Camera-wiki.org:Camera links
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Manufacturers' Official History Sites
- Canon Camera Museum
- Kodak camera dates
- Nikon history
- Leica history
- Konica, Minolta, and KonicaMinolta Cameras
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
- 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
- Collection G. Even's site
- Bill Strong's site
- The Camera Site Virtual Camera Museum by Reijo Lauro
- 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
- 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
- Google Books has a number of works with camera & photo information; in particular, complete-text scans of vintage Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines.
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)
- Kurt Tauber's Kameramuseum
- Lippisches Kameramuseum
Online collections of physical museums:
- George Eastman House Technology Archive not only Kodak
- Helios photography online: American photographic Art (web project of Smithsonian American Art Museum)
- 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
Commercial links
These sites provide pictures for Camerapedia. Posting other commercial links is not allowed.
- Collectible Cameras Modern, Vintage, Film and Digital Cameras and Accessories
- 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
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
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
- Boston University, Photography Research Guide
- Google patent search
- PhotographicLibraries.com directory to find public online photo archives
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
- http://www.olypedia.de/static/images/e/e1/Banner_125x40_transparent.gif, more than just an Olympus Wiki, German language
- Wikibooks
- commercial wikis
- photo wikis
