Whaddaya Mean, Fully Automatic?

For their August 1962 issue US Camera magazine took a look at the new automatic cameras.

 

 

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The same month Camera 35 magazine looked at auto advance cameras.

 

 

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Camera 35 also looked at the Miranda DR camera.

 

 

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Here they looked at the Praktina FX camera.

 

 

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Pop Photography took a close look at the Fujica Auto-M camera.

 

 

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Modern Photography had their Telephoto Issue for the month. Here Bennett Sherman explains the workings of a telephoto lens.

 

 

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Keppler explains the difference between low and high priced telephoto lenses.

 

 

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Can you handhold a 400mm tele?

 

 

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Bennett Sherman shows how an ultra-long telephoto lens is used for missile tracking.

 

 

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Here is Keppler's monthly column.

 

 

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Let's go Behind the Scenes.

 

 

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

 

 

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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 great look back. I'll bet those lens articles helped photographers considering the purchase of a telephoto lens to decide.

Thanks!

Thanks again, Marc! The telephoto issue is a keeper.

 

There is a good explanation of automatic exposure mechanisms. Wish I had read this, before embarking in certain home repair journeys.

 

Keppler's column on telephoto lenses must have helped many amateurs to decide at the time, just as MIke said above. He makes very good points about not buying larger apertures than needed, and listing the subjects that one wants to cover. However, if the 135mm is so inadequate a focal length, how come it was the most popular?

 

In the ads, I like that picture of the "loneliest job in the world" (obviously taken before social media appeared). There is also the Photomic finder, Zeiss-Ikon 35mm backs, Petri 7 and many other delights.