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Compact or Viewfinder This is where it all began, with the Agfa Silette Pronto 1, below, to be precise. Although I did have a couple of old cameras, like the Trip, the idea of starting a collection didn't come about until I bought the Silette. After I had been out with it and realised what results could be achieved with this simple camera I was hooked. What was more exiting was that I could pick up these cameras for very small sums of money, a far cry from when they were new. When I first got interested in cameras and photography, back in the 1960s, earning £5 10 shillings a week, that Silette would have been more than a months pay. The list of cameras below is a listing of Compact Vintage or Classic cameras which are either currently in my collection or have been used to provide the sample images and have been moved on or pensioned off. Note: Where it says Untested this usually means "in the field". All cameras are checked for mechanical efficiency when they arrive and any maintenance carried out before they can be used in the field.
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