Post by der84 on May 9, 2015 7:39:40 GMT -5
I haven't been on here in a month or two but that doesn't mean I've stopped collecting.......
Here are some recent additions to the collection since I posted last....yes I've been busy...haha.
First one up is a KW Patent Etui "Kawee Camera" (1921ish??) Picked up at my local antique store. According to what I have read, the word "Kawee" was given for marketing use in the use in the US. It was a play on words for the company's initials KW. Various shutter/lens combinations were offered with this camera. This particular one has Compur shutter made by F. Deckel in Germany, the lens is Carl Zeiss Tessar f/1:4.5, 10.5cm.
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Next up is a Bilora Boy (1955) larger version then the earlier smaller ones. Made by Bilora in Germany. One of my faves in the collection. Great styling.
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Next: Kodak Baby Brownie Special with original box and manual. (1938-1954) Basically this was a replacement for the Baby Brownie.
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Argus C3 Matchmatic "The Brick" (1958-1966) Alright, so not the original case for it, but it did come with it's clip on selenium light meter and a very cool Argus flash unit.
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Kodak Brownie Bulls-Eye (Gold Version) (1954-1960) I also have the black one too. Came with original box not picture.
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Polaroid 800 (1957-1962) Not really a Polaroid collector, but I do like a few of the older classic models. This is one of them. Came with flash, wink light and carrying case and paperwork. Found at my local antique store.
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Fototecnica Filmor Box camera (1950-1954) Very cool looking box camera made by Fototecnica in Turin, Italy.
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Still reading???............
Univex Minute 16 - Made by the Universal Camera Corp. (1949) Very happy to have found one with its flash unit, original boxes for both camera and flash unit as well as paperwork too. This little camera has been credited as being partly (if not fully) responsible for the Universal Camera Corp. going bankrupt in 1952. Very small camera.
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Very cool looking camera. The Bilora Bonita (1954) pseudo TLR camera made by Bilora in Germany. There was a previous model before this one, called the Bilora Bonita 66, which had a slightly different look to it.
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Coronet Portrait Lens box camera (1935) Cool looking box camera with dual, retractable lens setting.
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Finally.........
Japanese "No Darkroom" box camera aka a "Yen Camera". (1930s-40s???) They were produced by numerous no-name companies in Japan and came with different names. "Baby Camera", "Super Camera" etc....... Mine has a viewing window at the back of the camera (second picture). The film used was a special film that came in single sheets inside a stiff paper holder. Basically you would just point at what you wanted to shoot, look through the viewing window slide the special film into the back slot of the camera, then point and shoot. Very cheap.
Afterwards you could develop your film, even in broad daylight, thanks to the special holders the film was in.
I've added a quarter in the photo for scale. It's definitely a lot smaller then I thought it was.
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Back of camera (viewing window)
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Derek
Here are some recent additions to the collection since I posted last....yes I've been busy...haha.
First one up is a KW Patent Etui "Kawee Camera" (1921ish??) Picked up at my local antique store. According to what I have read, the word "Kawee" was given for marketing use in the use in the US. It was a play on words for the company's initials KW. Various shutter/lens combinations were offered with this camera. This particular one has Compur shutter made by F. Deckel in Germany, the lens is Carl Zeiss Tessar f/1:4.5, 10.5cm.
Hosted on Fotki
Next up is a Bilora Boy (1955) larger version then the earlier smaller ones. Made by Bilora in Germany. One of my faves in the collection. Great styling.
Hosted on Fotki
Next: Kodak Baby Brownie Special with original box and manual. (1938-1954) Basically this was a replacement for the Baby Brownie.
Hosted on Fotki
Argus C3 Matchmatic "The Brick" (1958-1966) Alright, so not the original case for it, but it did come with it's clip on selenium light meter and a very cool Argus flash unit.
Hosted on Fotki
Kodak Brownie Bulls-Eye (Gold Version) (1954-1960) I also have the black one too. Came with original box not picture.
Hosted on Fotki
Polaroid 800 (1957-1962) Not really a Polaroid collector, but I do like a few of the older classic models. This is one of them. Came with flash, wink light and carrying case and paperwork. Found at my local antique store.
Hosted on Fotki
Fototecnica Filmor Box camera (1950-1954) Very cool looking box camera made by Fototecnica in Turin, Italy.
Hosted on Fotki
Still reading???............
Univex Minute 16 - Made by the Universal Camera Corp. (1949) Very happy to have found one with its flash unit, original boxes for both camera and flash unit as well as paperwork too. This little camera has been credited as being partly (if not fully) responsible for the Universal Camera Corp. going bankrupt in 1952. Very small camera.
Hosted on Fotki
Very cool looking camera. The Bilora Bonita (1954) pseudo TLR camera made by Bilora in Germany. There was a previous model before this one, called the Bilora Bonita 66, which had a slightly different look to it.
Hosted on Fotki
Coronet Portrait Lens box camera (1935) Cool looking box camera with dual, retractable lens setting.
Hosted on Fotki
Finally.........
Japanese "No Darkroom" box camera aka a "Yen Camera". (1930s-40s???) They were produced by numerous no-name companies in Japan and came with different names. "Baby Camera", "Super Camera" etc....... Mine has a viewing window at the back of the camera (second picture). The film used was a special film that came in single sheets inside a stiff paper holder. Basically you would just point at what you wanted to shoot, look through the viewing window slide the special film into the back slot of the camera, then point and shoot. Very cheap.
Afterwards you could develop your film, even in broad daylight, thanks to the special holders the film was in.
I've added a quarter in the photo for scale. It's definitely a lot smaller then I thought it was.
Hosted on Fotki
Back of camera (viewing window)
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Derek