Germany 1948 – Compact – 35 mm – Rare. The Casca camera, introduced in 1948, is widely regarded as one of the finest 35 mm designs of its era. However, production was abruptly halted after just one year due to a legal dispute with Leitz, the creators of the Leica. Although the lawsuit centered around … Read more71 Steinheil
Casca 1
2000 Produced
Germany 1966 – Reflex SLR – 120 film – Rare. The Rolleiflex SL66 is a legendary camera. It is Rollei’s first single lens 6×6 camera (SL66 stands for Single Lens 6×6). It entered the market in the fall of 1966 and has been the only Rollei model ever to stay in production for over 25 … Read more66 Rollei
Rolleiflex SL66
Germany 1948 – Spy Camera – Custom film – Very Rare. The ABC Wristwatch camera, designed by Austrian Chemist Rudolph Steineck was first introduced in 1948 and was produced for 3 years. This fancy looking wristwatch is in reality a disguised sub-miniature camera allowing to take discreet photographs while pretending to check for the time. … Read more61 Steineck
ABC Wristwatch
Germany 1933 – Subminiature – 16 mm – Rare. The Minifex was a groundbreaking subminiature camera introduced in 1932 by the German company Fotofex, founded by Fritz Kaftanski. At the time, it was considered the smallest camera in the world, using 16mm non-perforated film to capture 36 exposures in a 13x18mm format. Weighing only 185 … Read more53 Fotofex
Mini-fex
Smallest of its time
Germany 1954 – Compact – 35 mm – Rare. The camera industry of the 20th century articulates itself around a certain number of super iconic cameras, many of them produced by Leica. The Leica M3, is definitely a major cornerstone in that regards. Introduced in 1954, the Leica M3 sets a new standard for rangefinders … Read more52 Leica
leica M3
Super iconic
Germany 1936 – Reflex TLR – 35 mm – Very Rare. Introduced in 1935 by Zeiss Ikon, the Contaflex was an innovative 35mm twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera that stood out for its advanced design and built-in photoelectric cell. At the time, it was a groundbreaking development that captured the attention of photographers, despite its steep … Read more44 Zeiss Ikon
Contaflex
6000 Produced
Germany 1957 – Reflex TLR – 127 film – Rare. Descendant of the Rolleiflex Baby of 1931, this version popularly known as the “Grey Baby” Rolleiflex, was introduced in 1957, it was then replaced by a black version in 1963. This model helped kick-start a brief boom for 38 mm “super slides” whose slide mounts … Read more43 Rollei
Rolleiflex “grey baby”
Germany 1936 – Compact – 127 film – Rare. The Gewirette is a small viewfinder-type camera made by Wirgin in Wiesbaden. The name Gewirette is derived from the company name Wirgin Brothers (GErrüder WIrgin). The Gewinette is a wonderfully crafted camera whose lens collapses into the body to make it more compact. To load and … Read more36 Wirgin
Gewirette
Germany 1933 – Compact – 127 film – Rare. The Exakta A, produced from 1933 by Ihagee, a German camera manufacturer based in Dresden, is widely recognised as the first single-lens reflex (SLR) camera ever produced. It marked a massive shift in the way photographs were taken. For the first time, photographers could frame their … Read more32 Ihagee
Exakta A
First Single Lens Reflex
Germany 1932 – Folding – 127 film – Very Rare. Plaubel is originally a German camera maker, founded in 1902. It became famous for the Makina series of press cameras, introduced as early as 1911. The Makinette foldable that was a pocket size camera and was produced for only one year in 1932, making it … Read more31 Plaubel
Makinette
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