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Our collection of old and modern cameras to inspire our imagination.
Vintage cameras are a great way to capture memories in a unique and timeless way. Whether you're a professional photographer or just a hobbyist, there's something special about using a camera that has stood the test of time. From classic Polaroids to vintage Leicas, there's a camera out there for everyone. Explore the world of vintage cameras and discover the magic of analog photography.
Revere 88
The Revere Camera Company was founded in the early 1920s in Chicago, Illinois, as the Excel Auto Radiator Company by Ukrainian immigrant Samuel Briskin. Built for Excel – and designed by Alfred S. Alschuler. They started making budget 8 mm movie cameras in 1939 through a subsidiary run by Briskin's sons, such as the Revere 88 Movie Camera and the Revere 85 8mm Projector. That company was later merged into Excel Auto Radiator Co., which then changed its name to Revere Camera Co. The Revere name is taken from the Revere Copper Company, which provided financial backing for Excel during the depression.
Beseler Topcon
The Topcon RE Super, or Beseler Topcon Super D in USA, was launched by Tokyo Kogaku KK in 1963 and manufactured until 1971, at which point it was upgraded to the Super D and again to Super DM the following year. These later models have a shutter release lock lever on the shutter release collar. It is a professional oriented 35mm SLR camera that had a comprehensive range of accessories available. It has a removable pentaprism viewfinder and focusing screen. It features the Exakta bayonet lens mount for interchangeable lenses. A special accessory shoe is situated at the base of the rewind knob with a standard PC sync. contact next to it. The release button is placed at the right-hand camera front, but there is no mirror-up facility; this was included on the upgraded versions.
Argoflex 75
The Argoflex Seventy Five is a camera produced by the Argus company from 1949 to 1958. Argus was an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation (IRC), founded by Charles Verschoor.
Argus C3 MatchMatic
The Argus C3 was a low-priced rangefinder camera mass-produced from 1939 to 1966 by Argus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. The camera sold over 2.2 million units, making it one of the most popular American cameras in history. Due to its shape, size, and weight, it is commonly referred to as "The Brick" by photographers (in Japan its nickname translates as "The Lunchbox"). The most famous 20th-century photographer who used it was Tony Vaccaro, who employed this model during World War II.
Brownie Flash 6-20
The Brownie was a series of camera models made by Eastman Kodak and first released in 1900. It introduced the snapshot to the masses by addressing the cost factor which had meant that amateur photography remained beyond the means of many people; the Pocket Kodak for example would cost most families in Britain nearly a whole month's wages.The Brownie was a basic cardboard box camera with a simple convex-concave lens that took 2+1⁄4-inch square pictures on No. 117 roll film. It was conceived and marketed for sales of Kodak roll films. Because of its simple controls and initial price of US$1 (equivalent to $37 in 2023) along with the low price of Kodak roll film and processing, the Brownie camera surpassed its marketing goal. In 1940, Kodak released the Six-20 Flash Brownie, Kodak's first internally synchronized flash camera, using General Electric bulbs. In 1957, Kodak produced the Brownie Starflash, Kodak's first camera with a built-in flash.
Exakta VX
The Exakta (sometimes Exacta) was a camera produced by the Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany, founded as the Industrie und Handels-Gesellschaft mbH, in 1912. The inspiration and design of both the VP Exakta and the Kine Exakta are the work of the Ihagee engineer Karl Nüchterlein (see Richard Hummel's Spiegelreflexkameras aus Dresden), who did not survive the Second World War. An Exakta VX was used by James Stewart's character, a professional photographer, to spy on his possibly murderous neighbor in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. The spelling found on cameras has traditionally been Exakta, but some early Kine-Exaktas were marked Exacta specifically for marketing in France, Portugal and the U.S., perhaps for copyright reasons; and certainly a great number of American collectors refer to the whole range as the "Exacta."
