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Adox 300, 35mm Vintage Viewfinder Camera (Very Rare) - $400 (Orchard Park)
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produced by Dr. C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH in Frankfurt, West Germany in 1956
Vintage ADOX Camera Collectors Only (not guaranteed to be functional)
Note: This camera was found in a closet and I have no idea if it’s fully functional or not. All the parts seem to move properly and the magazine is in great condition. There is even a link to the original operator’s manual.
This is an Adox 300, a 35mm viewfinder camera produced by Dr. C. Schleussner Fotowerke GmbH in Frankfurt, West Germany starting in 1956. The Adox 300 is a pretty unique camera in that it supported interchangeable magazine film backs, a feature not commonly found on 35mm cameras. In the Adox 300, the entire film compartment was in a self-contained magazine which was equipped with a dark slide which allowed the photographer to swap rolls of film and out of the camera mid roll. The feature functioned similarly to medium format cameras like the Bronica or Hasselblad SLRs, giving the Adox 300 appeal to photographers who had a need to change between different film stocks without having to keep rewinding the film. Aside from the magazine back, the camera was a well-built, but simple fixed lens viewfinder camera with a good Schneider-Kreuznach triplet.
Features:
Film Type: 135 (35mm)
Lens: 45mm f/2.8 Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar coated 3-elements in 4-groups
Focus: 3.5 feet to Infinity
Viewfinder: Scale Focus
Shutter: Compur Rapid Leaf
Speeds: B, 1 – 1/500 seconds
Exposure Meter: Uncoupled “Automatic” Bewi Selenium Cell w/ top plate EV readout
Battery: None
Flash Mount: Cold shoe X Flash Sync
Other Features: Interchangeable Magazine Film Back, Self-Timer
Weight: 840 grams
Manual: https://mikeeckman.com/media/Adox300Manual.pdf