Photography for Profit or Fun: 10 Inexpensive Vintage TLR's that are Sure to Increase in Value

November 23, 2009

You will find reviews on these vintage cameras within this blog; they are a good bet for beginning or enhancing a collection on the cheap.

Yashica 124G TLR. This was the best TLR they made. But any Yashica TLR will increase in value. the more rare models include the Yashica 635, Yashica A, Yashica C, Yashicamat
Mamiya C330. All of the C Series with the number 3 in it is good. The more lenses with it the better. This is the only later model series TLR's with interchangeable lenses. They are wonderfully versatile cameras with great optics.
Any Rolliecord Model. They are underrated and still cheap to buy.
Baby Rollie 4x4 TLR. They are almost always in good shape.
Ansco Automatic Reflex TLR. This is the best made TLR, and fairly rare, but still inexpensive to buy.
Graflex 22-200 or 400. The latter is the most desirable.
Ciroflex Models A through F. F is the most desirable.
All Meopta TLR cameras. They are little known in the West, and still easy to find and inexpensive to buy. This is a real sleeper. They rival the Rollieflex line, with a complete array of accessories--even some that Rollieflex never offered, and most that Rollieflex did offer. Great optics. Highly underrated.
Reflekta II TLR.
Minolta Autocord, as well as their Miniflex 4x4.

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