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Line drawing of Minox B spy camera
Long before Hollywood made this camera into a spy icon, this sub-minature photographic gadget was just a crazy idea that had nothing to do with espionage

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras How the world-famous Minox spy camera survived World War II and Soviet occupation

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Line drawing of Pentax 6x7 camera
This oversized 35mm camera changed medium format photography forever – and photographers are still obsessed with the Pentax 6x7 almost 60 years later

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras How Asahi Optical built the camera that took on Hasselblad – and won over portrait photographers

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A decade-long gamble turned Canon into Nikon’s biggest threat with a professional camera that was launched with a complete system of 180 accessories on Day One!

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras Inside the 1966 secret project that changed professional photography forever

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Hasselblad 1000F camera on a dining room table
"I am the camera": How a Swedish birdwatcher built the ultimate photographic workhorse that got taken on a one-way trip to the Moon

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras The iconic range of medium cameras that were so rugged they were taken on chronicle first lunar space missions

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Contax RTS
How Porsche, Carl Zeiss and Yashica teamed up in secret to build the legendary Contax RTS camera after Pentax walked away

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras “Top Secret Project 130”: The forgotten 1970s scheme that completely changed camera history

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Olympus Trip 35 camera
This budget vacation camera had a secret weapon – and it was so successful that over 5 million were sold!

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras The genius behind the Olympus Trip 35 and its astounding 40mm lens

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Line drawing of Leica S1 camera
30 years ago, this monster futuristic Leica camera shot digital photos at a resolution that was over 20 times better than its rivals – but there was a catch

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras This futuristic Leica camera weighed 8 pounds and took 3 minutes to snap one photo in 1996

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Alpa Reflex camera
The Swiss watchmakers who accidentally built the world’s most eccentric camera

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras This classic Alpa camera featured two completely different ways to focus

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PNWY9R Prod DB © Neue Road Movies / DR RENDEZ-VOUS A PALERME (PALERMO SHOOTING) de Wim Wenders 2008 ALL./FRA./ITA. avec Campino appareil photo Plaubel Makina 67, photographe, seance photo, tatouages
Film photographers are still obsessed with the Plaubel Makina 67 – in fact, this medium format camera is worth far more today than when it was new!

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras From Germany to Japan: The strange, but brilliant history of Plaubel Makina cameras

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110 cameras
The world’s smallest interchangeable lens camera is a tiny mechanical masterpiece

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras This forgotten pocket camera was way better than its film format allowed it to be

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