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MYKRO
FINE (Japan) |
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MYKRO FINE
COLOR 16 |
Année / year not known but nevertheless it
seems quite old !
The ad. that came with the camera is dated
1972 and compares this brand new camera to the new Instamatic 20 Kodak).
Manufacturer is unknown. Original price $7.98 for the camera, $2.98 for
case, $1.49 for one magazine.
This model was distributed by Zip Custom Photo Labs, box448, Flushing,
NY 11352. : order 2 magazines and you get the camera for free !
As ZIP codes were implemented in 1963, I'd date the camera between 1963
and 1972... Anyway, some sources date the camera from the 50's.
This is an uncommon japanese subminiature camera for 14 pictures 13x13mm
on
16mm film in special magazine.
Multi-elements f6,3 Mykro Lens System in simple shutter ; 3 apertures
for light conditions.
Curious design : body style is very similar to the Whittaker Pixie and
the top is similar to the Hit type cameras. See also the Croma Color 16,
very similar.
This one is supplied with original worn box, worn pigskin case and original papers.
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MORITA
Trading Co. (Japan) |
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| KIKU 16 Model II |
Année / year c.1956
Subminiature camera shaped like a tiny Leica.
It takes 14x14 mm pictures on paperbacked rollfilm ; Despite the name
the camera uses 17.5mm film.
Fixed-focus 25mm/f8.0 lens. Shutter speeds of B and 1/25. Shutter
cocks with separate lever on front.
There is a sliding cover for exposure counter window (missing onthis
camera).
Bottom latch with folding key.
This one is supplied with a push-on accessory yellow filter.
The camera is similar to Gem 16 model II from same manufacturer.
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MONO-WERK
(Magdeburg, Germany) |
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MINIATURE PLATE
CAMERA |
Année / year c.1910-20
The manufacturer was Rudolph Chaste, Magdeburg in Germany.
Miniature folding plate camera with cross-swing struts for
4,5 x 6 cm pictures.
The model shown here has its original celluloid focusing screen and was
found with a set of four plate-holders.
Unidentified fixed focus lens in Mono shutter Z, M. (marked with the
Mono logo).
I've seen this camera with a light grey-green covering, this one is
painted black.
There are two tripod sockets, a large folding frame finder.
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MINIATURE PLATE
CAMERA |
Année / year c.1910-20
Similar camera to the above model except the viewfinder.
Miniature folding plate camera with cross-swing struts for
4,5 x 6 cm pictures.
Unidentified fixed focus lens in simple shutter Z, M. (no markings on this
model).
There are two tripod sockets.
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MAGNACAM
Corp (Oakland, NJ, USA) |
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WRISTAMATIC
model 30 |
Année / year c.1981
Plastic camera manufactured by Magnacam Corp. 1981 in USA.
Patented magnetic shutter 1/100 and film disk cassette.
Camera is new with original box of film disk cassettes.
Complete with instruction manual.
Optical view finder, 9 mm fixed focus (5ft to infinity) lens and wrist strap.
Six 10mm circular exposures on filmdisk cassettes (to obtain color
prints of 10cm diameter from the lab).
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MACRIS
& BOUCHER (Paris,
France)
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| NIL-MELIOR |
Année
/ year c.1920
Sérial n° 3286
Wide angle stereo camera for 6x13cm plates.
Olor Berthiot 57mm/f4.5 lenses (101149 – 101157)
Coupled diaphragm settings f4.5-f9-f18.
Seven speeds guillotine shutter with release button on top.
All commands are located on the lensboard which can slide up (just
to remove it or for some perspective control ?).
Large Newton finder and level spirit on top.
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MECUM (Germany) |
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MECUM
STEREO BOX |
Année / year c.1910
This is a small smiling Stereo box for 9x12cm plates marked Made in
Germany on back .
Wooden made with leatherette covering.
Simple shutter T, B, M in meniscus lenses. There is a sliding bar on
side to set the 4 aperture settings.
Ground glass back with a foldable hood or waist-level viewing. Tripod
sockets on bottom and on left side of camera.
Internal sliding caps for single exposures (one over each lens) can be
set from the top of the camera.
The camera is very similar to the CIA stereo box which was manufactured
for Indupor GMBH by CIA (Camera Industrie Austria) A. G. in Vienna.
Indupor stereocameras were designed by professor Krauth
Two stereocameras were built by the company C P. Goertz A. G.
- The model 1 was a studio camera and intended for the professional
range.
- The model 2 was professional travel camera .
For the amateur range the Indupor Stereo Boxkamera was added later.
This Mecum box could also be an Indupor
camera.
