Português:
Quando iniciei minha coleção, o objetivo principal are as câmeras reflex SLR 135mm dos anos 1960s e 70s. Porém, tempo passando, em feiras de câmeras (na Europa e EUA), apareciam máquina interessantes a preços muito baixos. Recebi também, como presente, várias câmeras de amigos (várias do ‘berlinois’ Arnulf Kost, a quem sou sempre grato) e a coleção foi se expandindo. Aqui estão concentradas câmeras ‘rangefinder’ (visor direto) e algumas TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) entre as quais destacamos as Rolleiflex. Após a Segunda Guerra, as patentes alemãs não valiam e as máquinas alemãs (fabricadas até o final da guerra) puderam ser copiadas sem restrição. Assim, segundo algumas fontes, as TLR Rolleiflex foram as câmeras mais copiadas. Idem para as Leica a rosca 39mm que, entre outras, foi copiada pela Canon. Nikon também iniciou sua produção de câmeras a partir das alemãs Contax. A gigante Kodak usou outra estratégia: adquiriu uma empresa alemã e passou a fabricar as Kodak Retina, que podiam ser rangefinder ou reflex. As mais procuradas são as rangefinder. Eram produzidas em Stuttgart-Wangen por Kodak AG Dr. Nagel Werk. Eram câmeras de alta qualidade e as lentes eram fabricadas pela Schneider. Nesta galeria, bastante eclética, várias câmeras são apresentadas e comentadas.

English:
When I started my camera collection, my main interest was on 135mm SLRs from the 1960s and 70s. However, in camera fairs (in Europe and USA) several inexpensive different cameras could be bought by very low price. Several friends (among them, my generous ‘brother’ Arnulf Kost, ‘le berlinois’) gave me some and my collection has grown also on rangefinder and TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) cameras. Among the TLRs, the Rolleiflex had a major role, noticing that this concept was successfully manufactured by the Rollei company since 1929. After WW II, the German patents were not valid and German cameras (manufactured until 1945) were copied without any restriction. According some sources, the Rolleiflex TLRs were the most replicated camera ever. The same happened to the Leicas. The 39mm screw mount models were copied by Canon, for instance. Nikon started the camera production by replicating Contax models. The American giant Kodak had a different strategy: they acquired a German factory based in Stuttgart-Wangen and produced the Retina cameras by Kodak AG Dr. Nagel-Werk. The Retina cameras could be rangefinder and reflex as well. Some models had a high-quality manufacturing (particularly the rangefinder ones) and the lenses came from Schneider. In this gallery, quite eclectic, several cameras are presented and commented.