The Magazine Camera Ads

[Photar]

Linhof ad from 1928

 

[p.giannakis]

I was never a big fan of ads like these:





Although you could always dig out a good deal, they were visually noisy.

On the other hand, adverts like the one below from Olympus were my favourite.

 

[valdas]

You know what - it didn't even cross my mind. I am sure it is like this on other adverts too - now I will start paying attention.

I'll go have a look on the other magazines.

That is strange, but what is even more strange is why English at all for soviet camera ad sold in Greece? I guess “made for Europe” slogan explains.

 

[p.giannakis]

That is strange, but what is even more strange is why English at all for soviet camera ad sold in Greece? I guess “made for Europe” slogan explains.

Exactly. Somewhere there it says "cheapest than anywhere in the EEC" (the prelude to EU) and also "Made for Europe". Same also for the Praktica advert - it says "The European photographic cameras".

These are late 1980s adverts. The Greek Communist party was outlawed until 1980 - they were trying to play down that these cameras were coming from the Eastern Block.

I will go through the older magazines and see what other Soviet/DDR camera adverts I can find.

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[Archiver]

Chinon ad from 1981



Chinon ad from 1986

Not my scans, they are from ebay listings. But these are the kinds of ads I love.

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[kshapero]

Lots of fun looking at all these old ads.

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[Joao]

From the sixties

 

[Joao]

Not from magazines, but from T.O.E. brochures

One can be a family oriented person ...



... and have fantasies with a Photosniper

 

[Archiver]

As an aside, this reminds me that over the years, I've collected a few camera company brochures from industry expos and camera shops, I should look into scanning them.

 

[Archiver]

Some superb Nikon ads here from the 70s - 90s:

Vintage Photo Ads: Nikon 1970s-80s

Vintage Nikon camera ads from the 1970s-90s

vintagecameradigest.com

 

[Archiver]

It appears that website is the motherlode of vintage camera ads!

Vintage Photo Ads

Remember all those great ads? Want to know how these cameras were hyped when they were new? Well, you’ve come to the right place.

vintagecameradigest.com

 

[phranklee]

Great thread, thank you! Inspired me to impulse buy an Olympus IS-200 lol

 

[raydm6]

Some good ones here:

21 Vintage Camera Adverts for Your Inner Voyeur - Flashbak

Before the age of digital cameras in everything, buying a snapper was a call to loins. Men needed cameras for one reason: to record women...

flashbak.com

 

[Archiver]

Look at this beautiful ad from 1979 for the Pentax ME, extra special to me because Dad got one and gave it to me years later. If only Pentax made a retro digital camera just like this.

So here's a thought: Pentax tried and failed to make a mirrorless camera in the form of the K01. This did not sell well, but was able to use all of Pentax' K mount lenses. Surely today's technology would allow them to make a full frame mirrorless camera with all the bells and whistles that is natively compatible with their extensive K mount lens library. The Nikon Zf suggests that there is a market for well specced retro cameras. I would absolutely buy a Pentax full frame mirrorless camera with the styling of their legacy SLR's like this.

 

[p.giannakis]

It appears that website is the motherlode of vintage camera ads!

Vintage Photo Ads

Remember all those great ads? Want to know how these cameras were hyped when they were new? Well, you’ve come to the right place.

vintagecameradigest.com

That's all my weekend just gone 😀

 

[p.giannakis]

Great thread, thank you! Inspired me to impulse buy an Olympus IS-200 lol

I'm sure I've seen a couple more ads for IS cameras. I'll have a look.

 

[p.giannakis]

Not from magazines, but from T.O.E. brochures

One can be a family oriented person ...

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... and have fantasies with a Photosniper

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I'll go through the issues of Soviet Foto. I am sure I haven't seen Zenit ads.