1900s

  1910s

  1920s

  1930s

  1940s

  1950s

  1960s

  1970s+

The 1950s period is marked by a massive influx of designs as the effects of WW2 begin to dissipate. Just about everything is black with a satin chrome top, 35mm format is increasingly popular but 120 remains top dog for the cheaper snapshot cameras as well as professional medium format work.

Click on a camera to see more details. Pictures are not to scale.


Baldina


Coronet


Dacora


Dacora 1


Ful-Vue Super


Selfix 16-20


Selfix 820


Advocate


Kiev 4


Brownie 127


Pony 135


Retinette 022


Mycro

 
Bessa 1


Vito B


Vito B


F117


Nettar

 
Comet

 
Paxette


Finetta 88


Contina 1d


Mastra V35