Greek Camera Collector

The Reyna Cross III camera was manufactured by Cornu Company of Paris, France in circa 1942. This is the period of World War II when France was occupied by Germany and this camera made in the free zone by P. Royet at St. Etienne. This 35mm camera was the successor to the Reyna Cross II featuring an exterior shutter linkage. It was constructed with an aluminum metal body with a black painted finish. It was fitted with a Berthiot flor f3.5 50mm lens and a Reyna cross III shutter providing speeds from 1/25th to 1/200th of a second, plus time and bulb.

Minox - B The spy camera
Only 92gr in weight and 97*28*16 mm in dimensions. Film 8*11 mm and COMPLAN lens 4 elements in 3 groups 15mm f:3.5

The camera of my collection has been produced in 1967

The last pictures (from internet) shows the different variations of Minox - B and the B-series evolution

Exakta VP model B - 1935
Tessar f=3.5 / 75 mm
Film type 127

One of the diamonds in my collection. Carmen Pygmee

The Pygmee is a small tin camera dating from the 1930s. It was made by Carmen SA of France. It took twelve 24 x 24mm exposures on a special paper-backed roll film available at the time for 95 centimes. A red window is used to count exposures.

There are two chrome levers on the face of the camera. One lever switches between time and instantaneous exposure, the other is the shutter release. The viewfinder is a very slim hollow tube located on top of the camera.

Not many of these cameras were sold. But I was pleased to find this one!!!