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Nikon F2

Item is a professional 35mm single lens reflex camera system with interchangeable lenses. The Nikon F2 incorporates features first realized in the Nikon F camera. Controls were updated for easier functionality. Lens, screens and finders are interchangeable with the Nikon F. The item comes with DP-1 finder and flash attachment.

Nikon FE

Item is a manual focus SLR with manual exposure control or aperture priority auto exposure, and electromechanical components. The FE has a "full information" viewfinder and introduced interchangeable focusing screens to the compact F-series. The FE accepts all lenses with the Nikon F bayonet mount with some exceptions. A body cap is included with the camera.

Contax 1c

Item is a 35mm rangefinder camera. Zeiss Tessar introduced in 1932 as a top quality 35mm rangefinder system. The lens is a Carl Zeiss Jana 5cm f2.8 lens (# 1428082). Metal horizontal focal plane shutter for exposures from 1/5 to 1/1000 sec. One film cassette is included.

Ansco Memo

Item is a leather covered wooden box camera. The Ansco Memo is a single frame, fixed focus which takes landscape oriented images. Film is advanced by pushing down on a lever in the back of the camera. While not the first American camera made for 35mm film, it is the first to sell in abundant quantities.

Olympus OM-10

Item is a single-lens reflex, 35mm camera with aperture priority auto exposure. Manual exposure is available via an accessory shutter speed dial. Uses OM system lenses. Item includes an Olympus T20 Electronic Flash.

Olympus Optical Company Limited

Agfamatic II

Item is a typical, affordable, point and shoot camera of the sixties. The lens is an Agfa Color Apotar F1:2.8 45mm. Pronormatic shutter, selenium type light meter integrated into top of camera, distances had to be set manually. The camera was distributed under the brand name Optima II outside of Canada. A hard leather field case is included with the camera.

Agfa-Gevaert N.V.

Baldina - B

Iterm is a 35mm camera that was part of a series manufacutred in Germany from the 1930's until the 1950's. The Baldina has an integrated selenium meter on top. Schneider Kreuznach Xenon lens f1:2 50mm S# 4866522, synchro-compur 1 - 1/500 shutter, film transport and shutter are integrated.

Balda-Werk

Kodak one-time use camera part

Item is an internal portion of a Kodak manufactured, disposable 35mm camera. Cameras were returned for to Kodak after development, where portions of the camera were re-used in a new disposable camera.

Kodak Weekend 35

Item is a disposable camera, with plastic body and lens. This model was adapted with a special plastic overbody for underwater use.

Eastman Kodak Company

Canon PowerShot Pro 70

Item is an upper range, early digital cameral. Lens is a Canon Zoon 6-15mm f2.0-2.4 and includes power cable, lens cap, UV filter, computer connecting cable, carrying strap, AV connection cable, Canon NB-4H Battery 94.8 volt, 1400mwh)
Ps200 Power Supply 2 scan discs, 1 scan disc adapter, 1 lithium memory battery. Battery charger, RCA cable, Compact Flash PC Card Adapter & DC Coupler DR-200.

Unknown toy camera

Item is a small, white plastic, sub-miniature camera with no identifying markings. Appears to be a toy or promotional giveaway.

110B Pathfinder

Item is a professional grade camera for 7.2 x 9.5 cm instant exposures on Polaroid 40-series rollfilm. B - 1/300 sec. shutter Rodenstock - Ysarex 1:4.7 f127 mm.

Polaroid Joycam

Item is a point and shoot camera for 7.3 x 5.4 cm instant photographis with Polaroid 500 Film, originally designed for the failed Captiva camera model (early 1990's). The camera was made very inexpensively, and camera back is held in place by only a sticker that acts as a hinge.

Polaroid Corporation

Pentax Zoom 90

Item is a rtepresentant of the fully automatic point and shoot cameras. It ha a built in flash, a zoom lens f=35 to f=90 mm. A small LCD screen on the back allows the reading of data. The camera has a macro setting.The camera uses 35 mm film in standard cassettes. It has Autofocus.

Asahi Optical Co., Ltd.

Suntone 35 mm Focus Free

Item is a 35 mm roll film camera for standard 35 mm cassettes. The camera body is plastic with a fixed focus lens. Item includes manual and original box.

Kodak K350 camera

Item is a small 35mm automatic camera with builit-in electronic flash. New in box and loaded with unexposed film, batteries have been removed. Also comes with spare roll of 12 exposure 35mm Kodacolor Gold 100 film.

Canon Snappy 20

Item is an automatic snapshot camera for photographs on 35 mm film. Model has a built in electronic flash and
canon35mm F1:4.5 lens.

