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Nice Laptop Stand - looks like a 300mm

Got a kick out of this picture. I read somewhere you can tell the level of a photographer by the way he treats his equipment. An amateur will miss a shot because he’s worried about getting his camera scratched. A pro will get the shot and then worry about fixing the [...]

I/O Magic GigaBank 8gb

On Jan 19, I/O Magic released an 8gb version of its GigiBank portable USB storage device.
Features:

USB 2.0 connection, backwards compatible with USB 1.1
The USB connector can be ‘tucked away’ when not in use
2″ x0.5″ x2.5″
Less than 2 ounces

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Kodak No. 2A Folding Autographic Brownie

The Kodak No. 2-A Folding Autographic Brownie was made from 1915 through 1926 and originally cost $13.00. In 1917 the ends were changed from a squared end to a rounded end, which makes the sample pictures below from a post-1917 camera. The 2-A takes 116 film.

Kodak Jiffy Six-20 - Art Deco Model

The Kodak Jiffy Six-20 was sold from 1933 to 1937. It uses 620 film and originally sold for $6.75. The lens is a Twindar and has two focusing options - 5 to 10 feet & beyond 10 feet.
This particular model is the “Art Deco” version, which differs from the base model in [...]

Kodak No. 3a Folding Pocket Model C

The Kodak No. 3A Folding Pocket Model C was manufactured from 1912 through 1915 and originally cost $20.00. It uses 122 film with shutter speeds of T, B, 1/25, 1/50, and 1/100. The front lens element can shift and rise.
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Craftex Hollywood Reflex

Also called the Hollywood Sportsman, this camera was made around 1947. The viewing lens is fixed-focus and the taking lens focuses.
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Kodak Vigilant Six-20

The Kodak Vigilant Six-20 was produced from 1939 through 1949. It takes 620 film shooting an image of 6×9cm. This particular model has a 100mm f/8.8 lens with f-stops of f/8.8, f/11, f/16, f/22, and f/32. Shutter speed are 1/100, 1/50, 1/25, Bulb, and T.
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Kodak EasyShare C663 - With ‘Perfect Touch’

Yesterday Kodak introducted the EasyShare C663, the first in the EasyShare line to incorporate ‘Perfect Touch’ for brighter, better pictures.
Features

6.1 mp
2.5″ LCD Screen
Perfect Touch
3x optical zoom

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Kodak EasyShare V570 - Twin Lens Digital Camera

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 2 — Kicking off this week’s 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Eastman Kodak Company today introduced the world’s first dual-lens digital still camera, the KODAK EASYSHARE V570 zoom digital camera. Using proprietary KODAK RETINA Dual Lens technology, the elegant V570 camera wraps an ultra-wide angle lens (23 mm) and an [...]

Six Sony cameras fail Chinese consumer testing

Sony China Ltd suspended sales of 6 compact digital cameras after they failed quality tests. 6 out of the 9 Sony cameras submitted failed the testing by China’s National Camera Quality Supervision and Inspection Center. The DSC-H1, DSC-L1, DSC-P200, DSC-W7, DSC-W5, and DSC-S90 were the model numbers. 13 cameras from other [...]