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MAMIYA
(Japan) |
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| MAMIYA 135 EE |
*Année / year 1977
Coupled range finder camera for 35mm film (iso25 to 400). Lens Mamiya
Sekkor 38mm/f2,8. Speeds 1/30-1/650 . Supplied with flash. Electric eye.
Self timer.
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| PRESS 23
Model Deluxe
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*Année / year c.1968
Designed as fast acting press camera .
The
back mount can be tilted or swing to 15 degrees in four directions.
Maximal
extension 30mm.
Variety of
interchangeable lenses ranging from 50mm to 250mm, Bayonet ring mounting
lenses, Coupled rangefinder, Viewfinder features manual parallax
correction , Close up photography by extending back mount, Advanced
close up photography by using extension rings, Back mount swings to
achieve control of perspective, depth of field, distorsion, or special
effects.
The model shown here is fitted with a 90mm/f3,5 lens, hand grip and
shutter release.
My set is complete with a 150mm/f5,6 lens, a 120 film back (pictures
6x9cm, 6x6cm or 6x4,5cm), extension ring set, 3 plate or film holders,
focusing screen holder, caches for 120 rollback and caches for
viewfinder.
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MEOPTA
(Prerov, Czechoslovakia) |
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| MIKROMA
model I |
Année / year c.1949
(or 1946 depending sources).
SN 437228
This is a very well made 16mm subminiature camera for 11x14mm pictures
on single perforated film.
Fixed focus Mirar 20mm lens (f3.5 to f16) and four-speed shutter 1/25,
1/50, 1/100 and 1/200 + B.
This early model has the Rapid wind sliding-bar on back : the shutter release, shutter cocking
and film advance functions are controlled through this small lever on
the top back of the camera.
Pushing it once advance the film and cocks the shutter, pushing it again
takes the picture.
The special cassettes came with the camera ; note that they are
different.
This is the black model ; exists also in green.
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| STEREO-MIKROMA
model I |
Année / year 1960-1972
SN lenses 1516 and 3462
The Stereo version of the camera shown above but with green covering.
Main difference with the model I (non stereo) is the shutter release : the
stereo model has a standard shutter release, a lever to cock the
shutter, and the film advances with a large knob on the top while the
model 1 used one lever for all three functions.
It's a viewfinder stereo camera for 12 x 13 mm pictures on single
perforated 16mm film.
You can take 12-16 pairs on a film of 70cm lenght or 16-18 pairs on a
90cm lenght film.
Lenses are Mirar anastigmats f3.5/25mm (diaph. continuously adjustable
from f3.5 to f22) in a guillotine type shutter 1/5 - 1/100 and B (cocked
through a sliding bar on back of body).
Fixed focus from 3m to infinity (note that the lenses are focused at
different distances somewhat like the Graphic stereo).
There is a frame counter on top (additive 1 to 22), a PC flash contact
and a cable release provision.
With leather case.
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| FLEXARET model II |
*Année / year 1951
6x6
TLR .Mirar f4,5/80mm on Prontor SVS shutter.
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FLEXARET AUTOMAT
model VI |
*Année c.1964
Automatic twin-lens
reflex camera for roll film of 12 pictures 6x6 cm, or 16 pictures 4.5x6
cm, eventually 33-35 pictures of size 24x36 mm in 35 mm roll film. Viewing
lens is a Belar 3.5/80, camera taking lens is a Belar 3.5/80.
Shutter: Prontor SVS 001-1/500 + B
Film feed: by a knob with simultaneous winding-up of shutter.
Picture counter: automatic for 12 pictures.
Release: blocked with advancing of film.
With leather case.
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MINOLTA
(Japan) |
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Minolta-16 model II
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Année / year 1960-62
SN 512391
Subminiature camera for 10x14mm pictures on 16mm film in special
cassettes.
4-elements Rokkor 22mm/f2.8 lens (f2.8-4-5.6-8-11-16) (listed as one of
the top 10 submini lenses of all time).
Shutter B-30-60-125-250-500. Push-pull film advance system similar to the
Kiev-30.
(Model I has a 25mm/f2.8 lens and only 3 speed shutter).
Has X Flash sync and pictures counter.
This is the uncommon Green colored model (exists in red, blue, black, gold
and chrome).
Comes with its original
leather case that has the word Japan on one side and Minolta on the other
side.
Actually two versions of this camera exist : the first (shown here)
says "Chiyoda Kogaku-Japan" on one side and "Minolta-16" on the other side
; the second "Minolta-16 II" . This is due to Chiyoko becoming The Minolta
Camera Company in 1962.
Comes also with a Slip-on UV filter marked UV Japan. |
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*Année / year 1972-74
SN 232008
Final model of the Minolta-16 line.
