Western Photographic Historical Society

Tucson, Arizona USA

- Collectors' Corner -

Cam Corp of America Perfex

Bakelite & chromed metal with machine-age front-plate, 35mm camera w/uncoupled RF, focal plane shutter.

Cam Corp of America Perfex "One-o-two"

Nine variants of this 35mm RF with focal plane shutter & built in extinction meter, Wollensak 50/3.5 lens in alphax shutter. c1947-50

Canon J II (Leica copy)

Japanese made 35mm RF Leica copy. Nikkor f3.5 lens, FP shutter 1-1/500. (1945-46).

Canon III

One of several Canon-made Leica-knockoffs with 1.9x50 Serenar lens and aux. Spiratone finder. c1951-1952

Canon IV

Canon Leica knockoff with Canon auto close-up attachment. c1952-1955

Canon VI

Last model with base-plate mounted trigger winder, the meter was optional and, if black, is worth 3x-4x more. c1958-1960

Canon Demi Series

A collaborative effort started with Bell & Howell in 1964 and running through 1971, with many features.

Canon Pelix

An SLR with semi-silvered mirror (pellicle) allowing 30% for finder & 70% for film, eliminating moving mirror. Hard to find with clean mirror. c1965-66

Canon Canonflex

An SLR with selenium metering (option), 1st cloth focal plane shutter, interchangeable finder c1959-1960

China  Book Camera

110 Novelty camera shaped like a book

Contessa Nettle "Decrulo Stereo"

Tropical model stereo/panorama camera c1921-1925. Folding teak wood bodied w/brown bellows & nickel trim.

Coronet 3-D

Mottled bakelite camera w/ monocular finder. 127 film.

Contax go to Zeiss