Camera-wiki.org:Past featured articles

Featured articles since 2023

June 2023

Konica C35 AF (Image rights) first mass-produced autofocus camera

Baby (no-need-darkroom) (Image rights)

Agfaflex (Image rights) leaf shutter SLR

February 2023

Bellami (Image rights) compact 35mm camera

Digital Harinezumi (Image rights) fancy digicam

Pearlette (Image rights) two format vest pocket camera

Featured articles (alphabetical series)

A-C  January 2021

ACMA (Image rights) Australian camera maker

Bolsey B (Image rights) US 35mm rangefinder

Challenge (Image rights) British hand camera

D-G  March 2021

DeJur D-1 and D-3 (Image rights) German camera for US market

Edinex (Image rights) Early compact 35mm camera

Focasport and Focamatic (Image rights) French quality camera

Gilbert (Image rights) UK box camera

H-K  July 2021

Hobix (Image rights) series of viewfinder cameras & TLRs

Ilford Sporti (Image rights) British rollfilm classics

Jenic (Image rights) Japanese subminiature camera

Kolar (Image rights) Czech camera

L-O  November 2021

Lily (metal and tropical) (Image rights) Japanese 6.5x9 and 8x10.5 folding bed cameras

Mandel PDQ Camera (Image rights) American instant camera

Nettar (Image rights) German folding camera

Olbia (Image rights) French pseudo TLR

P-S  January 2022

Panon (Image rights) renowned Japanese maker of panorama cameras

Quad Camera (Image rights) American passport camera

Rollei 35 (Image rights) German 35mm camera legend

Samsung NX10 (Image rights) Korean mirrorless digital system camera

T-V  April 2022

Toyoca 35 (TLR) (Image rights) Japanese 35mm TLR

Ucaflex (Image rights) viewfinder/single-lens-reflex hybrid camera

Victo (Image rights) British classic view camera

Widepan Pro II 140 (Image rights) Chinese panorama camera

X-Z  June 2022

X-1 (Image rights) Minolta's professional 35mm SLR

Yallu Flex (Image rights) Japanese 35mm TLR

Zenit 18 (Image rights) Soviet 35mm SLR

Older features

May 2020

Cyclope (Image rights) French 6×9cm viewfinder camera

Salyut-S (Image rights) Soviet 6×6cm SLR

Weha Chrome Six (Image rights) Japanese 6×6cm rangefinder camera

February 2019

Minolta Miniflex (Image rights) Japanese 4×4cm TLR

Graflex Speed Graphic (Image rights) American press camera series

Nikon F80 (N80) (Image rights) Japanese 35mm autofocus SLR

Canon T90 (Image rights) Colani's Canon SLR

June 2018

Isolette (Image rights) German 6×6cm folders

Silverflex (Image rights) Japanese 6×6cm TLR

Soho Reflex (Image rights) British large format SLR

Special Rochester (New York) (Image rights)

August 2017

Derby (Image rights) German vest pocket folder

Steinheil (Image rights) Bavarian lens maker

Dan 35 III (Image rights) Japanese 35mm viewfinder camera

April 2016

Norwood Director (Image rights) US-American predecessor of the Sekonic Studio DeLuxe our first featured light meter

Summa Report (Image rights) Italian non-reflex twin-lens press camera w/ lens-turret

Piccolette (Image rights) German vest pocket folder

July 2015

Canon EOS D30 (Image rights) early CMOS shooter

Argus C4 (Image rights) nice U.S. rangefinder design

Hexar lenses (Image rights) before 1960

Special The Chicago Cluster  (Image rights)

March, 2015

Kiev 4 (Image rights) Soviet camera with Contax mount

Semi Prince (Image rights) The first Japanese 4.5×6 camera

Kodak Pony 828/135 (Image rights) A camera design by Arthur H Crapsey

October, 2014

Agfamatic 901 motor (Image rights) A 110 film camera

Minoltaflex Automat prototypes (Image rights) TLRs "out of the kitchen"

Goerz (Image rights) Maker of the legendary Dagor lens

June, 2014

Exakta Kine and Varex Series (Image rights) The first 35mm SLR system

Vivitar V3000 & Vivitar V3000s (Image rights) Consumer SLRs of the 1990ies

Epson R-D1 (Image rights) The first digital consumer rangefinder camera

January, 2014

Mamiya M645 Super, Pro, Pro TL & E (Image rights) Professional medium format camera

Semi Proud & Super Semi-Proud (Image rights) Japanese folding classics

Olympus E-3 (Image rights) DSLR from the heydays of the 4/3 mount

October, 2013

Alpine Camera (Image rights) Large format horizontal folding bed plate camera

Olympus Pen An article mightily reworked since first featured in 2007

Semi First and First Six (Image rights) Japanese folding classics

October, 2011

Kodak lenses

Tanack 35 to IV-S An in-depth look at a series of Japanese Leica copies

Gitzo shutters

May, 2011

Debrie Sept French spring-driven 35mm camera

Kodak Retina Reflex German leaf shutter SLR

Polaroid Integral 600 Series cameras for integral instant film

February, 2011

Mycro One of the Japanese Hit-type cameras	Semi Leotax DL and R	Ensign Ful-Vue British redesign of the box camera
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July, 2009

Le Daguerreotype the first commercial camera series

Primo Jr. a Japanese 4×4 TLR

Tanar lenses Japanese 39mm screw mount lenses

October, 2008

Nifca and Molta plate folders From Minolta's predecessors

Semi Rotte Little known folder by Kuribayashi

Purma Cameras with gravity controlled shutter

August, 2008

Holga one of the oldest camerapedia articles

Waltax one of the most revised pages

Owla Stereo our first featured stereo camera

February, 2008

Franka a Bavarian camera maker

Olympus Chrome Six a dual-format folding camera

HalmaFlex a Japanese 6×6 TLR

October, 2007

Olympus OM-10/20/30/40 OM system on a budget

Konica I/II/III Konica's first 35mm cameras

Gelto Japanese 3×4 with a good finish

February, 2007

Minolta XG Minolta's budget SLRs

Olympus Pen Popular half-frame camera family

Minolta Vest and Minolta Six Bakelite "pyramid folders"

Nikon FM3A Nikon's hybrid automatic and mechanical camera

November, 2006

Pentacon Six Long-lived East German design.

Voigtländer VSL picture by Kimmo Kulovesi When Voigtländer was owned by Rollei.

Zenobia Picture by Terry Hardy Series of 4.5×6 folding cameras made from 1952 to 1957 by Daiichi Kōgaku.

Moskva-5 The biggest Russian rangefinder.

October, 2006

Leica CL Minolta CLE Picture by wolf4max Two rangefinder models, fruit of cooperation between Leitz and Minolta.

Contax S Picture by Popitz It defined the SLR's shape for the decades to come.

Pearl (4.5×6) Picture by Mech_for_i Detailed article covering all the series from the 1938 Semi Pearl to the 1958 Pearl IV.

Yashica-D Picture by John Kratz A TLR article, with nice pictures.

September, 2006

Fujica G690 The Hokkaido Contax. Detailed article covering the G690, the G690BL, the GL690 and the GM670.

Olympus OM-1/2/3/4 Summary of one-digit OM bodies.

Semi Minolta Detailed article covering all the series from 1934 to 1955.

Flexaret VII A nicely illustrated article.