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| Single-lens reflex camera |
A single-lens reflex (SLR) camera is camera that uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system which permits the photographer to sometimes see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the...
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A screw, or bolt, is a type of fastener characterized by a helical ridge, known as an external thread or just thread, wrapped around a cylinder. Some screw threads are designed to mate with a complementary thread, known as an internal thread, often...
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35mm film |
35 mm film is the basic film gauge most commonly used for both still photography (see 135 film) and motion pictures, and remains relatively unchanged since its introduction in 1892 by William Dickson and Thomas Edison, using film stock supplied by...
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Olympus Corporation |
Olympus Corporation (オリンパス株式会社, Orinpasu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japan-based company that manufactures optics and imaging products. Olympus was established on October 12, 1919, initially specialized in microscope and thermometer businesses. It is...
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| Rangefinder camera |
A rangefinder camera is a camera fitted with a rangefinder: a range-finding focusing mechanism allowing the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs that are in sharp focus. Most varieties of rangefinder show two images of...
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A twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) is a type of camera with two objective lenses of the same focal length. One of the lenses is the photographic objective (the lens that takes the picture), while the other is used for the waist-level viewfinder system....
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Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium-format cameras and photographic equipment based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The company is best known for the medium-format cameras it has produced since World War II.
Perhaps the most famous use...
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The term 135 (ISO 1007) was introduced by Kodak in 1934 as a designation for cartridge film 35 mm (1.4 in) wide, specifically for still photography. It quickly grew in popularity, surpassing 120 film by the late 1960s to become the most popular...
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120 is a film format for still photography introduced by Kodak for their Brownie No. 2 in 1901. It was originally intended for amateur photography but was later superseded in this role by 135 film. 120 film and its close relative, 220 film, survive...
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| 127 film |
127 is a film format for still photography. The image format is usually a square 4×4 cm, but rectangular 4×3 cm and 4×6 cm are also standard. Oddly, C. F. Foth & Co. used 36×24 mm (the same size as is standard for 135) for its first “Derby” model....
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| 126 film |
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126 is the number given to a cartridge-based film format used in still photography. It was introduced by Kodak in 1963, and is associated mainly with low-end point-and-shoot cameras, particularly Kodak's own Instamatic series of cameras.
Although...
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| 110 film |
110 is a cartridge-based film format used in still photography. It was introduced by Kodak in 1972. 110 is a miniaturised version of Kodak's earlier 126 film format. The image is Template:Convert/17, with one registration hole. The size of each...
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Advanced Photo System (APS) is a film format for still photography. It was marketed by Eastman Kodak under the brand name Advantix. The film is 24 mm wide, and has three image formats:
The "C" and "P" formats are formed by cropping. The full image...
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Disc film was a still-photography film format aimed at the consumer market, and introduced by Kodak in 1982.
The film was in the form of a flat disc, and was fully housed within a plastic cartridge. Each disc held fifteen 11 x 8 mm exposures,...
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Introduced in 1959, the Nikon F camera introduced the concept of the modular 35 mm single-lens reflex camera (SLR) system; that is to say, it introduced a lineup of the following interchangeable parts connected to the camera body:
The Nikon F...
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The Exakta is a pioneer brand camera produced by the Ihagee Kamerawerk in Dresden, Germany, founded as the Industrie und Handels-Gesellschaft mbH, in 1912.
Highlights of Exakta cameras include:
Early Kine-Exaktas had a fixed waist-level viewfinder,...
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| Leica |
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Leica is a camera produced by, or under licence of, a German company of the same name. The company, formerly Ernst Leitz GmbH, is now three companies: Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and Leica Microsystems AG, producing cameras, geosurvey...
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Kyanon Kabushiki Gaisha |
Canon Inc. (キヤノン株式会社, Kyanon Kabushiki Gaisha, TYO: 7751, NYSE: CAJ) is a multinational corporation that specialises in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, photocopiers, steppers and computer printers. Its...
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Carl Zeiss Group |
The Carl Zeiss company is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical
devices originally founded in Jena in 1846
by Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and
Otto Schott. Due to the results of World War II there are currently...
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| Exposure value |
In photography, exposure value (EV) denotes all combinations of camera shutter speed and relative aperture that give the same exposure. The concept was developed in Germany in the 1950s (Ray 2000, 318), in an attempt to simplify choosing among...
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Zorki (Russian: Зоркий, meaning sharp-sighted) is the name of a series of 35mm rangefinder cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1978.
The Zorki was a product of the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Factory (KMZ), which also produced the...
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| Asahi Pentax |
The Asahi Pentax series, by the Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. (旭光学工業株式会社, Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha), was a pivotal development in modern photography. It was the first model of Pentax camera.