Canon Inc.

View-Master

Item is a handheld view master manufactured by Sawyers Inc and first introduced at the New York World Fair (1939-1940). Item is made of plastic and metal. The lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. Reels are interchangeable and come with a variety of themes.

Packard-Ideal shutter

Item is a mechanical shutter with pneumatic operation, includes bulb and tubing. The Packard-Ideal shutter is used behind the lens in large-format view cameras.

Packard Shutter Company

Bolex Paillard tri focal viewfinder

Item is a Trifocal Viewfinder. The earliest Bolex model H motion picture cameras included this viewfinder which could be fitted at the top or on the side of the camera. The field of view is shown for lenses of 3 focal lengths. Field of view is changed by raising or lowering side levers which move magnifying prisms into place inside the viewer. When fitted to the side of the film door, the finder offers parallax correction by adjusting a dial which corresponds to the distance between the subject and lens. The H-16 version shows the angle of view for 15mm, 25mm and 75mm lenses; the H-8 version adjusts for 6.5, 12.5 and 35mm. A serial number is located on the rear of the viewfinder which, in most cases, matches the serial number of the camera to which it is attached.

Polaroid Wink light

Item is an electronic flash for the Polaroid Land camera, designed to fill in shadows from indoor lighting. The flash could fire 100 times before having to replace the bulb.

Polaroid Corporation

Wilhelm E. Nassau and Wilfrid Laurier University Media collection

  • F 2011.018
  • Fonds
  • 1969-2011

Fonds consists of records the Wilhelm E. Nassau created during his time at Wilfrid Laurier University, working in the development of the Audio-Visual department as a professor and curator of an extensive collection of photographic and film cameras and technology. This collection was amassed for the purpose of teaching students of the university and was curated by Nassau over the span of fourty years. Cameras were collected from students, faculty, and employees as well as purchased from local camera shows. The collection traced the history and development of the tools used in these fields. The collection was donated to both Brock University (motion picture and video materials) and the Ryerson University Library and Archives (still photography materials). Objects in the donation were distributed amoung the Heritage Camera Collection (2005.006), the Photography and Film Technology Collection (2005.005), and the Photographic Publications Collection (2005.003).

No. 2C Brownie camera

Item is a fairly large box camera, for 6 7.5 x 12.7 cm (3 x 5") exposures on Kodak 130 film. Simple lens and rotary shutter.

Kodak Brownie 127

Item is an eye-level box camera with Bakelite body and rounded edges. Lens is a Meniscus f 14, 65mm and the shutter is single speed, 1/50th.

Hit miniature camera

Item is a "Hit" type novelty subminiature camera for 14 x 14 mm exposures on 17.5 mm paper-backed rollfilm. This style of camera was named for the original Hit camera design that inspired many similar cameras. This design is a chrome and black leatherette construction. Hit cameras were first produced in post WWII Japan, and were sold for about $0.50 each. Miniature accessories, such as filters, lens hoods and leather carrying cases, were also available. It is not known if this camera is related to the Crystar company.

Univex model A

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.

Minolta 16 MG-S

Item is a subminiature camera, similar to the Minolta 16 MG, manufactured between 1966 and 1971. The images produced by 16 MG-S are a substantial improvement over the 16 MG. By using single perforated film format, the negative size was increased from 10x14mm to 12x17mm thus producing an image almost 50% larger. Composed of 4 elements in 3 groups the 23mm (f2.8-16) lens had a fixed-focus set at about 13 feet. Shutter speeds ranged from 1/30 to 1/500.

Hanimex 110 LF tele

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.

Graflex speed graphic

Item was the official US press photographer's camera. It has a focal plane shutter as well as a front shutter. The lens is Wollensaku 135mm F/4.7 Raptar. The camera has a metal drop bed with two focus knobs. On top is a telescoping sports-finder. This model is a 4 x 5 format.

McKoewn pg. 369

Praktica FX3

Item is an 35mm reflex camera with a waist-level viewfinder and a non auto-return mirror. Manufactured in Soviet controlled East Germany, the company and the Desden factory closed after reunification. The lens is a Meyer Gorlitz Domiplan 1:2.8/50mm.

Mamiya C3 Professional

Item is a medium format twin lens reflex camera for 6 x 6 cm exposures on 120 roll film. Marketed as a professional camera, lenses are interchangeable (both the upper and lower lenses are removed together) without exposing the film. Extra lens included (Mamiya-Secor f4.5, 65 - 135 mm with a Seikosha - S shutter 1 - 1/500 sec.)

Exakta VXIIa

Item is a 35mm camera, the first with interchangeable bayonet-mount lenses. This one has a Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 2/58 lens (serial A# 5545070).