Eastman Kodak 1897 No.2 Bulls-Eye
The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak, is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated in New Jersey. It is best known for photographic film products, which it brought to a mass market for the first time. Kodak began as a partnership between George Eastman and Henry A. Strong to develop a film roll camera. After the release of the Kodak camera, Eastman Kodak was incorporated on May 23, 1892. Under Eastman's direction, the company became one of the world's largest film and camera manufacturers, and also developed a model of welfare capitalism and a close relationship with the city of Rochester. Kodak No.2 1897 is a simple box camera.
Perfex Fifty-five
In the late 1930s and 40s, there were numerous attempts by American manufacturers to produce a 35mm camera to compete with German imports the likes of Leica or Contax but at a much-reduced cost. The Argus C3 is perhaps the best well-known outgrowth of this trend, and the only model which was truly able to weather the post-war influx of cheaper imports. Other manufacturers whose were not able to sustain production in the post-war era either due to competition or poor management, included Clarus with their MS-35, Universal with their Mercury II and Perfex. Larger corporations like Kodak and Bell and Howell were able to survive, but their high-end American 35mm rangefinders (Ektra and Foton) were not sustainable in the post-war market.
During this short period immediately before and after the Second World War, American 35mm rangefinder production was at its most diverse. The Candid Camera Corporation based out of Chicago introduced their first 35mm rangefinder in 1938 in the form of the Perfex Speed Candid which was a very blocky and ungainly camera, but had the distinction of being the first American 35mm rangefinder with a focal plane shutter.
The revised model Forty-Four that superseded it in 1939 was both cosmetically and mechanically redesigned. The body was all die cast metal and in a more common elongated oval shape. However, the model Forty-Four had a combined slow and fast speed dial that was reportedly problematic. In 1940, the Perfex Fifty-Five was launched which was largely similar to the Forty-Four, but had an updated slow speed mechanism that separated the slow speeds. The Fifty-Five was discontinued in 1948, being replaced with the Perfex One-O-One and One-O-Two, which used a similar body style, but used a Wollensak Alphax leaf shutter, instead of the focal plane shutter of the previous models.
During this short period immediately before and after the Second World War, American 35mm rangefinder production was at its most diverse. The Candid Camera Corporation based out of Chicago introduced their first 35mm rangefinder in 1938 in the form of the Perfex Speed Candid which was a very blocky and ungainly camera, but had the distinction of being the first American 35mm rangefinder with a focal plane shutter.
The revised model Forty-Four that superseded it in 1939 was both cosmetically and mechanically redesigned. The body was all die cast metal and in a more common elongated oval shape. However, the model Forty-Four had a combined slow and fast speed dial that was reportedly problematic. In 1940, the Perfex Fifty-Five was launched which was largely similar to the Forty-Four, but had an updated slow speed mechanism that separated the slow speeds. The Fifty-Five was discontinued in 1948, being replaced with the Perfex One-O-One and One-O-Two, which used a similar body style, but used a Wollensak Alphax leaf shutter, instead of the focal plane shutter of the previous models.
Polaroid Land Camera 95
Polaroid Land Model 95 made by Polaroid in the United States, 1948-1953.
Folding camera for self processing film packs 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Lens with rotating plate with apertures marked 1-8. T/I shutter. Lever focusing. Folding optical frame finder with front ball sight on spring stalk. Accessory show. Flash synchronized, bayonet fitting. No.0570942.
Polaroid Corporation was most famous for its instant cameras. Early models were called Land cameras, after the founder of Polaroid Edwin Land. Model 95 was the first of Polaroid’s instant picture cameras and over 1.5 million Models 95, 95A and 95B were made. The technology packed the chemistry of a darkroom into a hand-held camera. The Model 95 is a folding camera for self processing film packs of 3 ¼ by 4 ¼ inches.
Folding camera for self processing film packs 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Lens with rotating plate with apertures marked 1-8. T/I shutter. Lever focusing. Folding optical frame finder with front ball sight on spring stalk. Accessory show. Flash synchronized, bayonet fitting. No.0570942.
