Item is a manual plate changing box-style camera. It holds 12 steel plateholders inside the top door compartment behind the plane of focus. Holders have to be manually inserted into a slot. The camera has an achromatic lens with three diaphragm stops, two viewfinders, an aperture scale from f16 to 45, and a time and instantaneous shutter.

Item is a box camera that uses No. 101 rollfilm for twelve 3.5 x 3.5 inch exposures. This camera has the unique feature where the sides and back come off completely for loading. It has an achromatic lens and rotary shutter. It was marketed as the "Plico" in Europe.

Item is a box camera with a metal body and leatherette covering. It uses 116 film for 2.5 x 4.25 inch exposures. The camera has a meniscus lens, a single-speed rotary shutter, and two viewfinders.

Item is a Canadian version of the Hawk-Eye No. 2 Model C to commemorate Kodak's fiftieth anniversary of their first patent. It has a tan coloured leatherette covering, brass fittings, and a gold foil anniversary sticker. These were given to twelve year old kids for a Kodak promotion. Roughly 500,000 to 550,000 were manufactured. The camera uses 120 film for 2.25 x 3.25 inch exposures. It has one viewfinder and a meniscus lens with a rotary shutter.

Item is an Ensign rollfilm box camera that takes 3.25 x 2.25 inch exposures on 120 film. The camera has two viewfinders, three unlabelled aperture settings, and two shutter speeds.

Item consists of a Premo 4x5 inch plate camera with 1 plate holder within. This camera opens a the top for reloading. It has a [stiff] safety shutter, a two speed shutter, two viewfinders, an adjustable diaphragm, and two tripod sockets. The plate holder has the following writing on it "The Premo Camera Patent July 19, 1890 Other patents pending."

Item consists of a box camera that uses 130 film for 2 7/8 x 4 7/8 inch exposures. The camera has a meniscus achromatic lens and rotary shutter. The camera has a leatherette covering in a grained pattern, a metal film carrier, two reflecting viewfinders, one tripod socket, and a trigger guard.

Item consists of a Six-16 Brownie Junior box camera that uses 616 film for 2.5 x 4.25 inch exposures. It has a meniscus lens, rotary shutter, and two brilliant viewfinders. It has a leatherette covering and an Art Deco design on the faceplate.

Item consists of a sheet film wooden box camera with brown leather covering, for 4.5" x 3.5" exposures on sheet film. Manufacturer unknown. Includes 2 wooden film holders.

Item is a metal box camera with a dark green leather covering, for 2.5" x 4.25" exposures on 116 film. This particular camera is No. 116 and was made in Toronto, Ontario.

Item is a metal box camera with a tan-coloured reptile grained paper covering with a faint imprint of where a gold seal was. This camera was a special edition of the No. 2 Hawk-Eye Camera Model C meant to commemorate the 50th anniversary if the Eastman Kodak Co. In 1930, Kodak gave away approximately 550,000 to children 12 and under. The camera itself is used for 2.25" x 3.25" exposures on rollfilm with a single finder only.

Item is a metal box camera, for 2.25" x 3.25" exposures on 620 film. It was a continuation of the Six-20 Brownie cameras but was renamed Brownie Six-20. The Model D camera features flash contacts.

Item is a metal box camera with red leather covering, for 2.25" x 3.25" exposures on roll film. This camera was manufactured by the Eastman Kodak Company in Toronto, Ontario and is No. 120 of the series.

Item is a box camera with black leather covering, for 3 x 4 cm exposures on 127 film. The name of the manufacturer is imprinted on the front into the leather while the model name of the camera is imprinted on the back. Camera has a Goerz Frontar D.R.P. lens.

Item consists of an all metal construction box camera, which takes films packs only, for 2.24" x 3.25" exposures.

Item consists of a box camera, for 5 x 7.5 cm exposures on 127 film. Model has two finder lenses placed horizontally across the top front side of the camera. The camera also has an extended hexagonal front plate around the lens with stops and closeup settings around it. There is a black enamel trim around the front end of the camera and a diamond shaped winding knob at the top right side.

Item consists of a plastic body box camera with a viewfinder. The camera includes a Voigtar 7.7/7.5cm lens and a compartment for the filter and extinction meter.

Item consists of a black cardboard box camera with leatherette covered metal front. The camera has a single reflex finder.