In 1957, the Asahi Optical Company (later "Pentax")...
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| Four Thirds System |
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The Four Thirds system is a standard created by Olympus and Kodak for digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) design and development.
The system provides a standard that, with digital cameras and lenses available from multiple manufacturers, allows...
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| Pentax |
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Pentax Corporation (ペンタックス株式会社, Pentakkusu Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese optics company, producing cameras, sport optics (e.g. binoculars), etc. The company was merged with and into Hoya Corporation on March 31, 2008. Currently, Pentax is a...
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| Konica |
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Konica (コニカ, Konika) was a Japanese manufacturer of, among other products, film, film cameras, camera accessories, photographic and photo-processing equipment, photocopiers, fax machines and laser printers.
The company traces its history back to...
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| Leitz |
The Esselte Leitz GmbH & Co KG, also Leitz, is a German manufacturer of office products. The company, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, is owned by Esselte since 1998. Today the brand Leitz is used by Esselte mainly for filing and workspace...
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| Nikon 28-80 mm f/3.3-5.6G AF Zoom-Nikkor |
The 28-80 mm f/3.3-5.6G AF Nikkor lens is designed for Nikon's range of 35mm and digital SLR camera bodies. This lens is a kit lens that comes packaged with the Nikon N80/F80, Nikon D100, and other kits.
This lens replaces the 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-D...
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| Mamiya |
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Mamiya Digital Imaging Co., Ltd. (マミヤ・デジタル・イメージングー株式会社, Mamiya Dejitaru Imejingu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company that today manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it...
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| Nikon FM |
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The Nikon FM is an advanced mechanically-operated, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured in Japan between 1977 and 1982 by Nippon Kogaku K. K. (now Nikon Corporation).
The FM was the replacement for...
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| Canon EOS 300D |
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Canon EOS Kiss Digital |
The Canon EOS 300D, manufactured by Canon marketed in North America as the EOS Digital Rebel and in Japan as the EOS Kiss Digital, is a 6.3-megapixel entry-level digital single-lens reflex camera. It was initially announced on 20 August, 2003 at a...
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| Canon EOS |
The Canon EOS (Electro-Optical System) autofocus 35 mm film and digital SLR camera system was introduced in 1987 with the Canon EOS 650 and is still in production as Canon's current dSLR system. The acronym EOS was chosen for Eos, the Titan Goddess...
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| Canon EF lens mount |
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The EF lens mount is the standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras. EF stands for "Electro-Focus": automatic focusing on EF lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens. Mechanically, it is a...
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| Minolta Maxxum 7000 |
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The Minolta MAXXUM 7000 (7000 AF in Europe) 35mm SLR camera was introduced in 1985. It marked a significant milestone in photography as it was the first camera to feature both integrated autofocus (AF) and motorised film advance, the standard...
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| Nikon Corporation |
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Nikon Corporation |
Nikon Corporation (株式会社ニコン, Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon) listen (help·info) (TYO: 7731), also known as Nikon or Nikon Corp., is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras,...
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| Nikon FM3A |
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The Nikon FM3A is an interchangeable lens, focal plane shutter, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Nikon Corporation in Japan, on small-volume assembly lines, from 2001 to 2006. The camera was available in two...
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| Canon EF-S lens mount |
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The EF-S lens mount is a derivative of the EF lens mount created for a subset of Canon digital single-lens reflex cameras with APS-C sized image sensors. It was released in 2003. Cameras supporting the EF-S mount are backward-compatible with the EF...
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| Praktica |
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Praktica is a brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, formerly within the GDR prior to reunification. Pentacon is the modern-day successor to Dresden camera firms such as Zeiss Ikon, and for many years Dresden was the...
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| Nikon F6 |
The Nikon F6 is a 35 mm film single-lens reflex camera body that became commercially available in 2004, and is the sixth top-of-the-line professional film camera in Nikon's line since the introduction of the Nikon F in 1959. The Nikon F6 is designed...
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Voigtlander |
Voigtländer is an optical company founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in Vienna in 1756 and thus the oldest name in cameras. It produced the Petzval photographic lens (fastest lens at that time: f/3.7) in 1840, and the world's first all-metal...
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| Nikon F801 |
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The Nikon F-801 (sold as the N8008 in the US and Canadian markets) is a 35mm SLR of the late 1980s, and one of the first Nikon cameras with autofocus. Although its autofocus mechanism is slow in comparison to modern standards, it was an improvement...
