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Here you will find highly detailed price and information guides on popular Classic Cameras & Lenses, as well as many related links.  While my main collecting focus is on pre-1900 American made wood cameras and lenses, I enjoy all aspects of camera collecting and photographic history.

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4 x 5 American Optical "76" Camera c.1884
4 x 5 American Optical "76" Camera c.1884
 


 
4 x 5 Rochester Optical "Commodore" c.1888
4 x 5 Rochester Optical "Commodore" c.1888
 
 
4 x 5 Tailboard Camera - Maker: Unknown c.1885-1890
4 x 5 Tailboard Camera - Maker: Unknown c.1885-1890
A simple American tailboard camera with no markings to distinguish the manufacturer.

 


 
Great Antique & Classic Camera and Lens Links

Antique Cameras

Dry Plate View Cameras 1879-1930

Pages Devoted to Tintypes

1893-1896 Sunart Folding Camera

Site on Kodak Brownie Cameras

Shutters of 1880-1899

British Exhibition of Rare Cameras

Great Site on Daguerreotypes

The KODAK Girl

British ENSIGN Camera Site

The History of Camera Design

Wood Cameras Eastman House

The Photographic Historical Society

The Queen of Colored Cameras

Huge Kodak Site

Antique and Classic Cameras

Antique Camera Collection

EHT Anthony Cameras

On-line 1863 Photographic Book

The American Museum of Photography

 

Classic Cameras

www.gami16.it

LeitzMuseum.org

Graflex Web Site

Japan's Photo History

Miranda Cameras

The BEST Classic Camera Site

Nikon Historical Society

Stereo Camera Web Site

Great Classic Camera Web Site

Camera Collecting Bibliography

Retina, Autocords and more

Canon's Camera Museum

Leica M3 Camera

Classic LF Lenses

Topcon Camera Collectors

Classic Camera Repair Site

Manual Camera Home Page

Classic Camera Web Site

Classic LF lenses

Cameras around the world

Zeiss Classic Cameras

Mamiya TLR Links

Large Format Photographers

Classic Cameras

Press Cameras

Classic Camera Repair

Olympus OM Zuiko Lens

Varied camera topics

Classic Nikon RF and "F" Cameras!

Pentax 6x7 Lens Tests

Sub-Mini Cameras

Exaktas and more

Olympus Pen FT Cameras

Great Canonet Rangefinder Page

Nikon Lens History Article

Lubitel 166 Resource Pages

Leica M Lens Reviews

Praktica M42 Pages

Bronica SLR History

Ihagee & Exakta History !

Minolta 16 Mania Page

Zeiss Ikonta Page and more

Angenieux lenses

Great Exhibit

Topcon Camera Club (trans.)

Classic Pentax 6x7 Lens Info

Nice Minolta Site

Manual Minolta Lenses

Nikon RF lenses from the 1950's

Great Camera & Photography Site

Photographical.Net

YashicaRangefinder Home Page

Olympus Camera History

Rectaflex SLR Pages

Alpa Reflex Camera Site

Classic Cameras: Rangefinders

Camera Collecting Articles

Extensive Pentax K Mount Site

Half Format Cameras

Date your Leica Lens of any age !

"Rare Retina" camera

Subminiature Camera Pages

Unusual and quirky cameras

Classic Camera Collection Site

Olympus' Camera Designers

Minox Historical Society

Russian Camera Site

Leica Copies Web Site - great

Cornfield Camera Story

Leica R Lens Reviews

Classic Camera Site

Leica Repair Club - Super Site

Nikon F Site

Superb Kodak Retina Web Site

Lens Tests MD & MC Minolta

Extensive Olympus OM Lens Site

Asahi Optical Historical Club

Leica "M" Camera Fan

Instamatic Camera Central

Leica Screw Mount Site

Contax RF Cameras & Repair

Rangefinder Cameras with Images

Leica RF User Comment Page

Konica & Olympus RF Cameras

Manual Minolta Information

Olympus Camera Information

Leica mount lenses + RF Cameras

Traveling light w/ quality

Camera Oddities ! Fun site

Classic Cameras with images

"Tales of the Kodak Ektra"

Fed & Zorki Survival Site

Do-It-Yourself Repair Links

Classic Press Cameras

1975 Pentax SMC Lenses

Camera Collection Pages

Classic Cameras under $ 100

Soviet Medium Format Info

The Topcon Collection

Classic RF Info

Kowa 66 Camera Resources

Olympus Fan Pages

Yashica SLR Web Site

Free on-line camera manuals

Classic Camera Repair tips

 

 


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RANGEFINDER

Leica M Lenses

Leica 50mm Summicron Lenses

Leica 35mm Summicron Lenses

Leica M 28mm Lenses

Leica M Cameras

Leica Screw Mount Lenses

Leica Screw Mount Cameras

Leica Lens Reviews

Canon RF Lenses

Canon 50/1.2 RF Lens

Canon RF Cameras

Nikon RF Lenses

Zeiss Contax RF Lenses

Contax G Lenses

Minolta-35 RF Cameras

Sonnar Type RF Lenses

 


MEDIUM FORMAT

Rolleiflex TLR's

Rolleiflex Buying Tip

Rolleicord TLR's

Pentax 67 Lenses

Fuji 6x7 6x9 Cameras

Fuji 645 Cameras

Super Ikonta Cameras

Ricohflex TLR's

Fuji 617 Cameras

Hasselblad 6x6 Cameras

Hasselblad C Lenses

OTHER

Leica R Lenses

Olympus Stylus Epic

Compact Film Cameras

Pentax Screw Lenses

Bokeh

 


ANTIQUE & CLASSIC

Soft Focus Lenses

Petzval Lenses

Heliar Lenses

1848-1875 Advertisements

1857 Harrison Lens

Harrison Globe Lens

Images of Photographers 1860-1900

1871 AOC Catalogue

1883 Blair Envelope

1891 Dallmeyer Lens Ads

1892 Steinheil Lens Ads

1895 Sunart Camera

1904 Goerz Lens Ads

1904 Dallmeyer Lens Ads

1904 Busch Lens Ads

1910 Premo Camera Catalogue


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