Classic Cameras

Here are some of the old cameras I own and use, with links to more information on each model. Eventually I will add links to photos taken with each one. What's the attraction? Old, affordable, simple to operate, reliable and durable, easy and inexpensive to fix if they break, and never really obsolete (unless the film is no longer being made), attractive appearance, no shutter lag, and the novelty factor of course! :-)

Free classic camera instruction manuals: http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/instructionmanuals.html
Online instruction manuals: http://yandr.50megs.com/

Auction Amusement: true statements from a classic camera auction site.

Half-frame:
Olympus Pen EES & EES 2
See Olympus Pen page

35mm:
Bierette
http://www.ozcamera.com/beirette.html
Junk Store Cameras (a Bierette model has a mention):
http://www.merrillphoto.com/JunkStoreCameras.htm
http://www.merrillphoto.com/beirette.htm
Bierette pages from Stephen Rotherays' website on Russian (& German) cameras:
http://www.btinternet.com/~stowupland/beirette1.htm
http://www.btinternet.com/~stowupland/beirette2.htm

Kodak Retinette
http://user.itl.net/~kypfer/35/ret-035.htm (model 1A)
Chris Eves's Kodak camera collection, Retinas & Retinettes: http://user.itl.net/~kypfer/retina.htm
Chris's camera pages (NZ) - Kodak Retina & Retinette models: http://rawhiti.tripod.com/

Voigtlander Vito CL
See Voigtlander Vito page

Medium Format:
Medium Format photography megasite: http://medfmt.8k.com/
Medium Format articles: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/
MF FAQ: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/mffaq.html

Yashicamat LM
Yashicamat LM TLR instruction manual (password required): http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/manuals/pages/yashicamatlm.html
Resource - TLR links: http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Alpha.htm
Yashica TLR models: http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/Yashica.html
Yashica TLR FAQ (Peter Williams): http://www.williamsphotographic.com/yashica.html
Yashicamat TLR Camera Guide: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/yashica66.html
Yashica LM (good pics): http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/yashicalm.html
Yashicamat LM (Karen Nakamura): http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/YashicamatLM.html
Yashica vs Rollei TLR's (The Frugal Photographer): http://www.frugalphotographer.com/YashicaTLR.htm
Yashica D manual (older but similar model to Yashicamat LM): http://www.doctorvision.com/Yashica-D/
Yashica 124G manual: http://yandr.50megs.com/yashica/mat124/mat124.htm
A partial history of Yashica TLR's: http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/%7Ecoreya/yashica/tlrhist.html

MF Folding Cameras
Agfa MF Folding cameras: http://snoopy.cmagic.com/camlib/mf_folding_agfa.html
Agfa Billy: see my Photo.net folder, or click on the pics below for larger versions.

Billy

More Agfa Billy models: http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~agfa-theo/billy.html
Agfa Billy info: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/agfabilly.html

Agfa Isolette: http://kotisivu.dnainternet.fi/lauro/agfailette.htm
http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/agfaisolette.html
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?AgfaIsolette.html~mainFrame
Agfa Isolette I manual: http://www.davidrichert.com/AGFA%20Manuals/agfa_isolette_i.htm

Ensign Selfix 320:
Ensign folding cameras: http://www.ozcamera.com/ensign-folding.html
http://www.amdmacpherson.com/classiccameras/index.html (click on the Ensign button on left of main page)
Marriotts page: http://www.marriottworld.com/pieces/pieces29.htm
Ensign Selfix 820 manual: http://www.johnross93.freeserve.co.uk/page4.html

Franka Solida Junior: http://membres.lycos.fr/ccmpdg/liste-2.html
A related model - Franka Solida I : http://www.luminescent.org/archives/000389.html )
Junior and other models: http://www.jennyandernie.co.uk/Old%20Cameras/Franka%20Solida.htm

More info on folding cameras: http://www.pratty.org.uk/cameras/folding.html#

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