55 Years Ago - January 1962

<p>Welcome to January 1962. We will start off with an article titled The Beautiful Negative.</p>

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<p>Does your lens run hot or cold?</p>

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<p>Here are some new products.</p>

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<p>Here is Bennett Sherman's Techniques Tomorrow column.</p>

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<p>Let's go Behind the Scenes.</p>

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<p>Here is Too Hot to Handle.</p>

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<p>Here are this month's Modern Tests.</p>

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<p>Here is a look back to How Far Have We Gone?</p>

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<p>So i put down my Modern Photography magazine and picked up my Camera 35 mag. Here is what I found. A Contarex test by Arthur Kramer.</p>

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<p>He also looks at the Kodak Retina Reflex III.</p>

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<p>Here are this month's camera equipment ads.</p>

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<p>Here are this month's dealer ads.</p>

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<p>Especially love all of the <strong>Contarex</strong> info and ads; thanks again Marc !</p>

<p>Thanks Marc. 1962 was when I first had a lust for a camera, the Minolta SR-7. Got one used in the early 1970's and have been loyal to Minolta/Sony ever since.</p>

<p>Gus - That Contarex test was a surprised bonus.</p>

<p>John - The SR-7 was a nice camera to lust for.</p>

<p>Thanks, <strong>Marc</strong>, I enjoyed the Tests featuring the Pentina, the Praktica IV and the Komura lenses from Sankyo Kohki, one of my favourite Japanese manufacturers from the good ol' days.</p>

<p>Another great post, Marc. Thanks! </p>

<p>The Contarex test brings memories, that was my late father's dream camera. The reviewer was impressed. It is very entertaining to look at the dealers' ads and compare the relative prices of cameras at the time.</p>

<p>The Beautiful Negative is still an excellent primer for B&W. It also made me sad for the B&W films that are no longer available, especially Plus-X and Panatomic-X.</p>

<p>So, Olympus was considering a half-frame ("single-frame") SLR in their Pen line. This rumour had substance! </p>

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<p>Rick - I remember seeing a great test of a Komura lens as a teenager. I really wanted it. Unfortunately it wouldn't fit my Argus C-3 and even if it did I couldn't afford it.</p>

<p>Julio - If a camera impresses Arthur Kramer you know it has to be good. Once I get all of these in chronological order it will be interesting to see the rumors turn into prototypes and the prototypes turn into actual products.</p>

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<p>He also looks at the Kodak Retina Reflex III.</p>

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I know this is an older post, but I just came across it and was glad to see a nice/positive review of the Kodak Retina Reflex III back in 1962, when the camera was only a year or so old. I was happy to see that the reviewer liked some of the ergonomic features of this camera (I always thought they were great)!