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Argoflex
EF
USA
1940s |
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Foth-Flex
Germany
1930s |
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Ikoflex
Germany
1950s |
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Kodak Reflex
II
USA
1940s |
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Mamiyaflex
C
Japan
1960s |
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Minolta
Autocord
Japan
1960s |
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| Reflecta
Germany
1930s |
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Ricohflex VII
Japan
1950s |
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Rollop
Germany
1960s |
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Seagull
4B
China
1970s |
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Uniflex
II
USA
1940s |
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Reflex-Korelle
Germany
1930s |
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Leica IIIb
Germany
1930s |
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Zi Jin Shan
-135I
China
1950s |
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Panflex
Pro 06-140
China
1990s |
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Flexora
Germany
1950s |
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| Voigtlander
Superb
Germany
1930s |
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Voigtlander
Vittesa
Germany
1960s |
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Yashicamat
LM
Japan
1970s |
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Xin
FU
China
1950s |
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Ciro-Flex
USA
1940s |
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| Someone
may think I am a camera hobbyist and have so much extra money to collect
those antique cameras. First of all, I am not rich for sure. In my life,
I haven't taste what is rich so far. But no doubt, I love to collect old
cameras if they are really affortable and have unique functions or some
first invented features in the camera history. I can fix most of mechanical
problems antique cameras have. Why do I love cameras? They are tools capturing
the decisive moment. Without them, we can never have those great influencial
images in our human historic image album. But cameras are just tools. They
can't create and freeze the unforgetible moments in human history without
a sharp eyes, a great visual mind and a humanistic and compassionate heart.
A great photographer loves cameras as a soldier loves weapons. Golden Parks
said that a camera is my weapon to fight social injustice and poverty. Gilles
Peress said to me once that my Leica is my extended eye; I never be aware
of its existing when I photograph, but I know what I will get through it.
Cameras are not just photographic instruments. They have been symbolized
in eras of our visual history. Grlaflex for Weegee, Rolleiflex for Beaton,
Leica for Cartie-Bresson, Nikon F for Vienam War, digital cameras for War
on Iraq.... |
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