Polaroid Corporation was most famous for its instant cameras. Early models were called Land cameras, after the founder of Polaroid Edwin Land. Model 95 was the first of Polaroid’s instant picture cameras and over 1.5 million Models 95, 95A and 95B were made. The technology packed the chemistry of a darkroom into a hand-held camera. The Model 95 is a folding camera for self processing film packs of 3 ¼ by 4 ¼ inches.
Yashica Lynx 5000
The Lynx 5000 is the less-renowned sister to the Yashica Lynx 14, lacking that model's massive f/1.4 lens. For those willing to sacrifice half a stop of lens speed to get a smaller package, Yashica offered a Yashinon 4.5 cm f/1.8 lens instead.
One reflection of the size difference is the Lynx 5000's 46mm filter thread, as compared to the 58mm diameter on the '14' versions. The smaller lens diameter also makes possible a faster top shutter speed: 1/1000 sec. on this model versus 1/500 with the f/1.4 lens. The lens also stops down to f22, which is not always the case with peers of the era. The meter range is ISO 10-800. Taken all together, the lens, shutter, and metering make the Lynx 5000 usable with a broad range of lighting and film speeds.
The Lynx 5000 and Lynx 14 replaced the original Lynx 1000, updating its selenium meter with a new CdS-cell circuit. The 5000 was followed by the very similar Yashica Lynx 5000E, adding a revised "IC" meter, which offered viewfinder display lamps rather than an analog needle on the 5000's top deck.
One reflection of the size difference is the Lynx 5000's 46mm filter thread, as compared to the 58mm diameter on the '14' versions. The smaller lens diameter also makes possible a faster top shutter speed: 1/1000 sec. on this model versus 1/500 with the f/1.4 lens. The lens also stops down to f22, which is not always the case with peers of the era. The meter range is ISO 10-800. Taken all together, the lens, shutter, and metering make the Lynx 5000 usable with a broad range of lighting and film speeds.
The Lynx 5000 and Lynx 14 replaced the original Lynx 1000, updating its selenium meter with a new CdS-cell circuit. The 5000 was followed by the very similar Yashica Lynx 5000E, adding a revised "IC" meter, which offered viewfinder display lamps rather than an analog needle on the 5000's top deck.
Pentax K1
The Pentax K-1 is the first production Pentax full-frame digital SLR camera. As the flagship model of the Pentax K-mount system, it includes several new and improved features, including a five-axis SR II in-body image stabilization system, newly designed flexible tilt articulating screen mounted on four metal struts allowing for rotation about the optical axis in addition to upward and downward tilt, and improved autofocus and metering systems.
Pentax 645Z
The Pentax 645Z is a professional medium format digital SLR camera announced by Ricoh on April 15, 2014. While it shares its sensor with the Phase One IQ250 and Hasselblad H5Dc. In 2015, the 645Z won the TIPA Award for the Best Medium Format Camera.
The most notable improvements over its predecessor, the Pentax 645D, include much lower noise at high ISO, the ability to record video (FullHD at 30 frames per second), and a tilting rear display.
It has a 27-point phase-detect autofocus system, all clustered near center of frame, and a weather sealed body. Its peak dynamic range is 14.8 EV at base ISO, compared to 12.6 EV on its 645D predecessor.
Pentax 645Z tiltable LCD. Furthermore, the 645Z is compatible with the Pentax FluCard to allow wireless "tethered" operation.
The most notable improvements over its predecessor, the Pentax 645D, include much lower noise at high ISO, the ability to record video (FullHD at 30 frames per second), and a tilting rear display.
It has a 27-point phase-detect autofocus system, all clustered near center of frame, and a weather sealed body. Its peak dynamic range is 14.8 EV at base ISO, compared to 12.6 EV on its 645D predecessor.
Pentax 645Z tiltable LCD. Furthermore, the 645Z is compatible with the Pentax FluCard to allow wireless "tethered" operation.
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