"Chrome age Cameras"

<p>The cameras that abounded in the 50's, 60's and seventies have often been called the Chome Age Cameras because of the generous use of brass and chrome, stainless steel too.<br>

I have a few that really typify these, but the one I'm always drawn to is Topcon Super D, just a lovely hunk of shiny goodness.<br>

I'm posting a picture of it here and want you all to show me yours.</p><div></div>

<p>I must admit that the Contarex Bullyseye was a very close second.</p>

<p>Ah yes, the Topcon Super D... Nice example, <strong>Tony</strong>. Here are a couple of much lesser pedigree, just the two glossiest to catch my eye. The one on the left is the rather nice Iloca Rapid IIL, beside the illustrious Haking's Halina 35X, a camera that now has quite a cult following, in certain photographic circles...</p>

<p>Shiny</p><div></div>

<p>I've always like this one.</p><div></div>

<p>Ahh Rick, two unusual but very shiny ones, and Steve, the FT series sure fit the bill.</p>

<p>Another, very chrome age, and very heavy!</p>

<p>Try again- sorry</p><div></div>

<p>Good one Remy, as I mentioned, this is a close second...lots of chrome, lots of heft!</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/14824970-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="454" /></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/16835613-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="423" /></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/12155574-lg.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/16744673-lg.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="773" /></p>

<p>My first camera was a Voigtländer Vitrona, bought my my uncle in 1964, the year I was born. BTW I was born in Braunschweig (Brunswick). He gave it to me sometime in the seventies, when he got himself a Pentax. The Vitrona wa the first camera with a built in electronic flash. Mine doesn't live anymore. I threw it away in the 80ies. Voigtländer rangefinders are not rare in Germany, but the Vitrona is hard to find and expensive. Some time ago I bought a Vitomatic IIa, certainly the better camera. The Color-Skopar is excellent.</p><div></div>

<p>I have quite a few chrome cameras these days, but this one is the only one I have a picture of on my laptop here at work.</p><div></div>

Agfa Optima IIS

 

Nice lens and rangefinder<div></div>

<p>Lets not forget the Argus C4. A great little camera.</p>

<p>Now for a photo of the Argus C4.</p><div></div>

<p>And then there was the Anscomark M which had to be styled after a 1960 Ford Edsel. It did<br>

have interchangeable lens though and is a really nice camera.</p><div></div>

<p>Chrome Gladiators and Competitors from late 1950's.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://westfordcomp.com/classics/retinareflex4/ret1.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="829" /></p>

<p>Aah a feast of chrome, great to see, and a couple of rare ones. Love the Tessina and that Anscomark I didn't know existed.</p>

<p>My original FTb, plus 28, 35 50 and 100 "Chrome Noses".</p>

<p>Ed.</p><div></div>

<p>A couple of years ago on my birthday I awoke to find that my wife Abby, who is also a photographer, had bought a dozen old cameras at local junk shops and scattered them around the house like Easter eggs for me to discover. Lots of them are the from the "chrome" genre.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17426759-lg.jpg" alt="" width="648" height="431" /></p>

<p>Although camera makers charged extra for the black finish and implied that pros preferred it over chrome, I found the chrome versions of most cameras more to my liking. </p><div></div>