Collectibles

Whether you’re an amateur, professional, or anything in between, camera collecting is something anyone with a love of cameras can enjoy.  Collecting can be expensive, cheap, fun or educational, but the best part is it can be anything you want it to be.  With a little research, you can be well on your way to

The Nikon S2 is a 35mm rangefinder camera that was introduced in 1955.  The S2 was one of Nikon’s best selling rangefinder cameras with a production run of approximately 56,000 units.  It was an improvement over the Nikon S, as users found the Nikon S2 to be a faster and more user friendly camera.  The

The Brownie No. 2 Model F is a box roll film camera that was manufactured by Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY.  The Kodak Brownie No. 2 was made between 1901-1933, and the Model F was introduced in 1924.  The Brownie name was derived from a series of popular cartoons called “The Brownies” created by Palmer

The R16 is a 16mm movie camera produced by Beaulieu, a French based manufacturer of motion picture cameras.  Beaulieu first introduced cameras in the 1950s, and they are primarily known for the production of Super 8 and 16mm hand-held equipment.  Marketed towards advanced amateurs, their goal was to offer high quality SLR style motion picture

The Polaroid Automatic 320 is an instant pack film folding rangefinder camera produced by Polaroid.  It was manufactured between 1969-1971, and is part of the 100-400 Land Camera series.  The Polaroid Automatic 320 has several features that were standard on all models in the 100-400 series.  Those features include a folding bellows, automatic exposure and

The Polaroid Pathfinder 110B is a folding camera produced by Polaroid, and part of the instant film Land Camera family.  The Pathfinder series began in 1952, but the 110B model was produced between 1960-1964.  During that four year span of time, Polaroid produced between 27,000 and 35,000 Pathfinder 110B units.  Polaroid considered the Pathfinder series

The Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera is the first model in the 100-400 series of folding rangefinder cameras.  The Automatic 100 was produced between 1963-1966, and was the first Polaroid camera to use pack film.  Polaroid is often hailed as one of the leaders in photographic innovation for the introduction of the Automatic 100 and

The Polaroid 800 Land Camera, or simply “The 800” as it is sometimes called, is an instant film camera produced by Polaroid from 1957-1962.  It is very similar to the Polaroid 150 in that it has a coupled rangefinder, parallax correction and a hot shoe.  The 800 also features a carefully selected, high precision 130mm

Land Cameras were instant film cameras created in 1947 by scientist and Polaroid founder, Edwin Land. Although the idea of self-developing film was not new at the time, it was Edwin Land’s innovation in photography and optics that popularized the modern instant camera and made Polaroid a household name. The Polaroid 185 Land Camera is

The Hasselblad A2035 back- This back uses 35mm film (instead of the typical medium format films) and produces 20 panoramic negatives of 24x56mm. These backs were only made in black. We have one in-stock, LN condition in the box with the 63073 mask. Find it here.

During our recent reader survey, one general topic that kept coming up in your suggestions was that you wanted to learn more about the older film cameras, and breaking into different formats of photography other than digital (like medium format). So today we’re kicking off an entire set of posts about these topics. First, we

The F-8 is a WWII era aerial camera designed by the Keystone Manufacturing Company, Boston, Mass. The camera was used by the US armed forces namely the Air Force and Navy for aerial view reconnaissance. The camera weighed approximately 16 lbs., and was operated handheld out of the hatch on an aircraft. The effectiveness of