I have a sweet spot for rangefinder cameras. I don’t know if it’s their simplistic styling, their boxy look, their reliance on metal and leather as essential design elements, or something else I can’t quite put my finger on. But whatever it is, videos like this one by Ilott Vintage — the company who restores [...]
If you spot any mid-century rangefinder cameras in poor working condition, then you might want to point them towards Illot Vintage. You see, Illot collects and restores 45-70 year old vintage cameras back to working condition. The restoration process itself is a long and tedious one: First, Illot cleans the entire body; then they disassemble the [...]
Just weeks before the rumored announcement of the new Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZF.2/ZE super wide angle lens, Zeiss has now announced that they have discontinued the silver Ikon film rangefinder camera. On Cosina Japan’s website, the silver Zeiss Ikon was labeled with: “This product has been discontinued.” The silver Ikon rangefinder is joining last year’s [...]