Camera-wiki.org:Camera links

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

• Canon Camera Museum
• Kodak camera dates
• Nikon history
• Leica history
• Pentax history
• Ricoh Japan

Collections and general information

• G. Langlois, French collector
• Kodak collection from a Dutch collector
• Camera Portraits (dead site 1-2022)
• 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 5,500 camera manuals, flash, lightmeter, 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 (malicious site requiring App add-on)
• 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
• 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 (link error on 1-2022)]

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 kyphoto.com
• Chris Sherlock's Kodak Retina website with repair information and manuals.

Manuals and booklets

• Sylvain Halgand's website: 1300+ free manuals
• www.orphancameras.com 3500+ free instruction manuals and booklets. 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

Tests and reviews

• Third-Party Cult Lenses
• Imaging Resource
• Steve's Digicams
• DP Review
• Camera Prices
• Canon FD reviews

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
• The Camera Collector Message Board
• Classic Camera Repair Forum
• French Non Digital Forum
• Rangefinder Forum
• Classic Camera forum
• 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
• Boston University, Photography Research Guide
• Google patent search
• PhotographicLibraries.com directory to find public online photo archives
• 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
• Photography Wiki
• Leica-Wiki
• Olypedia, more than just an Olympus Wiki (German)
• Minowiki, a Minolta Wiki (German)
• Fotografie Wiki von Gerhard Obermayr (German)
• Wikibooks
  • English Wikibook collection
  • "La Photographie" (French)
  • "Fotografia" (Italian)
  • "Fotografia" (Polish)
  • "Fotografía" (Spanish)
• commercial wikis
  • ProPhoto
• photo wikis
  • Fotopedia