Photograph from the series “It begins with Leica and ends with Leica” by Yasunori Ichikawa
A hood for the Rolleiflex is no longer made. Neither is the cell its meter was built around, nor the foam that sealed its back, nor the small brass ring that holds a cable release to a Barnack Leica.
We have been making these things in Kyoto for the people who still use the cameras — and, over the years, publishing what we learned about them.
Established in Kyoto
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A hood for the collapsible Elmar 50/3.5 that carries the aperture with it — so the setting is finally where yo
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The grip Marcello carries in La Dolce Vita, rebuilt. It mounts on either side, so the camera works the way you
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Every Rollei twin-lens reflex, photographed from six sides and catalogued across two discs. Produced with the
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Our online shop, Mediajoy Camera, is in Japanese and ships within Japan. An eBay store for overseas orders is in preparation. If you are outside Japan and something here interests you, please write to us — we will do what we can.
The full archive — camera histories, repair notes, interviews and reviews, several hundred articles in all — is published in Japanese at mediajoy.co.jp.
