The Photographic Collectors’ Club of Great Britain Photographica world Contents and Index 1998 - 2009 Issues 84 -130 Indexed by Bernie Curtis The previous index, by Michael Pritchard, covered from 1977 up to the end of 1997, and includes a history of the magazine. © 2002-2010 Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain. ISSN 0953-4067 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publishers. The Photographic Collectors’ Club International Ltd. Registered in England No: 4861532. Registered Office: 5 Buntingford Road, Puckeridge, Ware SG11 1RT www.pccgb.com Photographica World Index 1998 - 2009 Keywords.........................................10 Contents Index of Authors...............................26 Book Reviews...................................29 Keywords in Selected Letters ............32 Authors Of Selected Letters...............33 Contents List No. 84 11 Photography in Manchester 1850 1855. In a major research article, Geoff Hough examines the origins of commercial photog- raphy in Manchester in this crucial period 23 The Voigtländer Bijou reflex camera. Bob White 24 The ‘stereo’ Agfa Solinette camera. Jack Lloyd 26 Two alternative rangefinder system cameras. Kevin Greensill compares and contrasts the Retina IIIS and Werra 30 Duo Ensign Box camera in use. Eric Lock 30 An Encounter with a rare 127. Tony Bray 32 “From today painting is dead”. History may be fact, but it can be distorted as Roger Taylor discovered 33 Undervalued collectables Are John Thompson’s choice cameras the next big (Collectable) thing? 36 A Tale of two Kolibris. Peter Aspin 37 Visit to Leica Sölms Summer 1997. Mike Hardy spent time looking around Leica’s factory 40 Coupling Clip ons for still cameras. John Cook 42 The Half a Crown box camera. Dealer and Collector Kenneth Berg recalls the origins of a career in photo retailing No. 85 11 A Battle Lost. The Ensign Commando camera. Adrian Richmond, in a major piece of new research looks at the development of the Ensign Commando and its Japanese copy 19 The Selenium Cell Exposure Meter. David Bayliss 22 127 Cutting Jig. Leslie Gilmore 24 Inside the Subminiature. The Minox B Nigel Richards 25 The Joint School of Photography Museum. Rob Clayton visited this museum and reports on its future 26 The Iskra. Peter Aspin 28 Cycling and Photography. Bob White revisits this subject, this time in greater depth 33 The Olympus Trip – Does this camera offer the collector photographer anything? Kevin Greensill suggests that it does 34 Vidil Film: A Mystery Solved. This film offered photographers the chance to compose their pictures on a ground glass before using rollfilm to record the scene. Eaton S Lothrop shows how and explores the history of a remarkable product 38 The collecting scene in South Africa. Don Smith looks at what’s happening and where the action is 40 One Man’s Icarette Special. Bob Halligan 42 What’s in a Name? Terry Hardy 42 Camera Restoration. Mike Cowan No. 86 11 More than Meets the Eye. Bob White discovered a French made Nil Melior camera and found that there was far more to the camera than there initially appeared 13 The Ambi Silette. Ian Platt FRPS 15 People and Place: Redbridge Museum and Ilford Ltd. Clare Hunt looks at the history of the Redbridge Museum Ilford collec- tion 18 Collecting amateur ciné cameras. A survey of this under collected area is presented by John Wade 24 My Retinas. Don Smith looks at three recent purchases 26 The last Contax copy? Max Alderson 28 Agfa Reflex: Action or Reaction. Brian Wilkinson presents a survey of the Agfa’s Colorflex, Ambiflex, Flexilette, and Opti- ma reflex cameras 32 Unusual names. Eric Lock takes a light hearted look at camera names 33 Matchbox/Cigarette Pack subminiature spy cameras. Jerry Friedman looks at this fascinating area of collecting 38 Camera Repairs No. 3 – Contaflex Super B. Continuing his series Dave Todd tackles a classic camera from Zeiss Ikon 41 The 35mm Cassette celebrates its diamond jubilee. Ian Baxter reviews this important piece of photographic hardware Page 1 www.pccgb.com Photographica World Index 1998 - 2009 No. 87 10 Ensign Ranger II. Eric Lock 11 Meter Matters. John Wade tests the metering of six old cameras against a modern Canon T90 and finds them surprisingly ac- curate 14 Purma: Answers and some more questions. E W Godwin and Mike Dunn 16 A Rare Treat: The Olympus Pen W. Timothy Campbell extols the virtues of this camera 18 The Foca Universelle RC. The Foca was the first post-war French 35mm camera. Paul Gates reports 20 Modified Folding Pocket Kodak camera. Bob White 22 New Museum Takes Shape. In this exclusive preview of the new NMPFT at Bradford Michael Pritchard reports on a new building and gallery displays 24 The Folding