Adox 300

The Adox 300 was a 35mm camera made by the German company Adox in the 1950s. Its prominent feature was that it was equipped with interchangeable film magazines, allowing to change the emulsion in the middle of a roll. It is one of the rare 35mm camera to be equipped with this, along with the Zeiss-Ikon Contarex, some versions of the Zeiss-Ikon Contaflex, the Rollei SL2000F and SL3003 and very few others.

The Adox 300 also had a fast-action winding lever around the lens, and a coupled exposure meter. The lens was a fixed four element Schneider Xenar 1:2.8 f=45mm or three element Steinheil Cassar 1:2.8 f=45mm, and the shutter was a Compur-Rapid or Synchro-Compur to 1/500.

The most obvious drawback was the absence of a rangefinder. All in all, the Adox 300 presents a strange mix of advanced and basic features. It is probably that illogical conception, as well as the bulkiness of the magazine backs, that made it sell not so well. Today the Adox 300 is quite uncommon, and the prices asked reflect more its collector than its user value.