Kodak 8"x 10" "Empire State" View Camera

    This view camera appears to have the original lens and bulb shutter.  The film was exposed by squeezing the bulb on the bottom right of the photograph.  Made from around 1893-1914.

Kodak Box Camera 

   This is probably the Model 2A Cardboard box camera made from 1907-1933, with this particular camera made during the end of that period.  It used 2 1/2"x 4 1/4" film (116).

Novar-Anastigmat-Zeiss-Ikon

Graflex Anniversary Speed Graphic

This camera was made from 1940-1947 and is familiar to most people as a "Press camera" because this camera was widely used by news photographers.  This one is all black, which was probably made during the war.  Produced high quality images onto 3.25x4.25 film.

Yashica-D 

    A wonderful inexpensive medium format camera which took 6x6cm pictures on 120 roll film.  Later Yashica medium format cameras  had built in meter, this one does not.  Made from about 1959-1974.

Kodak Petite Rainbow Hawkeye Vest Pocket Camera

This is a Kodak Model B in "Old rose" color.  This camera used 4.5x6cm on 127 film.  Sometimes referred to as the "lipstick" camera.

Kodak Six-20 Series II

      This camera was made from 1937-1948 as part of the "Jiffy" Kodak line.  Took 2 1/4"x3 1/4" on 620 rollfilm.

Kodak Pony 135 Model B

   This camera was made from 1950-1954 and was the first Pony camera to use 35mm film.  This particular camera has an Anaston f3.5 lens, but it also came with a f4.5 lens. 

Anniversary Kodak No. 2 Hawk-Eye Model C

    Issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Kodak in 1930.  Over one half million were given away to 12-year old schoolchildren. Note the gold seal on the left, which easily distinguishes this camera from the many box cameras that Kodak produced.

Argus C3 "brick"

     One of the editors favorite cameras, mostly because of is austere rugged looking "brick" shape.  Made from 1939-1966.  This was a very popular camera in it's day. 

Kodak Tourist No 2

  This camera was made from 1951-58.  The lens is labeled "Kodet Lens" and "Flash Kodon Shutter. It has an f4.5 lens and used 2 1/4"x 3 1/4" 620 roll film.

Kodak 8x 10 View Camera

     This is yet another photo of the same Kodak 8"x10" View camera shown above.  Note the extra lens and full bellows extension.

Kodak No.3-A-Autographic Model C

     This folding camera was made from 1903-1915 and took 3 1/4"x5 1/2" exposures on 122 roll film.  It has an f7.9 lens and two shutter speeds of 1/25 and 1/50 of a second.

Kodak box camera

  Yet another box camera, this one the Rainbow Hawk-eye.  Model number 2A, made from 1931-1932 and taking 2 1/2"x 4 1/4" film.

Sears Tower

   Various companies made cameras for Sears.  This particular camera is a Tower 35mm.

Pentax MX

     Next up is the Pentax MX, a manual camera with shutter speeds up to 1/1000 of a second, shown with a 135mm f3.5 lens.  

Olympus D-500L 

  While not a true "Vintage" camera, it is "Vintage" for a digital camera.  Having 1024x800 pixels is was one of the best cameras of it's day, and a big head start for Olympus in the digital field.  

Articles on Digital Cameras at Computer-Cameras:

• Basic Concepts in Digital Cameras 
• Digital Camera Battery Guide
• Storage Solutions  Organizing your pictures from the Camera to the Hard disk to back-up storage.
• Printing  Digital Camera Pictures
• Digital Camera Lenses and Accessories  
  

Here's a great site for evaluating and buying a digital camera:  Digital Camera HQ.  Some selected cameras from their website:  
     Kodak Easyshare CX6300  |  Kodak Easyshare DX4330  |  Kodak Easyshare DX4530  |  Kodak Easyshare DX6340  |  Kodak Easyshare DX6440  |  Kodak Easyshare DX6490  |  Kodak Easyshare 1S443

Nikon Coolpix 3100  |  Nikon Coolpix 3500  |  Nikon Coolpix 4300  |  Nikon Coolpix 5400  |  Nikon Coolpix 5700  |  Nikon D100  |  Nikon D2H