Rangefinder cameras and lenses made by Canon and Nikon were discovered by US photojournalists covering the Korean war in 1950; the discovery came as a shock similar in its own way to that of the war itself, and it presaged the end of the era of German dominance at the top level of optics and photography.

You can get a general sense of just how unexpected this discovery was by taking a look at this passage that appeared in Popular Photography Magazine in 1946: rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-136.html

Many of the early cameras were made especially for sale in the PX (Post Exchange) shops to US military personnel. This is one of those examples, as indicated by the red diamond and the letters "E-P" engraved on the top cover.

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Please don't use any of my images on websites, blogs or other media

without my explicit permission.© All rights reserved.

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الأخرى دون إذن صريح مني

This is a product shot of my Nikon D2H camera with the 50mm f/1.8 lens. This camera is for sale if you are interested.

Strobist info: SB-600 in softbox, camera left, SB-600 in shoot-through umbrella, camera right, using CLS in Manual settings. triggered using pop-up flash in -- mode.

Glass surface from an end-table on a cardboard box, with a black fleece blanket for backdrop (true DIY style)

This Expo Watch Camera was introduced in 1905. It was designed to look like a pocket watch. The "winding stem" is the lens. A reflex finder is slipped over the winding stem. The daylight loading cartridge produced twenty five 5/8 x 7/8 inch exposures.

My collection of photogear.

I own this baby!!!

shoots 120 medium format film.

This thing is a massive beast. It is a Soviet made 120 SLR. Got her from another photographer. To ,learn more about thes and models like it. go here.

www.kievaholic.com/mediumformat.html

This camera even with the 80 MM lens takes some effort to hold. Looks like the tripod will get some face time

Camera face off. PEN-F vs vTech twist!

Local bamboo patch.

Polaroid 350 with Kaligar auxilliary wide angle lens and viewfinder. I found it very hard to get properly exposed shots with this camera and the cold didn't help!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

A Lowepro Pro-runner 450 AW at full capacity (for my back). Pictured here is a Canon EOS 1Ds3 attached to an EF300L 2.8 with it's hood attached, with a LensCoat hood, a Canon EOS 1D4, EF70-200L 2.8 II, EF24-70L, EF85L 1.2 II, and a few filters. Attached to the side of the bag is a memory card pouch, and out of shot, a Lowepro 60 AW with a Speedlite 580EX II, and Lowepro 1S pouch with batteries. Technically I could still mount more Lowepro pouches to this set up, but this is about the limit of what I can haul on my back. For extended shooting I would simply pack up the 300L separately and load more in the bag.

iPhone via Hipstamatic

(Cappuccino + F3)

What Sunday mornings are for...

William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, East London, UK

Using my buddy's camera at school.

Elsie's lift: www.flickr.com/photos/elsiecake/532350270/in/set-72157594...

M-Asochistki challenge #8

50mm f3.5 Cintar lens. Speeds 1/10 to 1/300. Produced from 1939-66. A solid, durable & well liked camera. In my former life in London, England, I could always recognize an American tourist a block away, as they almost always had one of these around their necks.

Voigtlander camera

A bit of camera porn for a particularly busy day. My grandmother's Kodak camera that my Mom gave me for Christmas.

Day 5 of 28 (February)

Meeee:*

A camera has interesting ideas of its own. - John Szarkowski

©niCkyphotography

Cooper found this beautiful angle next door to my parents' house in Ellensburg. Taken with his collar camera.

Cooper's official blog: www.PhotographerCat.com | Cooper on Facebook

Buy Cooper's photo book, framed photos and more at Cooper's gallery store.

Camera used Canon F-1 cir:1977 with normal Canon 50mm f:1.8 lens..Film Tri-x ISO400. Developed in D-76.

While visiting some friends they pulled out this amazing miniture camera complete with leather case...had to get a shot and post it.

Vintage cameras and radios!

via Dropbox

Camera: Sony IPELA SNC-CH260

Output resolution: 1920x1080

all 30 minutes via SMTP

all 30 seconds via FTP

Exakta (1969), 2 camera set in briefcase.

First Double Exposure attempt in camera, genuine film double exposure not Photoshop.

