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== Camera Makers ==
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Alphabetical list of camera makers. The better-known ones are in '''bold'''. When the name of a model is better known than the maker's name, it is mentioned in parentheses.
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* [[Ako Shōkai|Ako]]
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* [[Alsaphot]]
 
* [[Ansco]]
 
* [[Apple]]
 
* [[Arca Swiss]]
 
* '''[[Argus]]'''
 
* [[Pentax|Asahi]]
 
* [[Balda]]
 
* [[Beauty]]
 
* [[Beier]] ([[Beirette]])
 
* [[Bell & Howell]]
 
* [[Belomo]]
 
* [[Bolsey]]
 
* [[Boots]]
 
* [[Boumsell]]
 
* [[Braun]] ([[Paxette]])
 
* '''[[Bronica]]'''
 
* '''[[Brooks]]''' (Veriwide)
 
* [[Busch]]
 
* [[Cambo]]
 
* '''[[Canon]]'''
 
* [[Kigawa|Carl]]
 
* [[Casio]]
 
* [[Certo]]
 
* [[Chinon]]
 
* [[Minolta|Chiyoda Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Ciro]]
 
* [[Concord]]
 
* [[Condor Camera]]
 
* '''[[Contax]]'''
 
* [[Corfield]] ([[Periflex]])
 
* '''[[Cosina]]'''
 
* [[Dacora]]
 
* [[Takane|Daidō]]
 
* [[Daiichi Kikō]]
 
* [[Daiichi Kōgaku]] ([[Zenobia]])
 
* [[Daitoh]]
 
* [[Dallmeyer]]
 
* [[Demaria-Lapierre]] (Telka)
 
* [[Diana]]
 
* [[Doris]]
 
* [[Earth]]
 
* [[Ehira]]
 
* [[Eikō-Dō]]
 
* [[Elbow]]
 
* [[Elega]]
 
* [[Epson]]
 
* [[Ernemann]]
 
* [[FAP]] ([[Norca]])
 
* [[Ferrania]]
 
* [[Fex]]
 
* [[Fotofex]]
 
* [[Franka]]
 
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* '''[[Fuji]]'''
 
* [[Fuji Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Fujimoto]]
 
* [[Fujiwara]]
 
* [[GAF]]
 
* [[Gandolfi]]
 
* [[Gap]] (Georges Paris)
 
* [[Ginrei]]
 
* [[Goerz]]
 
* [[Goko]] (Sansei Koki)
 
* [[Goldstein]]
 
* [[GOMZ|GOMZ (early Lubitel)]]
 
* '''[[Graflex]]'''
 
* [[Hachiyo]] ([[Alpenflex]])
 
* '''[[Haking]]''' ([[Halina]])
 
* '''[[Hasselblad]]'''
 
* [[Hermagis]]
 
* [[Hewlett-Packard]]
 
* [[Holga]]
 
* [[Horseman]]
 
* [[Ihagee]] ('''[[Exakta]]''')
 
* [[Ilford]]
 
* [[Iloca]]
 
* [[Jenoptik]]
 
* [[Kanto]]
 
* [[Kardon]]
 
* [[Katsuma]]
 
* [[Keystone]]
 
* '''[[Kiev]]'''
 
* [[Kigawa]]
 
* [[Kikō-Dō]]
 
* [[Kinax]]
 
* [[King]] ([[Regula]])
 
* [[KMZ]] ('''[[Zenit]]''', '''[[Zorki]]''', '''[[Horizon]]''')
 
* [[Kochmann]] ([[Korelle]])
 
* '''[[Kodak USA]]'''
 
* [[Kodak AG]] (Retina)
 
* [[Kokusaku]]
 
* '''[[Konica]]'''
 
* '''[[Konica Minolta]]'''
 
* [[Konishiroku]]
 
* [[Kowa]]
 
* [[Krauss]]
 
* [[KW]]
 
* [[Petri|Kuribayashi]]
 
* [[Kyocera]]
 
* '''[[Leica]]'''
 
* [[Leotax]]
 
* '''[[Linhof]]'''
 
* [[Lipca]]
 
* '''[[LOMO]]''' ('''[[Lubitel]]''')
 
* [[Lumière]]
 
* '''[[Mamiya]]'''
 
* [[Matsushita]] (Panasonic)
 
* [[Meopta]]
 
* [[MFAP]] ([[MFAP|Pontiac]])
 
* [[Mihama]]
 
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* '''[[Minolta]]'''
 
* '''[[Minox]]'''
 
* [[Miranda]]
 
* [[Misuzu Shōkai]] (Midget)
 
* [[Miyagawa]]
 
* [[Montanus]]
 
* [[Motodori]]
 