Item consists of a black box camera, for 3.25" x 4.25" exposures on 124 film.

Item is a box camera.

Item consists of a brown leather-covered wood box which loads from the top; for 3.5" x 3.5" exposures on 101 rollfilm or double plateholders. Camera features a rotary disk shutter and rotating disk stops.

Item consists of a sheet film wooden and cardboard box camera with black leatherette covering, for 3.25" x 2.25" negatives. The camera has a rear opening door for loading and a folding wire frame finder and uses an achromatic meniscus lens with an everset shutter and a periscopic lens in the everset shutter. The camera has dual reflex finders.

Item consists of a brick-shaped brown plastic camera. It creates 40 24 x 32 mm exposures on 35 mm film in special cassttes. The camera uses a Graf Anastigmat f7/7/40 mm lens with a single-speed shutter that trips by counterclockwise motion on the winding crank.

Items in this series are photographic devices designed to be inconspicuous, intended for photographers to make candid exposures without the subject being aware. The first detective cameras appeared with the production of commercially available dry plates and designs were simple box camera style constructions. These were, in fact, very similar to standard cameras of the time, but were smaller, handheld and able to make exposures relatively quickly. As smaller, flexible film materials became available, these cameras began to be produced disguised as objects such as pocket watches, ties, books, hats, pens and walking sticks.

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Item is a wooden, leather-covered Waterbury Improved Detective Camera. The design is a simple box format with film holders accessed through a door at the rear, and shutter assembly inside the front of box. On the inside of the plate holder door, a sticker reads "Caution, This film must be developed before Jan. 1st, 1900."

Item is a magazine box falling-plate detective camera for 9x12cm plates. It has a Rapid Rectilinear lens, a shutter with two instantaneous speeds (rapide and lente), an adjustable aperture, two Watson-type viewfinders with folding covers, a plate-counter, and two tripod sockets. It has a wood body with leather covering. The camera was formally named the Express Détective but it has been combined with the Express Newness, which is the name that many sources record the camera under.

Item is a small novelty film camera that is disguised as a railroad pocket watch, first produced into early 1900's and sold until 1939. The exposure is made through the winding stem and the winding knob serves as a lens cap, and required special film cartridges. The camera is relatively common, as it was marketed for so long and several variations exist in the "Expo" trademark style, the winding knob, and the viewfinder shape. Black, red, blue enameled versions produced about 1935 are rarer.

Series contains cameras designed to take wide-angle photographs (images that are least twice as wide as they are tall). Cameras of this nature began to be produced soon after photography was invented, as photographers have always wanted to capture large group portraits, landscape views and skylines. Panoramic photographs are achieved by stitching several exposures together to create one image or with purpose built cameras of several designed, including banquet (similar to standard cameras with wider aspect ratios, designed to take photographs of large groups indoors), short rotation (uses a curved film plane, swinging lens and split shutter that the lens rotates around), and full or long rotation (capable of producing 360 degree views by rotating the camera and film past the shutter).

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Item is a 35 mm, plastic point and shoot camera that takes wide panoramic style photographs on 35mm film. The exposures are masked off (cutting off the top and bottom of the 35mm frame) to produce panoramic images.

Item is a rollfilm panoramic cameras in which the lens pivots and projects the image to the curved focal plane. The camera uses No. 103 rollfilm to take 3.50 x 12 inch exposures. It has a rapid rectilinear lens and a 142 degree angle. This model is the original model for the Panoram Kodak series and has no door to cover the swinging lens.

This series contains cameras designed to take photographs on flexible film sized smaller than 135 format film (24mm x 36mm). The size of the camera also tended to be very small, and often simply designed. While several companies manufactured high quality miniature cameras (including Minox and Rollei), many others were cheaply made and did not produce relatively poor results.

Film formats for miniature cameras were often priority, created by manufactures for their cameras specifically, and included the following sizes: 10mm x 14xx (16mm film), 13mm x 17mm film (110 film cartridges), 14mm x 14mm (used by "Hit" type cameras), 8mm x 11mm cartridge roll film (Minox), 11mm x 8mm disc film (Kodak).

Miniature cameras gained a reputation as "spy" cameras, and while some of the higher quality ones (including the Minox) were used by government agencies, most were simply for surreptitious, amateur use.

