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Welcome to Camerapedia.org, a free-content encyclopedia of camera information.  The goal of this site is to be a repository for information and links to information about all still camera brands and models. You know your camera equipment as well as anyone: please share that knowledge with everyone by contributing.  To learn more about this project you can read the [[Camerapedia.org:About|About Camerapedia.org]] page.
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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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* [[Adox]]
 
* [[AGI (Agilux)]]
 
* '''[[Agfa]]'''
 
* [[Aiptek]]
 
* [[Aires]]
 
* [[Ako Shōkai|Ako]]
 
* [[Alsaphot]]
 
* [[Ansco]]
 
* [[Apple]]
 
* [[Arca Swiss]]
 
* '''[[Argus]]'''
 
* [[Pentax|Asahi]]
 
* [[Atoms]]
 
* [[Balda]]
 
* [[Beauty]]
 
* [[Beier]] ([[Beirette]])
 
* [[Bell & Howell]]
 
* [[Belomo]]
 
* [[Bencini]]
 
* [[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]]
 
* '''[[Fuji]]'''
 
* [[Fuji Kōgaku]]
 
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* [[Fujimoto]]
 
* [[Fujiwara]]
 
* [[GAF]]
 
* [[Gandolfi]]
 
* [[Gap]] (Georges Paris)
 
* [[Ginrei]]
 
* [[Alphonse Giroux|Giroux]]
 
* [[Gitzo]]
 
* [[Goerz]]
 
* [[Goko]] (Sansei Koki)
 
* [[Goldstein]]
 
* [[GOMZ|GOMZ (early Lubitel)]]
 
* '''[[Graflex]]'''
 
* [[Hachiyo]] ([[Alpenflex]])
 
* '''[[Haking]]''' ([[Halina]])
 
* '''[[Hasselblad]]'''
 
* [[Hermagis]]
 
* [[Hewlett-Packard]]
 
* [[Holga]]
 
* [[Horseman]]
 
* [[Richard Hüttig|Hüttig]]
 
* [[ICA]]
 
* [[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]]
 
* [[Rudolf Krügener|Krügener]]
 
* [[KW]]
 
* [[Petri|Kuribayashi]]
 
* [[Kyocera]]
 
* '''[[Leica]]'''
 
* [[Leotax]]
 
* '''[[Linhof]]'''
 
* [[Lipca]]
 
* '''[[LOMO]]''' ('''[[Lubitel]]''')
 
* [[Lumière]]
 
* '''[[Mamiya]]'''
 
* [[Matsushita]] (Panasonic)
 
* [[Meopta]]
 
* [[MFAP]] ([[MFAP|Pontiac]])
 
* [[Mihama]]
 
* '''[[Minolta]]'''
 
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* '''[[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]]'''
 
* [[Prince]]
 
* [[Proud]]
 
* [[Rectaflex]]
 
* [[Reid and Sigrist]]
 
* [[Rengo Koki]]
 
* [[Rich-Ray]]
 
* [[Richter]]
 
* '''[[Ricoh]]''' ([[Steky]])
 
* [[Rietzschel]]
 
* [[Riley]]
 
* '''[[Rollei]]'''
 
* [[Ross]]
 
* [[Sanei Sangyo|Samoca]]
 
* [[Samsung]]
 
* [[Sanko]]
 
* [[Sanyo]]
 
* [[Seagull]]
 
* [[SEM]] ([[Semflex]])
 
* [[Kigawa|Shin Nippon]]
 
* [[Sigma]]
 
* [[Sinar]]
 
* '''[[Sony]]'''
 
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* [[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]]
 
* [[Emil Wünsche|Wünsche]]
 
* [[Yamamoto]]
 
* [[Yamashita]]
 
* [[Yamato]]
 
* '''[[Yashica]]'''
 
* [[Yashica|Yashima]]
 
* [[Yasuhara]]
 
* [[Zeh]]
 
* [[Carl Zeiss]] ('''[[Werra]]''')
 
* '''[[Zeiss Ikon]]'''
 
* [[Daiichi Kōgaku|Zenobia Kōgaku]]
 
* [[Zero Image]]
 
* [[Zuiho]]
 
* [[Zunow]]
 
 
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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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Revision as of 21:04, 10 September 2006

Welcome to Camerapedia.org

This site is a free-content encyclopedia of camera information, a repository of information about all still camera brands and models. To learn more about this project, read the About Camerapedia.org page.

By contributing, you can share your knowledge of camera equipment with everyone. If you would like to add or correct any information on this site, sign up for a user account here (this is simple and free), log in, and click any "edit" link. (Feel free to play around in the Sandbox, if you'd like to see how this thing works before actually making changes.)

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Camera Companies

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Camera Types

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Other Articles

Lenses | Glossary | Camera Links

Articles of the month

Other good articles are likely to be found in the list of long pages.