Old Nikons and Other Photographic Items

This blog is for photo buffs out there looking for information on Nikon's rangefinder cameras. It also now includes information on other cameras and lenses I have used. If you like what you see, please visit my older photo website [http://www.personal.psu.edu/mwl2/photography.htm] and my personal blog [wesloder.blogspot.com]. Thank you for visiting. and please feel free to leave comments.

Saturday, March 1, 2025

Nikon's BR-1 ring, an adapter to allow using the 135mm f4 Nikkor in barrel mount on a Nikon F

The BR-1 ring was the first of a number of different adapters sold by Nikon to aid in closeup photography. One might suspect the BR stands ...

Thursday, April 4, 2024

An early Black Nikon SP with its original motor and a unique battery pack

My black Nikon SP with motor & battery pack Original black Nikon SPs from the late 1950s and early 60s have always been rare and today a...

Monday, July 25, 2022

Akarette 1 from 1947

Akarette 1 from 1947 with 45mm Xenar In an earlier post, I covered a general history of the Akarette/Akarelle cameras made by the German com...

Sunday, January 9, 2022

German 90s and 135s from the 1950s

Why were the German 35mm rangefinder camera manufacturers so wedded to the 90mm focal length? Was it because Leitz led the way with its 90mm...

Saturday, January 8, 2022

The Lordomat standard [Primus], an interchangeable-lens 35mm camera from the 1950s

Lordomat standard types 2 and 3 with 50mm f2.8 and 50mm f1.9 History: The Leidolf company was founded in 1921 by Rudolf Leidolf in Wetzlar, ...

Thursday, September 16, 2021

A Constellation of SPICAs

Named for a first-magnitude star in the constellation Virgo, the 3.5X “SPICA” was Nippon Kogaku’s second post-war product to make it into p...

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About Me

Wes Loder: In 2003, I came back to photography through the Nikon Historical Society where I found my interest in history and Nikons met. In this blog I intend to comment on my cameras, their auxiliary equipment and on my photography. I am the author of The Nikon Camera in America, 1946-1953, which gives a detailed account of how various Americans helped the Japanese camera industry recover from World War II and go on to dominate the world of photographic equipment. The book came out from McFarland Publishers in 2008 and is available through any of the usual bookstores or jobbers. I am Pipe Major of the Hawk Mountain Highlanders, a pipe band based in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Its has its blog. I comment on my writing, my other photography and progress toward living a life with as low an impact on the land as possible at my third blog

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