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Legendäre Technik in seltener Hülle – die Minolta X-700 in Chrom.
Diese exklusive Version der ikonischen SLR war nur in Japan erhältlich und ist heute eines der begehrtesten Sammlerstücke der analogen Kamerawelt. Die Kombination aus seltener Chrome-Finish und der bewährten X-700-Technik macht sie zur perfekten Fusion aus Ästhetik und Funktionalität.

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Digitale Ikone aus der Pionierzeit – die Olympus C-3000 Zoom.
Mit ihrem klassischen Design, 3,3 Megapixeln und starkem Zoom war sie ein technisches Statement zur Jahrtausendwende – und ist heute ein echtes Sammlerstück.

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Mechanisch. Robust. Zeitlos. Die Praktica MTL5 ist mehr als nur ein Relikt – sie ist ein echtes Stück Fotogeschichte aus Ostdeutschland. Jetzt das ausführliche Review lesen auf www.fujicolours.com.

The first Japanese 35mm pentaprism SLR came on the market in 1957: the "Asahi Pentax". In the face of fierce competition from mirrorless cameras, Pentax continues to manufacture single lens reflexes with a glass prism finder, believing that an electronic finder cannot replace the experience of direct viewing on a ground-glass screen. With the K-3iii Monochrome (2023) they stick to this philosophy.

Here a view of the slow-speed dial of the original Asahi Pentax, taken by the Pentax K-3iii Monochrome.

The lens used is the magical SMC Pentax Soft f:2.2 85mm (ca.1985), together with its companion and contemporary, the Pentax Rear Converter-A 1.4x-L, giving a focal length of ca. 120mm. The lens was stopped down to its minimum aperture of f:5.6, resulting in an actual aperture of f:8 with the converter.

The K-3iii Mono was mounted on a tripod with a heavy ball-head plus a focussing-rail. A halogen lamp was reflected from the ceiling.

From top to bottom the subject as shown measures just under three inches.

HMM!

The Pentax LX is a jewel of a camera with some astonishing features that don't immediately hit the eye - more on those perhaps another time...
It made it's appearance in 1980 (cf. Nikon F3) and remained in the catalogues until the year 2000, when a limited commemorative edition in titanium was produced. It received the model name LX to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Asahi Optical Company in 1920.
The LX was a real multi-purpose camera with a wide range of accessories and was highly valued by professional photographers.
Here we see it fitted with a winder and surrounded by the many interchangeable viewfinders that were available.
The lens is the very fast SMC Pentax-A 50mm f:1.2.

The picture goes back to my very beginnings in digital photography. It was taken in 2008 with my first digital (compact zoom) camera, the 7-megapixel Pentax Optio L30.
I've processed it for Sliders Sunday, working on a variety of parameters in my "digital darkroom". The lighting effect I achieved with repeated use of tools for dodging and burning-in, combined with sliders for colour tint, saturation and contrast.

HSS!

(P.S. Please ignore "Takumar" in the Exif data!")

A tie clip - a souvenir brought back by a friend from the Photokina in Cologne, 1964, the year the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic was presented - shown here atop the prism of a Spotmatic II from 1971.

The background colour was chosen to recollect the linings of the leather cases of the SMC Takumar lenses.

HMM!

SMC Pentax-A 100mm f:2.8 macro

PENTAX K-1

The Asahiflex IIb (1954), shown here branded as "Tower 23" for the Sears Company of Chicago, was the world's first marketed single-lens reflex camera with a self-returning mirror. This was more than a minor revolution in photography: the "black-out" after releasing the shutter (still to be found in many single-lens reflexes even into the 1960s) had been overcome. This removed one of the drawbacks of the single-lens reflex concept as opposed to twin-lens reflexes such as the Rolleiflex or range-finder cameras such as the Leica and its numerous imitators. Note that the Asahiflex, in common with the excellent Praktina, has a second "look-though" viewfinder. The shutter release is quiet and smooth, with just a light "clack" from the mirror. Asahi's next step was to incude slow shutter speeds (Asahiflex IIa), followed by the Asahi Pentax (1957) with pentaprism viewfinder, quick wind-on lever, M-42 screw-mount, and many other improvements.

Mounted on the camera is an Asahi Kogaku Takumar 100mm f:3.5 (1952, M-37 screw-mount), a very beautiful triplet lens (see my album), but one which practically needs three hands for easy operation, as the focussing ring is easily moved when the aperture is adjusted.

Super Takumar 55mm f:2 (from the Pentax SP500)

PENTAX K-1

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As coated glass plates gave way to factory-made photo-sensitive film sheets, professionals, enthusiasts, and amateur photographers recorded more and more visual information. This display case at the Benzie Area Local History Museum shows the trend toward smaller and more inexpensive cameras, generation after generation. This change in form factor is a big reason for taking new kinds of pictures (casual snapshots processed at labs, rather than long exposures on clunky cameras processed by one's own hand). With a small camera it was possible to carry it to many events and record many subjects that proved too difficult to document with the bigger gear of earlier generations. The "snap shot" (metaphor of a lucky shot with a gun) became a style that first-time camera owners could understand: just point and shoot.

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100th Nikon anniversary, Tokyo, Japan

"VOIGTLÄNDER ZOOMAR 36-82mm f:2.8 good condition €398"
reads the price-tag on this pionier zoom lens from 1959. Seen in the window of a Vienna second-hand camera dealer - and snapped 'in passing' with the body-cap/"mount shield" lens on my dear little PENTAX Q7.

It is said that these old uncoated zoom lenses are low in contrast because of reflections in the glass...

Christmas suggests a Kodak. Give a Kodak. A Christmas Kodak is more than a gift...it's a happy promise of a thousand delightful snapshots.
From the moment it's out of its wrapping on Christmas morning it will be busy - and all the year round a constant reminder of your thoughtfulness.

There are my digital camera's that I personally own. Before this I had a Kodak film camera as my first official camera. But lets begin. Starting from left to right.

The compact Coolpix 7600 is the camera that got started with photography on a large scale. With that camera I started my city photography and law enforcement photography. As a good point shoot with 7.1 megapixel and only a 3x optical zoom, it was definitely no class leader. That led me to buy my next step up camera... the Nikon L110.

Beside the Coolpix 7600 is my newest camera, the Nikon A900. I haven't taken much yet with this point and shoot that has 20 megapixel and 35x optical zoom. I bought this camera because I didn't always want to have to carry a big heavy camera. It is a wonderful point and shoot that actually records 4k video. I look forward to doing more photography with it and seeing how it does. It has a nifty screen that pops out from the base of the camera for easy angling. It was either this or the equivalent Canon camera (I wanted to try a Canon) but the competitor Canon didn't compare to the stats, so I picked the Nikon.

My second digital camera is the L110 as shown here. It was a good step up for me when I bought it from my Coolpix 7600. It had a good 12 megapixel capacity and a 15x optical zoom. It is still a camera I use a lot of motion photography as it is very fast to turn on and snap away. It is currently my most stable camera that seems to do everything I throw at it. It isn't the most up to date, but it is the camera I most comfortable with.

The Nikon P600 is my biggest and beefiest camera that has 1080pi video capabilities, wifi, 16 megapixels and a class leading 60x optical zoom. This is my lead zoom camera, but is best in more established shots without much movement. I have gotten good with it though and like it a lot. The zoom is incredible.

All these camera's are great in their own ways and I use them all regularly, except for the Coolpix 7600, but it still works flawlessly! I might give it some more runs and see how it does.

If for some reason you are still reading this, I appreciate you reading this. I hope you enjoyed my minor history and will answer any questions you have. Thank you.

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