12x17mm
size. Rokkor f3.5/23mm, shutter 30-250. Auto-metering. Chrome. Camera
and case.
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M.I.O.M
(France) |
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| PHOTAX BLINDE |
*Année / year 1938
Streamlined
black bakelite body. Helical telescoping front. 6x9cm on rollfilm. The
unique part of this camera is the molded bakelite front cap which covers
the shutter and lens, and is the only place to find the camera's
identity. This unique "capot blindé" is responsible for the
camera's nickname. Several model improvements over the years, but all
retaining the same body style. Lens Boyer serie VIII,central sector
shutter 25, 100, T.
With cap and case.
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PHOTAX
model IV |
*Année / year 1946
Same general features as above model but Lens Boyer Rexar, central
sector shutter 25, 100, B. Flash contact on the lens. The winding knob
is white.
Also with cap and case.
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| LEC JUNIOR |
*Année / year 1937-38
Rigid black bakelite camera for 4x6,5 cm pictures on 127 rollfilm.
Lec Junior molded on back. Duxor lens serie 5a in B , T shutter.
2 diaphragm settings.
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MINOX
(Germany) |
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| LEICA M3
Miniature Replica |
Année / year c.2001
SN M3-E06494
The Leica M3 miniature model is made in Japan for Minox GmbH of Wetzlar,
Germany. The camera is designed as a miniature replica of the classic
Leica M3 camera of 1954. It's similar to the Sharan model (same
manufacturer ?).
Scale 1/2,5 : dimensions are L74mm x H38mm x W41mm.
The lens is a 3-element f5.6 15mm
Minoctar fixed-focus glass lens, with the same formula as the lens of
the popular Minox EC camera. Depth-of-field from 1,2 m to infinity.
Shutter speed 1/250 second. The "self-timer" lever on the
front is spring loaded to return to its normal position, but it does not
function as a self-timer.
The "rewind knob" turns, but with Minox film, there is no need
to rewind. The double-stroke film advance lever actually advances the
film. Uses standard Minox film cartridges for 8x11mm exposures. A 36
exposure cartridge of Minocolor ASA 100 film is included with the
camera.
The camera comes factory new in a wooden display box with a black fabric
lining. The clear plastic sliding cover has "MINOX Germany"
printed on the top corner. The instruction booklet is packed under the black fabric lining.
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| MINOX 35 EL |
*Année / year 1974-78
SN 3685318.
This minox 35EL is a full-frame 35mm viewfinder camera equipped with
fully automatic exposure via an electronically-controlled shutter, the
user setting the aperture. The housing and most of the parts are made in
matt black Makrolon, a high impact plastic material which has assisted
its light 190g, weight.
This was the smallest 35mm full-frame camera ever constructed.
First production model, red coloured shutter release button.
Shutter speeds
range from 1/500 to 30 sec (depending film sensibility). Color Minotar 4 elements f2,8/35mm lens.
Focusing from 90cm to infinity.
Hot shoe with automatic flash synch 1/30.
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MONTANUS - CAMERABAU
(Solingen, Germany) |
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ROCCA
AUTOMATIC
also called
MONTANUS SUPER REFLEX |
* Année / year 1954-59
No serial number
Uncommon TLR camera for 6 x 6 cm pictures on 120 rollfilm.
Crank for film advance.
Viewing lens is Pluscanar Anastigmat 80mm/f3.5 AR n° 82302.
Taking lens is Pluscanar Anastigmat 80mm/f3.5 AR n° 81293.
Diaphragm settings from f3.5 to f22.
Focusing 1m to infinity through lever on side.
AGC Shutter with M-X-V settings and speeds B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50,
100, 300.
Flash contact on bottom.
With original leather case in average condition.
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MOZAR
(East Germany) |
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| DIANA |
*Année / year 1950
Dr Paul Mozar, Dusseldorf,
Germany
Bakelite box camera for 6x9 cm on 120 film.
f11/f16 . M & Z shutter. Uncommon.
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MINI
CAMERA (Hong Kong) |
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| SING 388 |
*Année / year ?
Small mini camera of the Hit type made in Hong Kong. Inexpensive
construction, not the quality of the Japanese Hit.
Do not really works but has all features of a real camera (lens, opening
back, spool,shutter release). New in paper box.
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METROPOLITAN
INDUSTRIES (Chicago, Ill,
USA) |
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| CLIX-O-FLEX |
*Année / year c1947
TLR type plastic camera for half-frame vues on 127 film (or Agfa A8
film).
Booklet says : "a camera built up to a quality... not down to a
price".
I and T shutter. Identical to the Metro-flex from same manufacturer.
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