Zeiss Ikon 35mm. The Ikonta, Contina and Contessa are looked at by Mike Rees 26 Timepiece Subminiature Cameras – Jerry Friedman reviews cameras in watches from the 1880s to 1980s 31 An Accidental Bessamatic Owner. Ian Baxter 33 Der Lux: A Photographic Phoenix. Frans Hens 36 Five Russian Cameras. Gerard Beukering 41 Recording and Restoring PCCMs. Bob White No. 88 10 Photography in a Box. Bob White opens the lid and looks inside at cameras that came as part of a complete package 16 Mastering Meters. That old workhorse the Weston meter is examined by John Watson 19 The Linhof Technika 70. Terence Sheehy looks at one of best quality cameras ever made 23 Oversized, Over hyped and Over here. The Fotron camera is reviewed by John E Lewis 25 Early Professional Photographic Businesses in the North West Midlands Counties. Gillian Jones looks at the spread and rise of the photographic studio in the British Midlands 30 It’s All Done with Mirrors. John Wade looks at five cameras which use mirrors in unexpected ways 33 The Auto Terra. A Japanese Robot. Terry Hardy . 35 Underwater subminiatures Jerry Friedman looks at cameras designed to get wet and take pictures 38 Kodak 35 and 35RF. Brian Wilkinson. 41 The Unbearable Leica ness of being (or not being). Don Smith looks at a fake Swedish military Leica No. 89 09 NATIONAL MUSEUM. The NMPFT in Bradford. Michael Pritchard reports on the newly re-launched National Museum of Photography, Film and Television 13 One Year’s Collecting. Ian Baxter is a ‘photographer who collects’ and he looks back at 1998 16 The Art Deco Folding Brownie. Phil Nightingale 18 The Best of British: 35mm Cameras. Dave Todd takes a look at the few British 35s including the Ilford Witness and Kodak Colorsnap cameras 23 The 1937 35mm Super Baldina. Mike Rees 27 Angénieux: 150,000 ‘Made in France’ lenses One French company was responsible for a range of innovative lenses for both still and movie cameras. Patrice Hervé Pont reports 28 Combination Cameras Subminiature cameras built into cigarette lighters, binoculars and radios are described by Jerry Fried- man 33 Zeiss Ikonta 35 and Contina Cameras. Don Snoad takes a detailed look at this range of cameras and provides a useful check- list of models and variants No. 90 08 What are collectors made of? Don Smith 09 ‘It’s an Ajax D’. Paul Gates 10 My Welta Dubla. Eric Evans 14 It’s 8mm but not as we know it. John Wade surveys this amateur movie film format 19 The Les Hill Race Finish camera. Bob Halligan 21 Is my PRC TLR IB valuable or invaluable? A S Watson 23 Recollections of a 1950s Schoolboy. G P Lowery 24 Novoflex. M J Miller 26 The Saga of a Wet Plate camera. Ken Shanks 28 Semflex. Bob White 31 Agfa’s Amazing Selective Automation. Brian Wilkinson 35 The Miranda 35: A Collector’s Introduction. Craig Holmes reviews this increasingly sought after range of cameras and pro- vides useful information regarding lenses and what to look for when buying a camera 38 Ramsay’s Ruminations. Ramsay Lunn No. 91 05 Baby Bessa Counting. Don Whiteside describes two different versions of winding and counting on the Bessa 46 and 66 camer- as, and how to use them correctly. 06 The Zeiss Ikon Ikonette. J W Fokkelman looks at the 1959 Ikonette camera, which failed to find a foolproof audience, and was replaced by the Colora. 08 The Stigma of Instability. Audrey Linkman examines the introduction and growth of the carbon process for commercial pho- tography in Britain from 1864 1880. www.pccgb.com Page 2 Photographica World Index 1998 - 2009 33 Leica & Post War Allied Intelligence Services. Mike Dunn reports on the government team that investigated the Leitz factory and reported in 1946. 35 British Union Case Makers. John Hannavy updates his researches into John Smith and James & Edwin Glyde. No. 92 08 Zeiss Ikonta 35 and Contina Cameras. Don Snoad revisits these two camera models and presents new information 13 Camera Detectives. Bob White gives some pointers for would be researchers into mystery cameras 19 Bauer 35 Projectors. J W Fokkelman looks at the history of Bauer projectors launched in 1907 24 The Dallmeyer Adon. Tom Holliday reviews one of the most versatile lenses ever made 26 Robert Thompson Crayshaw. Hywel Mathews presents a history of a talented photographer from the 1860s 30 Simple Camera Repairs. Terry Hardy gives some hints to those brave enough to repair cameras 33 Jozsef Max Petzval. Ian Parker describes the story of photography’s first lens designer 35 Ring Cameras. Jerry Friedman collects these 38 Black Magic. Bob Halligan looks at early SLRs No. 93 05 American Folding Plate Cameras. Eaton Lothrop Jr explores the different styles of this design of camera and their wider influ- ences 19 Sixty Years Ago.