The Camera in the Middle: 2 1/4

Popular Photography magazine, in their October 1962 issue, looks at medium format cameras.

 

 

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Here is a test report on the Praktisix camera.

 

 

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Here is a test report on the Rolleicord Vb camera.

 

 

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Here is a test report on the Mamiyaflex Pro C3 camera.

 

 

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Here is this month's Newsfront column.

 

 

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Camera 35 magazine has a lens article by John Brooks of E. Leitz, Inc.

 

 

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Watch Out for Camera Thieves!

 

 

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Here is a complete guide to 35mm cameras. Sorry for the small print.

 

 

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Here is Modern Photography"s Techniques Tomorrow column. It is part 3 of the lens design series.

 

 

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Here is the Behind the Scenes column.

 

 

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Here is Keppler's column.

 

 

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Here is the How Far Have We Gone column showing the Ticka Pocket Watch camera.

 

 

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Here is this month's Too Hot to Handle column.

 

 

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Here is this month's Coffee Break column. Fred Spira got an interesting request.

 

 

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Here are this month's Modern Tests.

 

 

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Here are this month's Camera Equipment ads.

 

 

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Here are this month's Dealer ads.

 

 

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A nice look back. In the late 60's my dad had a Mamiya C33 with the 80mm f2.8. He also had the 135mm tele. The WL finder as I recall was bright, but the porro finder was somewhat dim. He sold it during the mid 70's.

Here is this month's Coffee Break column. Fred Spira got an interesting request.

 

 

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This one is hilarious!

Mike - I looked long and hard at getting a C33 when I got out of the service. I even bought a Beseler 67 enlarger for medium format. For whatever reason I didn't get into MF until much later.

 

MW - I agree. I almost missed posting the Coffee Break column as the rest wasn't that interesting and I had so much other material.

Went back and read the Coffee Break column again. Still funny (the Fred Spira part) even after multiple reads. Today a weak negative lens would allow infinity focus, but the loss of quality would be unacceptable to most users. I remember using a barlow lens to allow my SLR to reach focus on a Newtonian reflecting telescope which had limited focus travel.

Another nice view into the past. Thanks again Marc!

 

Interesting piece on the square format.

 

Keppler was writing about the technical "battle already lost" of rangefinder versus SLR and offering 11 x 14 prints to prove it. I wonder if there are any of those prints around.

 

It is always a thrill to find favorite cameras featured in these pages. I found a review of the Rolleicord Vb, and a short note on the launching of the Pen D.

 

About the Coffee Break, is Fred Spira the one of Spiratone fame?