Category Archives: Viewfinders

Introduced in 1981, nine years after the release of the legendary SX-70, the Polaroid 600 film has a much faster ISO (rate at about ISO640) than its predecessor (ISO125). Size-wise, they are both 3 1/8″ x 3 1/8″. However, unlike the … Continue reading →

Minox is a German manufacturer of miniature cameras. It had made cameras that use film as small as 8×11 mm per frame (110 film is 13×17 mm/frame while a Micro 4:3 sensor is 13.5×18 mm). The first Minox 8x11mm camera … Continue reading →

The original Diana camera is a 120 format toy-camera like the Holga but it was manufactured 20 years earlier in Hong Kong and it shoots in 4×4 rather than 645/6×6. Moreover, instead of being sold as an economical camera to the working class … Continue reading →

Agfa was a German manufacturer of cameras, films and photographic chemicals founded in 1867. Until 2004, Agfa had produced films in a large variety of formats, including 110 and 126 cartridges, 135 cassettes, 120 rolls and its own invention, the Agfa … Continue reading →

Introduced in 1978, Rollei 35LED is the second last member in the Rollei 35 series (with the 35TE being the last). Being one of he basic models like the B35/35B and C35, the 35LED has a simplified shutter with speeds … Continue reading →

The Kodak No.2 Autographic Folding Brownie is a medium format folding camera like the Vigilant Six-20 (also made by Kodak) in an earlier post. Unlike the Vigilant Six-20, this Folding Brownie uses 120 format film instead of the obsolete 620 … Continue reading →

The word “Rollei 35” can refer to a single camera (like the one above) or a series of cameras of similar designs. Nevertheless, the Rollei 35 is the second smallest 35mm full frame camera ever built, only next to the Minox … Continue reading →