Perhaps the most familiar of all family cameras, the Olympus Trip 35 was for 35mm film what the Brownies were for 120 and later 127 film. Very robust, impeccable finish and strictly what is needed for good photos of travel, moments with friends and family and also street snapshots.
With the Kodak Bullet Camera, designer Walter Dorwin Teague used the characteristics of bakelite to create one of the nicest cameras in the Art Deco style of the 1930s. It is a camera for the amateur, for photos that are unpretentious in terms of technique but full of affectionate memories.
Among the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of camera models released by Kodak throughout its history, the Beau Brownie is part of a select group. This is the group of the first models in which aesthetics went hand in hand with functionality. It is a box camera from the 1930s, Art Deco style, very nice and perfectly usable even today.
Monoreflex camera in 9x12cm or 4×5″ format, member of a series of several similar models. A series that was the first great success of Graflex when it was still called Folmer and Schwing Manufacturing Company. It is an excellent option for those who want to take portraits or action photos in larger format nowadays.
Extremely compact and feature-rich, this folding camera was designed in 1920 and manufactured until 1938 in 6.5 x 9 and 9 x 12 cm formats. Very pleasant to use and a great option for those who make dry plates.
Photographic enlarger from the time when negatives shrunk to miniature cameras, needing magnification, but electric light was not yet available. Aimed at the amateur market, it accompanied the Vest-Pocket Cameras that made 4.5 x 6 cm negatives for enlargements of up to 13 x 18 cm
Camera in 13 x 18 cm or 5 x 7″ format, this Linhof Technika follows the basic design of a drop bed but has a very large number of features. All metal, it is built with a precision that allows for smooth and precise movements even after many decades of use.
Very simple device, but it causes a surprising immersive effect to see photos. The graphoscope was an indispensable accessory for collectors of carte de visite or cabinet pictures, the established formats of photographic portraits that were a real craze in the 19th century.
Wooden and ground glass camera from the first half of the 20th century. A very simple type of construction with few movements but still rigid and well finished. Certainly a camera for the amateur photographer when the 13×18 cm format still didn’t scare anyone.
Sort of ontological type of camera, this is a typical field camera camera with most of the controls this of construction used to offer. It is a 13×18 cm format and offers the possibility to use many different lenses. Probable date is the 1930s
Contaflex was a very popular 35mm monoreflex camera among the most dedicated amateurs in the 1950s/60s. Between hits and misses, it helped to pave the way for the explosion of Japanese brands that followed.
There was a Kodak AG in Stuttgart, dedicated to sophisticated cameras and demanding specifications. There were for four decades a line of cameras called Retina, of which the Retina Reflex was the most sophisticated and end of that era.