The American Camera – Bolsey
There was a time when America made some of the worlds best cameras and lenses. Believe it or not, many of the most interesting cameras ever produced were made…
Category Archives: Collecting
A Box and a Lens – A look at an amazing little box camera
Most of these cameras were made from wood and covered with a pebbled grain cloth or paper. There were some that were made from paperboard and used a pinhole rather than a lens. More expensive versions were made from stamped metal and covered in leather. They had simple shutters and apertures.
A Poor Man’s (or Woman’s) Leica
One of the beautiful features of this amazing rangefinder camera, and there were many, was its fixed 45-mm Yashinon f/1.7 lens.
Collecting Old Folding Cameras – A few from my collection
There was a time not too long ago when folding cameras were King. Many folders built around the 1930’s to the 1950’s were small, with beautiful lenses…