Kamera Ostalgie

Lets go back to 1979, Two Tone records were all the rage, Ska music was well and truly in. To be cool, you wore Spencer's trousers, white socks and ox blood loafers, topped off with a green ex army Parka and rode a Lambretta GP or a Vespa Rally 200. What camera did you buy, only one thing for it, a Praktica B200 of course! Praktica B200 Electronic The Praktica B200 was all the rage from Christmas 1979 to Christmas 1982, it was the most pushed Praktica in the U.K. ever. Adverts in A.P. and all...

This post has been re-published once again today, Friday August 28th as new information regarding the body numbers has come to light. It now has three up dates with new information. The Agfa Jsolette with Compur Shutter & Apotar 4.5 8.5cm Lens I suppose the German wartime camera that is most well known today are the Leica 111 / 111C types with various military markings engraved on them. Some genuine, some not! But for the ordinary German soldiers in WW2, the Agfa Jsolette was said to be the...

I was not really intending to write a post about the Ensign Ful-Vue, however just by chance I found my example today. To be fair, I did not realise I still had it, but rummaging about looking for another camera totally I came across it, sat in a box grinning up at me, along with my Praktica B200 I bought when I was 21! So, if time allows I will do a post on both cameras before my Wix subscription runs out and the blog comes to an end. The Ensign Ful-Vue was my first camera, it was a gift from...