A Long List of Film Camera Brands
This is a list of film camera brands and film camera companies. Many of these vintage camera brands have many models that can be found for sale online.
For digital cameras, including mirrorless and DSLRs, see the list of digital camera brands.
Camera Brands List
ALPA
Andor Technology
Angenieux
apertus°
Argus
Arnold & Richter (see Arri)
Arri
Asahi (Pentax)
Bell & Howell Co.
BELOMO
Blackmagic Design
Bolex
Braun Nurnberg
Bron Elektronik
B+W Filterfabrik (owned by Schneider Kreuznach).
Cambo camera
Manufactuers technical cameras used by professional photographers.
Canham
Canon
Canon became the largest camera brand in the 1990’s. Notible film cameras include the Canon AE-1.
Canon 35mm film camera lens mounts:
- Canon R Mount
- Canon FL Mount
- Canon FD Mount
- Canon EF Mount
The Canon R-mount Not to be confused with the RF mount used on digital mirrorless cameras.
Casio
Century Precision Optics (owned by Schneider Kreuznach)
Chamonix
Cokin
Cooke
Cosina
Deardorff
Ebony (large-format cameras
Escura
Exakta
Folmer and Schwing
Formatt Hitech
Fujifilm
Fujinon (see Fujifilm)
Gibellini
Gowland
Hartblei
Hasselblad
Heliopan
Holga
Honeywell
Ikegami
Ilford
ImageTech
Intrepid
IMAX
Kaiser Fototechnik
Kiev-Arsenal
Kino Precision (makers of Kiron and Vivitar Series 1 lenses)
Kenko (part of KenkoTokina Corporation)
Kodak
Kowa
Krasnogorsky Mekanicheski Zavod (also known as KMZ
Laowa see Venus Optics
Leica
Lensbaby
Linhof
Littmann
LOMO (Leningradskoye Optiko Mechanichesckoye Obyedinenie)
Lytro (makers of consumer plenoptic cameras)
Mamiya (part of Phase One)
Best know for manufacturing medium format cameras.
MegaVision
Meyer Optik Görlitz
Minolta
Minox
Mitakon Zhongyi see Zhong Yi Optics
Nikon
Noblex
Olympus
In addition to making SLR cameras, Olympus manufactured many point-and-shoot cameras that are still desireable.
Panasonic
Panon (see Widelux)
Pentax
Phase One
Plaubel
Polaroid
Profoto
Ricoh
Rodenstock
Ross
Samsung
Samyang Optics (Samyang SLR lenses are also branded as Vivitar
Seagull Camera
Schneider Kreuznach
Shen Hao
Sigma
Silvestri
Sinar
Sirui
Soligor
Sony
Steinheil
Stenopeika
Sunpak
Tamron (Second shareholder is Sony)
Taylor
Tiffen
Tokina (part of KenkoTokina Corporation)
Toyo
Vageeswari
Venus Optics (Laowa)
Vivitar
Voigtländer (name used under license; original company defunct)
Wratten see Tiffen (makes the products) and Kodak (owns the brand)
Walz
Wista
Wisner
Yongnuo
Y’s (large format camera maker in Japan)
Zeiss
Zenit see KMZ
Zhong Yi Optics
Zone VI
Zorki see KMZ
Zuiko see Olympus
Kyocera
Polaroid
Ricoh
Sanyo
ADOX
Agfa
Ansco
Atoms (Calypso underwater camera)
Beauty (formerly Taiyodo Koki)
Carl Braun Camera-Werk
Bronica
Burke & James (Rembrandt View Portrait Camera; 5x7 plate format)
Chinon Industries
Contax
Corfield Ltd (Early British camera maker
Coronet Camera Company
Otto Berning Gmbh. (Made the Robot)
Bell & Howell
Chinon
David White Company (Stereo Realist)
DHW Fototechnik (see Rollei)
Ducati
FED
Feinmess Dresden
Ferrania
Franka Kamerawerk
Graflex
Honeywell
Ihagee
Ilford (still produces film and chemicals)
J. Lancaster & Son
Keystone (126 and 110 cameras with built-in flash
Kiron Lenses
Konica
Konishiroku (see Konica Minolta)
Konica Minolta (as of 2006 may still manufacture on an OEM basis for Sony)
Leitz (formerly owned Leica)
Leidolf
Lord see Okaya
Meopta (still produces many optical products)
Minolta
Micro Precision Products
Miranda
MPP (see Micro Precision Products)
Nicca
Nimslo (4 lens 35mm 3D camera)
Made the Nimslo 3D camera, which was used to create lenticular 3D prints. These prints would appear 3-dimentional, without 3D glasses.
Nishika
Nishika is best known for making 4 lens 3D film cameras. The four half frame images these cameras captured where used to create 3D lenticular prints. The brand is related to Nimslo, which created and sold the first quadra lens camera.
Models include: