Welcome to my personal collection of antique cameras.
If you’ve found my site, perhaps you’re an aficionado of early photography or maybe a collector of photographica yourself. If so, I hope you’ll take a few minutes to become familiar with some fine examples of pre-1900 cameras that I’m fortunate to own.
I’m not displaying cameras for commercial purposes. I just want to share some representative pieces spanning some important periods in photographic history: Cameras obscura, wet-plates, multi-lens cameras, dry plates, and George Eastman’s historic No.1 Kodak film camera. Alas, nothing Daguerrean, so far, but I’m proud of what I’ve collected.
I don’t purport to be an expert on antique cameras. I’m just a curious guy who loves the early years of camera evolution … studying, learning, and occasionally buying magnificent wooden and brass cameras that “catch my eye”! I hope you enjoy!
Stu Fabe