The Rangefinder Camera


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May 25th 2020

Blada Super Baldinette

Not many people have heard of Balda let alone seen one of their cameras. One such example from 1951 was a top of the line model for Balda at the time, the highly regarded and expertly crafted Balda Super Baldinette.


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January 14th 2020

Revere 1074

Revere was well known for consumer movie cameras, but after their acquisition by 3M in the 60s, they made a handful of 126 cameras with the help of Minolta


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August 7th 2019

Petri 7s

With the likes of Minolta, Yashica, and Leica rangefinders to compete with, the Petri 7s managed to be in production for over 10 years. Becoming a cult classic only recently, the Petri 7s tends to garner much fanfare from the community


Minolta Hi-Matic F

January 8th 2019

Minolta Hi-matic f

A lower end model in the Hi-Matic line of cameras, but still a quite capable one. Being incredibly small and having manual focus, it scratches the itch for a rangefinder but has the ease of a point and shoot.