Timeline

An alternate way of looking at my collection is by date of manufacture. Where I don’t know an exact date for a camera, I have listed it at its earliest possible year of manufacture:

1931

Foth - Derby II — Foth – Derby II
(1931-1935)

1936

Kodak - Bantam Special — Kodak – Bantam Special
(1936-1940)

1937

Purma - Special — Purma – Special
(1937-1959)

1945

Univex - Mercury II — Univex – Mercury II
(1945-?)

1949

Agilux - Agiflex II — Agilux – Agiflex II
(1949-1950)

1950

Agfa - Jsolette V — Agfa – Jsolette V
(1950-1952)

1952

Ilford - Advocate — Ilford – Advocate
(1952-1957)

1953

Bencini - Comet III — Bencini – Comet III
(1953-1969)

Zeiss Ikon - Contessa 35 — Zeiss Ikon – Contessa 35
(1953-1955)

Zeiss Ikon - Signal Nettar II — Zeiss Ikon – Signal Nettar II (1953)

1954

Braun - Paxette IIM — Braun – Paxette IIM
(1954-1958)

1956

Argus - C3 — Argus – C3
(1956)

1957

Haking – Halina Prefet — Haking – Halina Prefect
(1957-)

KMZ - Moskva 5 — KMZ – Moskva 5
(1957)

1958

Riken - Ricoh Super 44 — Riken – Ricoh Super 44
(Dec 1958-Sep 1959)

Yashica - 44 Silver Grey — Yashica – 44 Silver Grey
1958

Franke & Heidecke – Rolleiflex T1 — Franke & Heidecke – Rolleiflex T1
(Oct 1958-Jun 1961)

Voigtlander - Vito B — Voigtlander – Vito B
(1958)

1959

Kodak - Brownie 127 — Kodak – Brownie 127
(1959-1963)

Yashica - 44 Black — Yashica – 44 Black
(1959)

Yashica - 44A Blue — Yashica – 44A Blue
(1959)

Yashica - 44A Rose — Yashica – 44A Rose
(1959)

1960

KMZ - Zorki-6 — KMZ – Zorki-6
(1960)

1961

Meopta - Flexaret Automat VI — Meopta – Flexaret Automat VI
(1961-1967)

1962

Yashica - 44LM — Yashica – 44LM
(July 1962)

1963

Voigtländer - Vito Auto — Voigtländer – Vito Auto
(1963-1965)

1964

WZFO - Alfa 2 — WZFO – Alfa 2
(1964-1965)

1967

Ihagee - Exatka Varex IIb — Ihagee – Exatka Varex IIb
(1967)

365 Photos from Film in 2015