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Item is one of the smallest cameras the Minox company produced. The original model, designed by Walter Zapp for use while hiking, was made in 1937 in Riga Latvia. Minox subminiatures were used as spy cameras by Nazi spies in World War II, as well as Soviet and American agents during the Cold War. The camera has its original leather case, and matching light meter . Synchronized for flash with a complan 15mm f3.5 lens.

Small hand held camera with thin, horizontal design. Black plastic casing with metal plate and blue release button on top. Black leatherette on bottom. Strap attached. Slide pulls shut to cover recessed flashbulb.

Item is a roll of film in plastic casing, designed to be used as a camera. The camera comes in its original packaging, opened. ASA 100.

Item is a molded walnut Bakelite camera with cast metal hardware and dual lenses. The front metal plate is cast with "CORONET, MIDGET, 16 mm FILM, MADE BY THE CORONET CAMERA CO. BIRMINGHAM, BRITISH PATENTS APPLIED FOR, DESIGN REGISTERED." The Moroccan leather case has the company logo and "MADE IN ENGLAND" in gold letterpress.

Item is a simple to use camera for use with the proprietary "Disc" film format. Kodak introduced the 15 exposure cartridges in 1982, while they were popular when first introduced, the small negatives 911 x 8 mm) often resulted in poor quality prints and the format soon lost its popularity.

Item is a 110 mm picture pocket camera. In black leather pouch. Uses magicube flash bulbs.

Item is a 110 film pocket camera. Like Ektra 1 camera but has built in electronic flash.

Item is a sub-miniature camera with an Arokkor f3.5/25 lens and a fixes 1.110 shutter.

Item is a small, Bakelite camera with a frame viewfinder. This was a proprietary camera design, which used No.00, 6 exposure film only made by the Universal Camera Corporation. Norton Camera filed a patent lawsuit filed against the Universal company after the product was released. Norton had been in talks with Universal to produce the camera originally. Universal eventually won the case and purchased the Norton Camera company. The camera originally sold for 39 cents.

Item is a 35mm half frame automatic camera. Fixed focus, selenium meter coupled, clockwork film drive.

Item is a Kiev subminiature uses 16mm film in cassettes. Russian F3.5/23 lens. Comes with a brown leather zippered case, which includes one of the 2 possible filters.

McKoewn Pg.463

Item is a Pocket 110 subminiature still camera. Lanthar F5.6/24mm lens. Has programmed mechanical shutter with 4 weather symbols. Has wrist strap, and hot shoe attachment. Includes manual.

McKoewn, Pg. 971

Item is a subminature camera with a Rokkor F3.5/25mm lens, shutter speed is 1/100 only. The camera has a synch contact for flash attachment. Item comes with case.

Item is a Subminiature camera that took 20 exposures, 10 x 14mm, on 16mm film. The camera has a built in coupled light meter. Also contains an original film cartridge.

Item is a subminiature camera, Model P - in original case with strap. Lens is a Rokkor F3.5 /25mm.

Item is a subminiature camera with wrist strap. The Lens is a Rokkor F2.8/25mm, shutter speeds H (high) and L (low). Auto exposure, coupled shutter metering.

McKoewn Pg. 682

Item is a typical Pocket instamatic, with plastic body and built in flash.

Item is marked with the Hanimex brand, though the camera was manufactured by the Vivitar Corporation. It is a 110 format camera with a built-in flash powered by two AA batteries. It has a fixed focus. The photographer can select either a normal or telephoto lens, by using a slide switch on top of the camera.

Item is an instamatic for use with 110 film. Includes magicube extender, and magicube flash bulbs.

Item is a subminiature camera from the Minolta series, with detachable dedicated electronic flash, carrying case, presentation case, strap and lens filters. Many accessories were available for this model, including a slide projector, enlarger, and laboratory equipment.

Item is a silver subminiature camera, for 10 x 14 mm exposures on 16mm film. In original box, includes Minolta brand colour print film, camera case, strap and tripod mount.

Item is a small, flat, hand-held camera with black plastic body and brushed metal, gold-coloured front plate. Intended by Kodak to replace their instamatic line of cameras, the Kodak Disc cameras were designed to be simple to use, with all automatic functions. Took Disc film, a proprietary format that made 15, 11 x 8 mm exposures; this small negative size made the resulting prints very grainy when enlarged and the camera model was not Kodak's most popular. This item includes the original packaging, with unopened twin pack of Disc film and strap.