* [[Neoca|Mizuho]]
 
* [[Minolta|Molta]]
 
* [[MOM]]
 
* [[MPP]]
 
* [[Nagel]]
 
* [[Neoca]]
 
* [[Neumann & Heilemann]]
 
* [[Nicca]]
 
* [[Nikon|Nihon Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Nihon Kōki]]
 
* '''[[Nikon]]'''
 
* [[Nishida]]
 
* [[Condor Camera|Nissan Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Noblex]]
 
* [[Nokia]]
 
* [[Ofuna]]
 
* [[Okada]] ([[Waltax]])
 
* [[Okaya]] (Lord)
 
* [[Oki]]
 
* '''[[Olympus]]'''
 
* [[Ōmiya]] ([[Ōmiya|Hansa]])
 
* [[OPL]] ([[Foca]])
 
* [[Otowa]] ([[Otowa|Middl]])
 
* [[Kigawa|Optochrom]]
 
* [[Matsushita|Panasonic]]
 
* '''[[Pentacon]]''' ('''[[Praktica]]''')
 
* '''[[Pentax]]'''
 
* [[Petri]]
 
* [[Pierrat]]
 
* [[Pignons]] ('''[[Alpa]]''')
 
* [[Pioneer Camera]]
 
* '''[[Plaubel]]''' ('''[[Makina]]''')
 
* '''[[Polaroid]]'''
 
* [[Pothoff&Co]]
 
* [[Prince]]
 
* [[Proud]]
 
* [[Rectaflex]]
 
* [[Reid and Sigrist]]
 
* [[Rengo Koki]]
 
* [[Rich-Ray]]
 
* [[Richter]]
 
* '''[[Ricoh]]''' ([[Steky]])
 
* [[Rietzschel]]
 
* [[Riley]]
 
* '''[[Rollei]]'''
 
* [[Ross]]
 
* [[Samsung]]
 
* [[Sanko]]
 
* [[Sanyo]]
 
* [[Seagull]]
 
* [[SEM]] ([[Semflex]])
 
* [[Kigawa|Shin Nippon]]
 
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* [[Sigma]]
 
* [[Sinar]]
 
* '''[[Sony]]'''
 
* [[Star]]
 
* [[Sumida]]
 
* [[Mihama|Suruga]]
 
* [[Taisei Koki]]
 
* [[Takagawa]]
 
* [[Takahashi]]
 
* [[Takane]] ([[Mine Six]])
 
* [[Zunow|Teikoku Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Toakoki]] ([[Gelto]])
 
* [[Tokiwa Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Tokiwa Seiki]]
 
* [[Toko]]
 
* [[Topcon|Tokyo Optical]]
 
* [[Tōkyō Shashin Shōkai|Tokyo Shashin]]
 
* '''[[Topcon]]'''
 
* [[Tōsei]] (Frank)
 
* [[Toshiba]]
 
* [[Tougodo]]
 
* [[Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Umemoto]]
 
* [[Union Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Universal]]
 
* [[Vena]]
 
* [[Vivitar]]
 
* '''[[Voigtländer]]'''
 
* [[Voss]] ([[Diax]])
 
* [[Walz]]
 
* [[Wards]]
 
* [[Welta]]
 
* [[Wica]]
 
* [[Wica Wetzlar]]
 
* [[Widelux]]
 
* [[Wirgin]] ([[Edixa]])
 
* [[Wittnauer]]
 
* [[Woca]]
 
* [[Wollensak]]
 
* [[Wray]]
 
* [[Yamamoto]]
 
* [[Yamashita]]
 
* [[Yamato]]
 
* '''[[Yashica]]'''
 
* [[Yashica|Yashima]]
 
* [[Yasuhara]]
 
* [[Zeh]]
 
* [[Carl Zeiss]] ('''[[Werra]]''')
 
* '''[[Zeiss Ikon]]'''
 
* [[Daiichi Kōgaku|Zenobia Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Zero Image]]
 
* [[Zuiho]]
 
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== Cameras by Model ==
 
Alphabetical index of '''camera models'''.  Use this to locate any specific camera model.
 
 
 
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== Introduction to Cameras ==
 
A camera is just a means to an end; a tool for producing photographs. That's easy to say but for some it is like saying to a car enthusiast that a Ferrari is just a means of getting from point A to point B. It is not uncommon for a craftsman to fall in love with his tools but photographers seem particularly susceptible to camera lust. A little understanding of how the camera as a tool works will help with its selection, care and operation.
 
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* [[Viewing system]]
 
* [[Metering system]]
 
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* [[Accessories]]
 
* [[Film or Digital]]
 
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* [[Camera Collection/Information Sites]]
 
* [[Source Books]]
 
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