Box Camera
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Photography has been around quite a while now and whilst there have been thousands of makes and models of camera, few ever reach the status of iconic. Today we are going to take a subjective look at seven cameras that moulded photography to what we know today. The Box Brownie This is perhaps, photography’s Ford Model T moment. A mass produced camera that the masses could afford. Launched in 1900 by Eastman Kodak the Brownie was simplicity itself, the earliest versions being nothing but a…
Houghton: Daguerreotype Tropical Sliding Box - c1845. 4¾x4¾'' exposures, daguerreotype camera. One of the earliest Houghton cameras licensed by Daguerre.
The Brownie Bull's-Eye was a Bakelite Box camera made by Kodak between 1954 & 1960, designed by Arthur H Crapsey (who also designed the highly successful Kodak Brownie Star series). The body featured an eye-level viewfinder and a large shutter-release button on the front vertical edge, in front of the winding knob. It was available in black (with light-grey winding knob, focus & shutter-release)- from 1954-1958, or a beige colour (called "gold", with black controls) from 1958-1960[1]…
©1950's Made in France by Tiranty for Coronet All metal box cam, 120 film for 6x9cm So VERY excited to FINALLY have one of these! I've tried for years to get one of these at a reasonable price here in the States, it just did not seem possible! Another one off of my never ending "hot" list. Gorgeous little box camera, very pleased with it!
The Teddy Camera is a stamped-metal box camera, made c.1924 by the Teddy Camera Company of Newark, NJ. The camera came with a set of sensitized cards, and made 2" x 3½" prints, developed on-the-spot within a tubular developing tank which attached to the bottom. My example is a bit banged up, and doesn't have the developing tank, but as a collector, you take what you can get with a camera as hard-to-find as this one is. I figured I might have a better chance of finding one locally, since I…
I know, I know. It’s been done before, but not by me, so I gave ‘er a go. It started when I discovered a blog post online: DIY Foam core 8×10 camera by
This rare and exceptional, tropical camera is made of teak wood, which has great damp and heat resisting properties. The corners of
David Ellwand has collected over 100 vintage cameras, and published the photographs he's taken with their antique technology in "RetroPhoto: An Obsession."
