The Spartus 620 weighs nine ounces and is 99% plastic. It takes 620 film and the one I own scratches the hell out of my negatives. One day I’ll have to fix that. The shutter speed sounds like about 1/30 of a second and you really have to push hard to get the shutter to fire.It’s impossible to get a sharp shot. I wonder if the plastic lenses have anything to do with that. Still, it’s one of my favorites.

Expired Kodak Pan-x. Negatives scanned in color.


Spartus cameras belong to an incestuous group of optical devices from The Windy City. The Spartus 120 used for these photos produces 6×9 images on 120 film.

Agfa APX 100 in HC110(b) for 7 minutes