The picture below is an antique film camera that belonged to my parents.
This camera is a folding bellows-type camera from the 1940's. It has a Kodet lens with a DAK shutter. It has two view finders - one on the side and another to the upper right of the lens. The shutter release is the lever to the upper left of the lens. The camera uses type 620 film, not 120 type. This film is a paper-backed film that is supplied on a spool.The back of the camera opens to install and remove the film.
| Shutter Speeds | I (fixed) B (Bulb, open as long as you press the lever) T (Opens when you press the lever; closes when you press the lever again) |
| Lens Speed | f12.5 f16 f22 f32 |
The picture below is an antique Japanese film camera that belonged to my father. He obtained it in WW II.
This camera is a folding bellows-type camera. It is called "Semi" because only 6x4.5 cm of the 6x9 cm picture format is used by the camera. The camera uses type 120 film. This film is a paper-backed film that is supplied on a spool. It has one view finder on the side of the camera. The shutter release is a push button below the viewfinder. The back of the camera opens to install and remove the film.
| Shutter Speeds | T (Opens when you press the button; closes when you press the button again) B (Bulb, open as long as you press the button) 1/5 1/10 1/25 1/50 1/100 1/200 |
| Lens Speed | f25 f18 f12.5 f9 f6.3 f4.5 f3.5 |
The picture below is a 35mm Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera I have. I have had this camera for a long time, having taken mostly 35mm slides since the late 1960s. I have only one lens for this camera as the lens mount is unusual and there were not many third party lenses available for it. I have two filters for the lens - a sunlight filter and a polarizing filter.
The picture below is a digital camera I have. This is the first digital camera I have owned.
This camera is i 5 megapixel camera. It has a 3x optical zoom and a 3.4x digital zoom. It has a micro and super macro mode for close-up photographs. I have used the macro modes to digitize 35 mm slides and to take close-up photos of the internal parts of vacuum tubes, etc. The camera also has a QuickTime movie mode.
The picture below is a single lens reflex (SLR) digital camera I have.
This is the newest digital camera I have. This camera is an 8 megapixel camera with interchangeable lenses. I have 2 lenses for this camera.