Retro Film Camera

Canon Pellix

1965: The unique mirror of this camera solved viewfinder blackout during exposure.

Agfa Optima

1959: This chunky Agfa viewfinder camera gets with the program.

Konica FP

1963: Konishiroku’s investment in shutter technology pays off.

Ricoh Auto 35

1960: Ricoh bring the Space Age to camera design.

Fujica ST901

1974: Baby steps towards the digital age for film SLRs.

Confirmation: a design principle

How this design principle has been used in camera design, with some examples

Praktica LLC

1969: World first cutting edge metering in a mediocre body.

Asahi Pentax ME

1976: SLRs simply don’t get any smaller than this one.

Kowa H

1963: Kowa curiously put a technological first into a budget camera.

Durst Automatica

1956: This outrageously handsome Italian camera was as pioneering as it was cool.

Praktica FX 2

1956: KW introduces the first fully automatic lens diaphragm action.

Olympus Pen EE

1961: Simplicity is beautiful with the mother of all point and shoot cameras.

Yashica TL Electro-X

1968: Yashica lights up the viewfinder and steps up shutter technology.

Praktica Mat

1965: Pentacon continues to innovate amidst the rise of the Japanese SLR.

Pentax ME F

1981: Pentax took an ME Super, added autofocus, and started a revolution.

Praktina FX

1953: Kamera-Werkstätten’s great leap forward in SLR photography.

Canon FT QL

1966: Canon’s quick loading, mid sixties FL mount SLR was built to last.

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