Germany 1938 – Subminiature – 35 mm – Rare. The Nova is a rare subminiature camera introduced around 1938, generally attributed to the Berlin manufacturer Erwin Adloff Apparatebau. Very little documentation about the company survives, and the camera appears to have been produced in small quantities shortly before the Second World War. Because of this … Read moreErwin Adloff
Nova
Japan 1984 – Submarine – 35 mm – Infrequent. Nikonos is a series of 35 mm format cameras specifically designed for underwater photography launched by Nikon in 1963. While Nippon Kogaku trace their underwater camera history back to 1956, when the company developed an underwater housing for the Nikon S2 rangefinder camera, the Nikonos is … Read moreNikon
Nikonos V
England 1934 – Subminiature – E10 film – Rare. Advertised at the time as the “1934 Camera Miracle”, the Houghton Ensign Midget is one of those vintage cameras that immediately feels special the moment you hold it. Made in England, it was designed to be incredibly compact (less than 9 cm tall) to fit in … Read more96 Houghton
Ensign Midget 55
France 1960 – Submarine – 35 mm – Very Rare. First sold in France in 1960, the Calypso was the world’s first fully capable underwater camera. This groundbreaking camera was developed in collaboration with renowned French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, who had envisioned the ideal underwater camera for years. Not only was it the most compact … Read more88 Spirotechnique
Calypso
First underwater
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