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The Gold plate folders are Japanese folding cameras taking 6.5×9cm pictures. They were distributed from 1934 to 1937 by Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten. It is not known if they are related to the company Gold Camera Kōgyōsho. At least three models were sold, quite different one from the other. All the models were supplied with three plate holders, a film-pack adapter and a cable release.[1]
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The Elikon Autofocus is a camera from the former Soviet Union. Released in the 1980s, it was made by BeLomo, and features autofocus and a built-in flash, two features that are rarely seen in a Soviet camera. It is a copy of the Konica C35 AF. The original price was 139 roubles.[1]
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The Yashica 72-E is a small half-frame camera. The name says it all: 72 exposures on a 36 roll of film. The camera is equipped with a Yashinon 28mm f/2.8 focusing lens that can focus from 0.8m to inf. The aperture can be adjusted from f/22 to f/2.8. The shutter is a Copal X with speeds of B, 8 to 250 of a sec. Film is advanced and cocked with a wheel on the base of the camera. Also on the base is the rewind release button, the film rewind crank, and a exposure counter that surrounds the tripod socket. A screw-in cable release can be inserted onto the shutter release.
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“CLA” is a bit of jargon frequently seen in discussions of vintage cameras. It is an abbreviation for “clean, lube, and adjust.”
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The XZ-1 is a high-end, compact digital camera introduced in early 2011 by Olympus. It offers a 1/1.63″ sensor whose size is somewhat larger than those of other digital compacts; and its restrained 10-megapixel specification allows each pixel to have a greater light-collecting area. Combined with a bright lens (opening to f/1.8 when at the wide end of its 4x zoom range), flash-free photos may be taken in poorer lighting conditions than is typical of pocket-sized cameras. However, a small pop-up flash is also provided.
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Bergger Photographic is a French photographic paper company founded in 1995.[1] It was founded by chemist engineer Guy Gerard who worked at Guilleminot for 30 years. The company was started along with Daniel Boucher who handled business operations, after the demise of Guilleminot a few years prior. Though primarily known for paper, Bergger also sold film manufactured by Hungarian company Forte until that firm was closed.
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The late Maitani Yoshihisa (米谷美久)[1] was a famous designer working for Olympus from the 1950s. He was born in 1933 and passed away July 30th 2009.
He designed the original half frame Pen model, the Pen F half frame SLR, the OM 35mm SLR system and the XA ultra compact 35mm camera.
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For the postwar models, made in the 1950s by Katsuma Kōgaku, see Semi Lyra (postwar).
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The Pilot Super is a medium format SLR camera made by KW in Dresden, Germany, from c.1939-1941[1], during the period that the company was owned by Charles Noble. It takes twelve 6×6cm exposures on 120 film, and can be converted to take sixteen 4.5×6 frames with an extra mask. It is a later version of the Pilot 6, using a similar chassis. Some early Pilot Supers have Pilot 6 nameplates.[2]
