Ansel Adams first photographic experiences were as a subject for his Dad’s turn of the century Kodak Bullseye box camera. One day, his father took the camera apart and showed Ansel how the lens woud project an image onto translucent paper.
He received his first camera as a gift from his father in 1914, when he was 12 years old. It was a used Kodak No. 1 box camera, as much as 10 years old at the time. His last camera was a very fine Leica single lens reflex 35mm, a very expensive camera.
- Kodak Bullseye
- Kodak No 1
- Speed Kodak 1A
- Kodak Vest Pocket
- Thornton Pickard Ruby Reflex
- Zeiss-Ikon Miroflex
- Gundlach Korona View
- Century Universal
- Zeiss-Ikon Universal Juwel
- Graflex Speed Graphic (pre anniversary)
- Zeiss-Ikon Contax (1)
- Zeiss-Ikon Contax II
- Zeiss-Ikon Contax III
- Zeiss-Ikon Super Ikonta B
- Deardorf *
- Eastman Commercial Model B *
- Polaroid Model 95
- Polaroid Pathfinder 110
- Nikon S
- Polaroid 500 (film back)
- Zeiss-Ikon Contaflex
- Kodak Master View 4×5
- Polaroid 545 (film back)
- Hasselblad 500C
- Zeiss-Ikon Contarex Professional
- Sinar Norma
- Arca Swiss *
- Polaroid SX-70
- Leica R-4
NOTE: Cameras marked with an * are not yet in our collection