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Personal and institutional photographic equipment collections.

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• 35mm cameras collection

  http://www.camera.portraits.srv2.com/
  A personal collection of 35mm film cameras, with tips on buying and repair, as well as hints on various topics.

• An Antique and Classic Camera Collection

  http://vintage-cameras.com/
  Antique and classic camera collection, with wooden view cameras from the 19th century. Information on camera fairs, and links for antique and classic camera collectors.

• Antique & 19th Century Cameras

  http://www.antiquewoodcameras.com/
  Displays and describes wood and brass cameras made before 1900. Includes related history and 19th-century advertisements.

• Bret Culp Camera Collection

  http://cameras.bretculp.com/
  Technical information on cameras ranging from a 1926 Kodak #1 pocket camera to a Canon S40. Includes specifications and example photos.

• C@mer@ Collection

  http://cameracollection.tripod.com/Page02.html
  A private collector site of all kinds of cameras, old or new, serious or funny. Bilingual site, French and English.

• Camera Collection by Karen Nakamura

  http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-body.html
  Camera descriptions, photos, unknown facts.

• Cameras Downunder

  http://www.camerasdownunder.com/
  One of the largest private collections in Australia by Holger Schult

• Chris's Camera Pages

  http://retinarescue.com/
  Website dedicated to collecting and repair of classic cameras focusing especially on the Kodak Retina and Retinette models.

• Cinematographica

  http://cinematographica.com/
  A vintage movie camera collection of 8mm & 16mm cine cameras

• CJs Classic Camera Collection

  http://www.cjs-classic-cameras.co.uk/
  Information, photographs and repair tips of vintage classic cameras such as Retina, Altix, Regula, Iloca, Minolta, Agfa Karat and many others.

• Collecting Movie Cameras

  http://www.movie-camera.it/indexe.html
  Antique movie cameras: history, photos, descriptions.

• Collecting Photographica

  http://members.tripod.com/Nigel_Richards/
  Victorian images, tintypes, ambrotypes, daguerotypes; subminiature cameras, Kodaks, and brass and mahogany cameras.

• Colorful Kodaks

  http://kodak.digitalfx.tv/
  Various colored Kodak cameras listed with photos and descriptions.

• George Eastman House

  http://www.geh.org/technology.html
  Historical cameras museum. Large Brownies collection.

• Graflex Camera Collection

  http://graflex.coffsbiz.com/
  Graflex, Speed Graphic, Crown Graphic, Military cameras. Photos and camera descriptions.

• Jim's Polaroid Camera Collection

  http://polaroids.theskeltons.org/
  A collection and technical information of Polaroid cameras that have a bellows.

• Joops camera collection

  http://www.joopscameracollection.nl/
  Subminiature cameras, detailed photos and descriptions.

• Kodak Brownie Cameras

  http://www.brownie.camera/
  The overview of Kodak Brownie Box cameras and their value. Collection by Remy Steller.

• Leitz Collection and Optical Museum

  http://www.leitzmuseum.org/
  Collection of photos and descriptions of cameras, microscopes and optical instruments.

• Living Image Camera Museum

  http://licm.org.uk/
  Featuring cameras from private collection, not the exotica but the ordinary, humble, and everyday cameras of the past.

• Moshe Bar-el: Old/Antique Cameras

  http://webspace.webring.com/people/dm/mbarel/
  Features photos of pre-1950s cameras collection.

• Rick's camera collecting page

  http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-15.html
  Personal camera collection; reviews and articles about older cameras and photography.

• RolleiOnly

  http://johnsrolleionlypage.homestead.com/
  Canadian collector of Rollei Two-Eye cameras.

• Scott's Photographica Collection

  http://www.vintagephoto.tv/
  Images of, and commentary on, a personal collection of antique and collectable cameras, photographic images, and ephemera.

• Stereo Photographs and Descriptions of Classic Cameras

  http://www.pibweb.com/ross/classics.htm
  Short descriptions and photos of more than 75 classic cameras. Photos of the cameras are in black and white and 3D stereo black and white (stereo can be viewed using red and green or blue filters).

• The Camera Museum

  http://www.thecameramuseum.com/collection/cameras/cameras.htm
  Cameras from 1900-1960, with galleries, boxes, and manuals.

• The North Star Camera Collection

  http://aligator222.tripod.com/camera/camera.html
  Photographs of a collection of (mostly Argus, Ansco, and Kodak) cameras from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

• The Tomei Classic Camera Collection

  http://sites.google.com/site/ldtomei/home
  Detailed images of more than 50 vintage and classic cameras produced between 1892 and 1957 are featured including comments on their technological and historical significance.

• Vitalspirit

  http://www.vitalspirit.be/e-vsfotograficamenu1.html
  Private collection of historic photographic cameras, photos, and accessories.

 

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