With his collar camera Cooper took this self portrait in the mirror. That's me on the left, asking if he's ready to go outside.

Cooper's official blog: www.PhotographerCat.com | Cooper on Facebook

Buy Cooper's photo book, framed photos and more at Cooper's gallery store.

There is nothing more attractive than a boy with a camera in his hands.

Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus. Not happy about having a camera pointed at it.

x52 zoom compact camera.

My husband wrote the review article about the camera (in Japanese). I took the photos of the camera for it.

news.mynavi.jp/articles/2014/09/27/pentax_xg1/

Nikon D610 / Tamron SP AF90mm F2.8 Di Macro

Taken with a very ordinary compact camera through a train window. This camera required the thin cloud layer to get any sort of image showing the shadow - full sun was too bright. Taken near Farnborough, Hants at 11.10, almost the full extent of coverage.

My Camera Kit.

Canon EOS 60D,with cover.

Canon 70-200mm L IS f2.8 lens with 1.4 extender+ Hoya Pro1 Digital MC UV filter+ cover.

Canon 24-105mm L IS f 4 lens with UV filter.

Canon Speedlite 430EX II.

I also have a small Canon IXUS 510 HS for times when I cannot have all my gear with me.

Its taken me many years to get kit this good.

distance 72mm, pinhole 0.220mm

Two different single use cameras with promotion for the Dutch fairy tale theme park "Efteling" . Made in France and Hungary , with expiration dates 2000 and 2002 .

THIS IS AN OLD PHOTO: To see what things look like in this case now Click Here much has changed.

This was my camera case in 2007 that holds my cameras, lenses and other supporting accessories. There is a lot in this case and it's pretty darn heavy... The case is a Pelican 1614 which thankfully has wheels on it.

Items include:

Camera:

Canon 5DMkII w/ Grip

Canon 5D w/ Grip

Canon 50D w/ Grip

Lenses:

Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L MkII

Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L

Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS

Canon 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye

Canon 35mm f/1.4L

Canon 50mm f/1.4

Canon 85mm f/1.2 MkII

Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Canon 135mm f/2L

Lensbaby Composer

- All lenses run naked, no filters... I use a Hoya CP filter if I really need to but other than that nothing... no UV filters thank you very much.

Flash/Trigger/Exposure Stuff:

3 x Canon 580EXII (with STO-FEN OmniBounce)

Canon ST-E2 Wireless Transmitter

4 x Pocket Wizard Plus II (w/ elastic clips to mount to light stands, w/ cords)

Sekonic L-358 Lightmeter

Lastolite White/Grey Card

Memory and Film:

San Disk Ultra II and Extreme III CF cards (12x 2GB Ultra's, 1x 4GB Ultra, 3x 8GB Extreme)

3 x Gepe CardSafe Extreme's

Fuji Pro400H and NeoPan Film

Misc:

Cleaning Stuff - Rocket Blower, Sensor Swabs, Eclipse Cleaning Fluid, LensPen, lens cleaning cloths and solution.

Batteries - 24 x Maha/Powerex 2700mAh AA NiMiH recharables, extra camera batteries for the Canon Digital SLR's and Camcorder as well as the ST-E2 Wireless Transmitter.

Canon Remote Shutter Release Cable (use it for macro's and night shots, that's about it).

Pelican Silica Gel recharable pack (remove humidity).

Midland GMRS 25mile radios (w/ weather channel).

OpTech Classic Neoprene Straps with Pro-Loops.

Business cards, pens, pad of paper, etc.

NOTE: This photo made it into Flickr's 'Explore" as one of the top five hundred most interesting photos on a particular day, which makes me somewhat sad as the actual resulting photos didn't make it, ha! You can see all of my photo's that have made it into the Flickr Explore pages here.

Rolleiflex SL66 Camera

Arles, les Ateliers SNCF, été 2007...

Kodak Brownie 127 - Mk 1, second variant, 1956-1959.

One of the most popular Kodak cameras ever made :

www.brownie-camera.com/6.shtml

I used Gratispool back in the day - the developed film came back complete with a set of prints, free replacement film and paper negatives.....

www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Gratispool.html

Street Art, Lille (France) | © Louis Verplancken.

Camera 2...