What is your oldest camera?

The big class here!! ❤️

Many thanks to the first responders, it's fun to see his cameras from another era.
I had my period or I tripled on Folding cameras. 😜

Son by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Inherited an Agfa Billy and a Brownie box cam, but haven't used them. Oldest camera used is Nikon FM, and what a gem it is.

The Kershaw Penguin lens/shutter/aperture unit looks like it could be unscrewed from inside the bellows. Is it possible to replace these units with a modern lens/shutter and create a high quality 6x9 out of the old folder cameras?

Hi,

Now we need a shot of that Kodak on the left alongside a 760c. See if that 760 is truly as large as it seems it is....

Stan

Just for you 😎

Kodak series II (1936-42) / Kodak DCS 760 (2001) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr

Imagine a digital MF camera with a 122 sensor (8.25x14cm) 😍

Crown Graphic 4x5 for me

I am not a collector of old cameras, so the only cameras I have are ones that I purchased to use. The oldest is an Exakta Varex IIa from 1960, which was built like a tank, but remarkably versatile.

This is the oldest one I currently own, though I am unsure who produced it. From my understanding it's from early 1900. Perhaps someone might recognize it?

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I think my oldest is my Vest pocket kodak autographic, which predates the introduction of crackle paint finish in 1919. I'm not exactly sure of it's age but it won't be long before, as the autographic models were introduced in 1915.
My Kodak No2 folding autographic brownie is only slightly younger from the 1920's, while most of my other brownies seen to be models from the 1930's even where the design goes back to ~1900.

A VP (Vest Pocket) Exakta using 127 roll film from the thirties..

David, not sure if your post really is meant for me, but my oldest is a Folding Pocket Kodak 3A which doesn't seem to have a lens that just unscrews. No idea about the Kershaw as I don't have one.
You might find knowledgeable folk to ask on:
photrio.com
photo.net
cameracollector.proboards.com (little current activity though)
or even the film section at dpreview.com

Hi,

Wow! Thanks!

The only time I have seen a F5 based Kodak look small. ;)

Even my Pentax 6x7 is a bit smaller, and that 6x7 is a large SLR.

Yes! I want a digital variant of the old Kodak. That'd be really cool!

Stan

Adding a small digital point & shoot into an old folder wouldn't be an impossible DIY task, but I don't think I could do it well enough to do the project justice.

The Exakta leave no one indifferent! 😍 😎

Hi,

I really like the look of this. Never saw one before.

Stan

Did you notice that it’s left handed? Once I got used to it, I came to prefer it….

My second, which isn't very young either, is the Kodak No.2 Flexo (1899-1913)

Between 110 and 124 years old

No.2 Flexo Kodak (1899-1913) by Marc Aubry, sur Flickr