Item is a small, flat, hand-held camera with black plastic body and brushed metal, gold-coloured front plate. Intended by Kodak to replace their instamatic line of cameras, the Kodak Disc cameras were designed to be simple to use, with all automatic functions. Took Disc film, a proprietary format that made 15, 11 x 8 mm exposures; this small negative size made the resulting prints very grainy when enlarged and the camera model was not Kodak's most popular. Item has a built in flash and wrist strap. In plastic display original packaging. Uses HR disc.

Item is an instamatic camera for use with 110 film and comes with a Sylvania Super 10 flash attachment. Comera contains a partially exposed film roll.

IItem is a small, flat, hand-held camera with black plastic body and brushed metal, gold-coloured front plate. Intended by Kodak to replace their instamatic line of cameras, the Kodak Disc cameras were designed to be simple to use, with all automatic functions. The camera used Disc film, a proprietary format that made 15, 11 x 8 mm exposures; this small negative size made the resulting prints very grainy when enlarged and, while the camera did well when it was first introduced, it lost populatiry due to the low quality prints it produced. Film in camera, with 4 exposures taken.

Item is a simple camera plastic amateur snapshot camera for small (28 x 28 mm) exposures on 126 cartridge roll film. Item in original box.

Item is a camera box set, complete with accessories. Orange and white cardboard box is printed with "AGFAMATIC 1a FULLY AUTOMATIC 35 mm CAMERA", a b&w illustration of the camera, and a contents list of "...camera, leather case, Tully flash with case, Agfachrome film, with processing." The camera is metal, plastic and glass. Around the lens is printed "AGFA COLOR - AGNAR 1 : 2.8 / 45" The leather case is printed with "MADE IN GERMANY" and comes with 2 straps. There is a paper box of Agfa ISU 135-36 Isopan Ultra film (exp. Feb 69), an Agfa metal film canister with exposed film inside, a box of 12 Sylvania flashbulbs, a leather and plastic-cased flash assembly, and 2 instruction pamphlets.

Item is an instamatic camera for exposures on 126 cartridge film. This Canadian model had both French and English notations. The original X-15 used Magicubes for flash photos. The F designation is for the updated model, which uses "Flipflash".

Item is a camera for use with 126 film. Includes a swing out AG1 flash reflector in body, automatic parallax correction. Three focusing symbols are visible in finder. In autoflash mode distance coupled to aperture. Prontor-matic V 30-125. Automatic shutter priority mode with selenium cell. With colour lanthar f.28-38mm.

Lens: Voigtlander Lanthar f.8/38mm
Shutter: prontor-matic

Item is an instamatic camera for use with 110 film.

Item consists of a Minolta 110 Zoom miniature, single lens reflex camera. It has a Minolta Zoom Rokkor-Macro 1:4.5 f=25-50mm lens. The aperture is separate from the lens and is placed around the exposure-meter-eye, controlling the shutter speed. It was one of two attempts by Minolta to offer SLR cameras for 110 film format.

Item consists of a Falcon Miniature made in New York by Utility Manufacturing Company. It is a 127 film camera with a half frame viewfinder and a black Bakelite body. It has a Wollensak Minivar 50mm lens with fixed aperture and fixed focus, a one speed (1/25 +B) rotary shutter, a simple optical viewfinder and a spare film compartment.

Item is a subminiature camera with Rokkor F2.8/25mm lens, which used 9mm proprietary cassette film. This model of the Minolta 16 line features a selenium light meter and shutter-priority automatic exposure.

Item is a pocket 110 camera, in blue plastic presentation case with flash Voightlander Easy Light System V200) and wrist strap. Electronic shutter.

Item is a point and shoot camera for photographs on 110 film. Includes mount for flip-flash and Kodak Ektron II Electronic Flash., 2 built in lenses 22 mm normal and 44 mm telephoto lens.

Item is an automatic point and shoot camera for photographs on 110 film. Includes built in lenses, "normal" and "telephoto". Camera has no identifiable manufacturer marking.

Item is version of the 17/5 mm "Hit" style miniature film cameras originally produced by the Tougodo camera company in the 1940's to 1960's. This model, the Colly, has a fixed focus, 30 mm, F11 lens with a set shutter speed of 1/30th of a second. This model also includes a compass, to the right hand side of the viewfinder. The company also manufactured panchromatic film designed to fit the camera. Item is accompanied by a leather carrying case.