Contax 137 MA Quartz

Item is a 35mm camera with a built in electric 3 frames per second motor winder powered by four AA batteries that also run the metering and shutter timing. The camera has modes for aperture priority and manual.

Leica AF C1

Item is a compact, black plastic, point and shoot viewfinder camera. The lens has two focal length options, 2.8 F= 40 mm amd 5.6 F= 80mm. Fully automatic, Film speed, distance and exposure are set with no override settings. A small LCD Screen on top shows self-timer, battery status, film indicator and frame counter.

Agfa Karat 3.5

Item is a 35mm camera, using a proprietary 12 exposure film cassette with no moving parts. The sprockets of the camera simply pull the film out and push it into an empty cartridge on the other side. This system with some modifications eventually lead to the design of the Instamatic format. The shutter on or model is a Prontor -S and the lens an Agfa Apotar 1; 3.5 F= 55mm. No rangefinder, simple optical viewfinder. The camera body is a " Strut " design, allowing the front to fold easily.

Pentax K1000

Item is a single-lens reflex 35mm camera with interchagneable lenses. The camera is a fully mechanical, manual camera without program modes. It is often considered the archetypal "student's camera" due to its simplicity of functions and robust design. The K1000 was equipped with a TTL metering system, wide-ranging shutter speeds from 1/1000 to 1 s, and the ability to use all the available K-mount lenses made by Pentax.

Asahi Optical Co., Ltd.

Nikkormat EL

Item is a manual single-lens reflex 35mm camera. The Nikkormat incorporates an electronically controlled vertical travel shutter. Located on the camera's top panel the shutter speed dial offers speeds from 4 sec to 1/1000 sec. Flash sync for electronic flash at all speeds up to 1/125 sec and for FP, M and MF type flashbulbs at all speeds from B to 1/1000 sec. The camera allows for film speeds from ASA 25-1600. The has a TTL center weighted metering with manual exposure control. The Nikkormat EL was produced in white/black chrome versions.

Zorki type 1d

Item is a 35mm rangefinder camera with M39 screw mount interchangeable lens manufactured by KMZ plant in Krasnogorsk, Moscov, USSR, between 1948-56. It is a copy of the Leica II. The lens is a Industar-22 (3.5/50mm) (#6080561). The shutter speeds range from 1/20 to 1/500 with a B setting. In Type 1d, the black trim is visible below the top plate and above the bottom plate and extends to envelop the lens mount.

Krasnogorsk Mechanical Zavod (KMZ)

Contarex Super

Item is an oversized single-lens reflex, 35mm camera with many features. The contarex Super has a data back attached and a "wechsel magazine". Item serial number is 20.7856. it comes with a Zeiss Planar 55mm 1:14 lens. There is a polarizer for the normal lens in the case.

Agfamatic 1A

Item is from a series of camera also known as "Optima" 35mm. Exported to Canada. Has selenium meter. Lens is a Agfa colour Agnar 1:2.8 45mm. Camera has a hot shoe on top, also a leather case (as new). The camera was distributed under the brand name Optima II outside of Canada. A hard leather field case is included with the camera.

Agfa-Gevaert N.V.

Easy Share CX 6330

Item is a small entry model digital snapshot camera, with automatic white balance and ISO and a resolution of 3.1 megapixels. The Kodak Retinar lens has a range of 3x optical zoom with a small optical viewfinder. The LCD screen at the back is 1 1/2 inches.

Cine-Kodak B

This is a 16mm movie camera that used 100 foot spools of film. The body is leather covered metal, rounded edges. It has a Kodak Anastigmat 25mm fixed-focus lens. Spring motor, brilliant reflex viewfinder. Working condition.

McKoewn pg. 1075

Brownie Movie Camera Turret f/1.9

Item is a double run 8mm motion picture camera for amateur, home use. The camera has 3 lenses mounted on a rotating turret: 9mm, 13mm, and 24mm. Double run cameras were used with 8mm film, run through the camera twice, exposing one side of the film and then the other. The film is cut after processing and spliced together.

Video cameras

Series contains hand-held, shoulder-mounted, or structurally-attached cameras that use electronic components to record moving images and sound. Most items in this series are for home use. For cameras that record moving images using digital components, see the Digital and Pre-digital cameras series.

To browse the individual items in this series, click on the "View the list" link under the "File and item records are available for this series" title (to the right of the page).

Weisblatt, Betty

Daguerreotype

Daguerreotype in oringinal leather case with velvet padding and brass spacer and preserver. Photograph is of a couple with a baby, some blurring can be seen where the baby moved its head during the long expsoure.

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