Camera-wiki.org:Camera links
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Wikipedia
- Wikipedia has a photography portal and a list of equipment makers, each linking to a large number of articles.
Some topics or cameras are covered in both Wikipedia and Camera-wiki.org; but Wikipedia has a notability requirement which disqualifies many topics or brands from inclusion there.
Flickr
The photo-sharing service Flickr has a number of specialized features which may be of interest to photographers and camera collectors:
- There are thousands of special-interest Flickr groups, covering many topics; these include users of particular cameras, films, or processing techniques—even ones dedicated to a single particular lens.
- It is possible to make a keyword search of all Flickr's photos, to see images of (or images made with) particular pieces of photographic gear.
- You may also search camera-wiki.org's own Flickr pool, a selection of ~45,000 equipment-related images (only one other pool of photo-gear images is larger in size).
- The EXIF data encoded in digital images makes it possible for Flickr's Camera Finder to show a selection of images taken with practically any model of digital camera in existence, and thus examine their image properties.
Manufacturers' history sites
Collections and general information
- G. Langlois, French collector
- Kodak collection from a Dutch collector
- Cameraquest's Classic Camera Profiles
- Guide to classic cameras
- CollectiBlend - Free Price Guide Almost 20,000 cameras listed. More than 5500 photos. 1766 manufacturers.
- Rangefinder Cameras of the former Soviet Union
- Lights in the box
- Matt's Cameras
- M. Butkus reference library named Orphancameras.com with PDF manuals of 6,500 camera, flash and lightmeter manuals, photo booklets, and fliers
- The Other Martin Taylor's Cameras
- www.kamera-geschichte.de Cameras and history of Photo Porst (at one time the world's biggest photo retailer)
- exaktapages.com the exakta and exa pages - a german Exakta and Exa collection
- leicapages.org the leicapages - a german Leica screw- and M-mount collection
- Lionel's Rangefinder and Compact Camera Collection
- Cameras Collection by Sylvain Halgand More than 7000 cameras. Many other collectors show their own cameras on this website.
- Classic camera collection at Retrography.com by Simon Simonsen, Denmark (dead site 1-2022)
- Collection G. Even's site
- Bill Strong's site
- The Camera Site Virtual Camera Museum by Reijo Lauro (site moved - link fixed 1-2022)
- Alain Laflamme and Diane Girouard's collection site French, with English translatons
- Le Vieil Album - The Old Album Collection of old cameras and early photographs, restoration technics, user manuals to download,etc (French and English)
- Nightphoto Russian Camera Collection (dead link 1-2022)
- USSRPhoto.com has a comprehensive wiki catalog of Soviet and Russian cameras, and shows collections of some members
- Fedka.com contains information on Soviet cameras
- Ken Lyndrups foto-raitetsskab på dansk (dead site - 1-2022)
- Ken Lyndrups Collection of photo-curios in English (site error - 404 noted 1-2022)
- Google Books has a number of works with camera & photo information; in particular, complete-text scans of vintage Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines.
- Articles written for the Australian Photographic Collectors Society Journal with text and photographs by Geoff Harrisson
Museums
See camera museums.
Online museums
Virtual collections
- The American Museum of Photography
- Mr. Martin's website
- The Living Image Camera Museum
- Museu virtual (in Catalan, including Spanish products (dead 1-2022))
- Kurt Tauber's Kameramuseum
- Lippisches Kameramuseum
Online collections of physical museums:
- George Eastman House Technology Archive not only Kodak (dead link 1-2022)
- Helios photography online: American photographic Art (web project of Smithsonian American Art Museum) (404 error - page moved)
- comprehensive online exhibition catalogue about cameras by the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford
- Musée Français de la Photographie has online collections (links have moved)]
Commercial links
These sites provide pictures for Camera-wiki.org. Posting other commercial links is not allowed.
- Collectible Cameras Modern, Vintage, Film and Digital Cameras and Accessories
- KEH Camera
- Pacific Rim Camera
Repair information
- Rick Oleson's Camera Stuff, including much repair information
- Camera Collecting and Restoration (Daniel Mitchell)
- camera repair articles at former kyphoto.com (site moved - new site noted)
- Chris Sherlock's Kodak Retina website with repair information and manuals.
Manuals and booklets
- Sylvain Halgand's website: 1300+ free manuals (all are jpg image, 2 per page
- www.orphancameras.com 6500+ free PDF instruction manuals and booklets, many in color. Various models from Kodak box to EOS, 2 1/4 brands, lightmeters and flashes. Old photo chemistry, camera sales catalogs from 1940s to '80s. Mostly English language.
- Rebollo_fr's collection of Japanese documents on Flickr (No longer member of Flicker (1-2022)
Tests and reviews
- Third-Party Cult Lenses
- Imaging Resource
- Steve's Digicams
- DP Review
- Camera Prices (dead link - 1-2022)
- Canon FD reviews - moved to new site
General camera information
- Alfred's Camera Page (primarily Soviet cameras)
- USSRPhoto.com - Soviet and Russian Camera Collector's Resource ( Wiki-style Catalog of Soviet and Russian Cameras and related photographic equipment, as well as forums and dealer reviews.)
- Historical Cameras (most important cameras in history)
Forums
- Photo.net forums many forums
- Nelsonfoto forums several forums, free of advertising (dead link 1-2022)
- The Camera Collector Message Board (dead link 1-2022)
- Camera Repair Forum - new site
- French Non Digital Forum
- Rangefinder Forum
- Classic Camera forum (message states - site coming soon, noted 1-2022
- Large Format Photography Forum
- Sylvain Halgand's Camera collection Forum (in French/english)
- Manual Focus Lens Discussion Forum
- PhotoComment - SA's Own Photo Forum
- USSRPhoto.com - Russian/Soviet camera forum
Resource lists
- Camera Eccentric: Scans of Vintage Camera Equipment Catalogs and line sheets (site security error, noted 1-2022)
- Boston University, Photography Research Guide (link error, colleges often change folders, noted 1-2022
- Google patent search
- PhotographicLibraries.com directory to find public online photo archives (dead site, noted 1-2022)
- Search Popular Mechanics magazine back issues at Google Books
Other wikis
- Super 8 Wiki, a project similar to Camerawiki for Super 8 movie cameras
- USSRPhoto.com Wiki Catalog
- OSP Open Source Software for Photography Wiki (dead link - 1-2022)
- Photography Wiki
- Leica-Wiki
- Olypedia, more than just an Olympus Wiki (German)
- Minowiki, a Minolta Wiki (German)
- Fotografie Wiki von Gerhard Obermayr (German) (dead link 1-2022)
- Wikibooks
- English Wikibook collection
- "La Photographie" (French)
- "Fotografia" (Italian)
- "Fotografia" (Polish)
- "Fotografía" (Spanish)
- commercial wikis
- photo wikis