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| Cosina | Nikō |
Cosina Co., Ltd. (株式会社コシナ, Kabushiki-gaisha Koshina) is a designer and manufacturer of cameras and lenses, and a glassmaker, based in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Cosina is the successor to Nikō (or "Nikoh"), a company set up as a manufacturer...
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| Pentax Auto 110 |
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The Pentax Auto 110 and Pentax Auto 110 Super were single-lens reflex cameras made by Asahi Pentax that used Kodak's 110 film cartridge. The Auto 110 was introduced with three interchangeable lenses in 1978. Three more lenses in introduced in 1981,...
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| Rolleiflex |
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Rolleiflex is the name of a long-running and diverse line of high-end cameras made by the German company Rollei. The "Rolleiflex" name is most commonly used to refer to Rollei's premier line of medium format twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras. (A...
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| Sigma Corporation | Sigma |
Sigma Corporation (株式会社シグマ, Kabushiki-gaisha Shiguma) is a Japanese company founded in 1961, manufacturing cameras, lenses, flashes and other photographic accessories. All Sigma products are produced in the company's own Aizu factory in Bandai,...
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| Canon FD |
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The Canon FD lens mount is a physical standard for connecting a photographic lens to a single-lens reflex camera body. The standard was developed by Canon of Japan and was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It was the primary Canon...
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| Canon EOS 650 |
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The Canon EOS 650 is a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera. It was introduced on 1987-03-01, Canon's 50th anniversary, and discontinued in February 1989. It was the first camera in Canon's new EOS series, which was designed from scratch to support...
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| Canon EOS 20Da |
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The Canon EOS 20Da is an 8.2-megapixel semi-professional DSLR camera designed specifically for astrophotography. It was initially announced on February 14, 2005 for release only in Japan. On June 1, 2005, Canon announced that the 20Da would be made...
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| Canon EOS 350D |
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Canon EOS Kiss Digital N |
The Canon EOS 350D (Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT in North America and the Canon EOS Kiss Digital N in Japan) is an 8.0-megapixel midrange digital single-lens reflex camera manufactured by Canon. The model was initially announced in February 2005. It...
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| Nikon F4 |
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The Nikon F4 was a 35mm autofocus (AF) single lens reflex (SLR) film camera, first introduced in 1988 as the next generation in Nikon's line of F series professional cameras. With industrial design by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the F4 was the first...
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| Nikon FM2 |
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The Nikon FM2 is an advanced semi-professional, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Nippon Kogaku K. K. (today Nikon Corporation) in Japan from 1982 to 2001. The FM2 originally used an advanced...
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| Nikon FA |
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The Nikon FA was an advanced amateur level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from 1983 to 1987 ...
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| Nikon FE2 |
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The Nikon FE2 is an advanced semi-professional level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from 1983 to 1987 (available new from dealer...
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| Nikon FE |
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The Nikon FE is an advanced semi-professional level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Nikon in Japan from 1978 to 1983, and was available new from dealer stock until circa 1984. The FE uses a...
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| Pentax K1000 |
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The Pentax K1000 (originally marked the Asahi Pentax K1000) is an interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. (renamed PENTAX Corporation in 2002; acquired by Hoya Corporation in...
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| Nikon F3 |
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The Nikon F3 is Nikon's third professional single lens reflex camera body, preceded by the F and F2. Introduced in 1980, it had manual and semi-automatic exposure control whereby the camera would select the correct shutter speed (aperture priority...
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| Zenit |
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Zenit (Russian: Зени́т) is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) camera brand manufactured by KMZ near Moscow since 1952 and by BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s. The Zenit trademark is associated with 35mm SLR cameras. Among related brands are Zorki for...
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| Canon A-1 |
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The Canon A-1 is an advanced level single-lens reflex (SLR) 35 mm film camera for use with interchangeable lenses. It was manufactured by Canon Camera K. K. (today Canon Incorporated) in Japan from April 1978 to 1985. It used a horizontal cloth...
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| Canon AE-1 |
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The Canon AE-1 was a 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) film camera for use with interchangeable lenses. It was manufactured by Canon Camera K. K. (today Canon Incorporated) in Japan from April 1976 to 1984. It used an electronically-controlled,...
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| Canon AE-1 Program |
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The Canon AE-1 Program was a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera that used Canon's FD mount lenses. It was introduced in 1981 as the successor to the Canon AE-1, five years after that camera's introduction. The major difference was the addition of the...
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| Canon AV-1 |
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The Canon AV-1 was a 35mm single-lens reflex camera with a FD lens mount, introduced by Canon Inc. in 1979. The AV-1 was very similar to the 1976 AE-1 but provided aperture priority autoexposure rather than the AE-1's shutter speed priority AE. The...
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