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Canon has been a very popular camera brand for a very long time, making a lots of cameras and lenses with various mounts. In 1964, Canon introduced the FL mount for 135 film SLRs, an exceptionally well-engineered mount using a wear-free…
M42 is the "universal" screw thread mount for SLRs that is usually associated with Praktica and Pentax. It was actually used by many brands, including Fujica, Mamiya/Sekor, and Zenit. Because it is an open standard and has a relatively…
Minolta used to be one of the more popular brands of 135 film SLRs and lenses. In fact, they were one of the very few lensmakers making their own glass, and their lenses are well known for exceptionally consistent color -- they famously…
In 1985, Minolta became the first company to produce a body-driven autofocus 35mm SLR -- the Maxxum 7000 -- and with it, the new A (also called Alpha or AF, replacing the incompatible manual-focus SR/MC/MD) mount became the camera system…
The Argus C3 135-film rangefinder camera, made in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1939-1966, is a bit of American history. About 2 million of "The Brick" were made, and many survive. The interesting thing is that the clunky camera used…
Had to make a low profile release button to work with large M mount (m39) lenses.
