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Line drawing of Leica M3
The hidden meaning behind the '3' in the legendary Leica M3 revealed

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras Classic Cameras #18 - Why many photographers still consider this 70-year-old Leica the "perfect" 35mm film camera

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Line drawing of FotoSniper FS-3
This Soviet 'sniper' camera looks more like a rifle than a photography tool and once sold for $63,000!

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras Classic Cameras #17 – Why the USSR built a 300mm telephoto camera on a wooden gun stock

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LIne drawing of Olympus OM-1 35mm SLR camera on blue background
This compact 35mm camera changed film photography forever

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras The 1972 Olympus OM-1 remains the ultimate proof that great things really do come in small packages!

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Sketch of Praktina FX camera
Everyone thinks Nikon invented the professional system camera – but this forgotten 1953 East German legend got there first

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras This 1953 camera had detachable motordrives and 450-shot backs long before they were standard. Here's the short, brilliant life of the Praktina FX

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Drawing of a Nikon F SLR film camera
This is the one camera I truly regret selling – the first TRUE system camera that rewrote the rulebook for pro photography

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras Nearly 60 years after I bought it, I still regret selling this incredible camera

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Olympus PEN and PEN F cameras
The 26-year-old who designed a camera that sold over 17 million units

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras One of the most beautiful cameras ever made was designed by a 26-year-old wizard of camera craft

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Nikkorex 35/2
This Nikon compact camera proved to be an embarrassing disaster

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #9 – the Nikkorex 35

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Line drawing of Kine Exakta camera
Ihagee who? The long-forgotten camera company that brought us the first-ever 35mm SLR

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #8 - The Kine Exakta

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Canonflex
This gorgeous Canon SLR camera turned out to be a complete disaster. Here's why it was discontinued after just five months

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras The tragic tale of the 1959 Canon Canonflex

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Pentax Spotmatic
This Pentax camera arrived four years late and was missing the feature it was literally named after… yet it sold in the millions

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras The Pentax Spotmatic was late to the camera party and missed a key feature – but was still wildly popular with 4 million bodies sold!

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