Item is a half-frame camera for exposures on 35mm film. Lens is 28mm, surrounded by the Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) sensor cells that make up the light meter.

Item consists of a Kodak Ektralite 500 camera. It is a 110 cartridge compact viewfinder camera with automatic flash. Black body with hinged cover that can be used as camera grip. Features a Kodak Reomar 22mm lens. Uses 9-volt alkaline battery.

Item is an Instamatic X-15F camera outfit for exposures on 126 cartridge film. This Canadian model had both French and English notations. The original X-15 used Magicubes for flash photos. The F designation is for the updated model, which uses "Fliflash". Outfit includes wristband and manual.

Item is a compact Instamatic camera for 13 x 17mm negatives with 110 film cartridges. Features a 25mm (normal setting) and 43mm (tele setting), f11 lumized lens and flash attachment. Shutter speeds of 1/125 for dayli1/45 for flash. Original sales price, $35.95.

Item is an Instamatic film camera for 13 x 17mm negatives with 110 film cartridges. Features a 26mm, f2.7 Ektar lens and magicube flash shoe. Shutter is an electronic leaf with speeds of 10 seconds to 1/250. This model has a silver body. Original sales price, $28.00.

Item is a small, flat, hand-held camera with black plastic body and brushed metal, gold-coloured front plate. Intended by Kodak to replace their instamatic line of cameras, the Kodak Disc cameras were designed to be simple to use, with all automatic functions. Took Disc film, a proprietary format that made 15, 11 x 8 mm exposures; this small negative size made the resulting prints very grainy when enlarged and the camera model was not Kodak's most popular. Item has a built in flash and wrist strap. In plastic display original packaging. Uses HR disc.

Item is an automatic point and shoot camera with built in flash for use with 110 film. A slide on the top of the camera allows the lens to switch form "normal" (22mm) to "tele" (44mm) functionality.

Item consists of a Yashica Atoron, a subminiature camera with a smooth finish. It uses 8 x 11 mm on 9.5 mm film (Minox cassettes). This camera has a Yashinon f2.8/18mm fixed focus lens with an aperture scale from f2.8 to 16. The shutter has speeds of 45-250, B. There is also a Selenium meter and built-in UV filter. It is also known as the "Revue Mini-star."

Item consists of the 16mm miniature camera, the Minolta 16 QT. The camera has a silver top plate and black body. It has a Rokkor 23mm f3.5 lens; a two speed shutter of 1/30 and 1/250 seconds; bright-frame type viewfinder; IC viewfinder lamps for over- and under- exposure lamps; and automatic metering. This camera was the last made for Minolta's 16mm film cartridges and uses PX-825 battery alkaline batteries.

Item consists of a 16mm miniature camera, the Minolta 16 Model P. It has a Rokkor f3.5/25mm lens with an aperture scale from f3.5 to f16, a 1/100 second speed shutter, a tripod socket, and a flash terminal. There is also a flash unit and clamp to secure the flash on.

Item consists of a 16mm subminiature camera designed to resmble a cine camera. It has a f6.3 meniscus lens and guillotine shutter with a speed of 1/60 seconds. The camera has an aperture scale from f6.3 to 16, a manually reset frame-counter, and a two-piece sports finder. There is also a tripod socket that doubles as flash synch-contact.

Item consists of a 110 subminiature camera. The camera has an f4.0 wide-angle lens with three-position aperture settings. Fixed-focus. Includes a proprietary clip-on flash.

Item is a camera

Item is a "hit" type novelty camera for 14 x 14 mm exposures on 17.5 mm paper-backed rollfilm.

Item is a black bakelite camera for 25 x 37 mm exposures on 828 rollfilm.

Item is a camera.

Item is a miniature novelty camera which snap onto a 110 film cartridge. The lens is an F8 25mm with a 1/120 sec. mechanical shutter. It has a folding type sports finder and is attached to a keychain.

Item is a subminiature camera for 12 x 17 mm exposures on unperforated or single perforated 16 mm film in Super 16 cartridges. The camera has a coupled accessory lightmeter and a detachable metal chain. The item has a programmed shutter B, f2.8/30 to f22/150, and uses a Schneider Xenar f2.8/25 mm lens. This camera has the inscription " Wirgin Wiesbaden-West-Germany". All Edixa 16 cameras with this inscription were made by Frank Werk.