporation of Chicago sometime in the 1940s.

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“E” is for Exakta, by Ihagee

The Exacta cameras, and smaller Exa models, are single-lens reflex cameras made in Germany.

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“D” is for Dynamatic, from Voigtlander

The Dynamatic cameras were manufactured in the early 1960’s for the standard 35mm roll film.

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“C” is for C3: Argus’s “Brick”

The Brick was the name applied to this rather brick-shaped camera that was very popular in the 30’s to 50’s

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“B” is for Brownie: The infamous Kodak Brownie.

Brownie cameras are probably the best known of antique cameras. It seems inevitable that if I mention that I collect cameras, someone asks me if I have a Brownie. The answer is yes.

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“A” is for A: The Univex Model A camera.

The Universal Camera Corporation lasted from 1933 to 1952. The Model A was one of its first cameras, designed to take photos on special No. 00 roll film.

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