Category: World First

Houghton’s Ensign Cupid

1922: A unique camera that doubled the number of exposures on a roll of film

Folding Pocket Kodak

1897: Frank Brownell’s new kind of camera for a new century.

Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 520

1932: A pioneering half-frame folding camera that promoted the 645 format

Kodak Six-16

1932: Same chips, different gravy, as Eastman Kodak introduce 616 film.

Olympus XA

1979: A clamshell classic that once again helped Olympus redefine 35mm photography.

Kodak No.2 Brownie

1901: The first camera in a film format that is still rolling.

Praktiflex

1939: One of the earliest and most influential 35mm SLRs of all time.

Kodak Retina

1934: Kodak invent modern 35mm photography.

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.

Fujica ST901

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

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.

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.

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.

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