Can we just take a minute to appreciate the best little box camera on Earth? Way back before the second world war Zeiss-Ikon made a box camera in their Tengor line that took 127 film. It’s tiny. 6x8x5 cm. But it has a portrait and a landscape tripod socket. It’s got a bulb mode switch.Continue reading “Zeiss-Ikon 127 film Box-Tengor”
Category Archives: Obsolete Cameras
Buy a Kodak Duaflex II
You should absolutely buy a Kodak Duaflex II with a variable focus Kodar lens. Here’s why: It’s a 6×6 medium format camera. It’s smaller and lighter than most 6×6’s. It’s sturdy as anything and dead simple. The lens is not terrible. With f8, f11, & f16 you can actually get decent coverage for depth ofContinue reading “Buy a Kodak Duaflex II”
Fuji Super RX-N X-Ray Film
Holidays are coming and people who have them will make the way back to their ancestral homes. Parents and grandparents and great second what-have-yous-once-removed will be in abundance. Ask these people if they have any old cameras. You’re not looking for 35mm point and shoots, not looking for SLRs, or anything that takes a battery.Continue reading “Fuji Super RX-N X-Ray Film”
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