Cameras for Kids

Donate your old or unused cameras to a good cause

"Picture your old camera helping needy children in our community or local art students. Enlarge a child's world by donating your camera at the Friendly Marketing Office, 3110 Kathleen Avenue, or at the Friendly Center Ritz Camera location. All camera donations will go to Guilford County Schools. Cameras will be collected throughout the month of February."

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The Current Inventory

Mamiya C220 (1970)
Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 lens




Nikon F2 (1979)
Nikon DP-11 prism viewfinder
Nikon DW-1 waist-level viewfinder
Nikon Type K focus screen
Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens
Itorex 80-200mm f/4.5 lens
off-brand hot shoe adapter




Nikon FG-20 (1984)
Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens




"Bentley" BX-3 35mm toy camera




Kodak Brownie Hawkeye 620 film camera (1950s)




Polaroid "The 800" roll-film Land Camera (1950s)




Pho-Tak Foldex 20 (1950s) - not pictured

Photokids on Football

my current collection

of antique/classic cameras:

Agfa Isolette V - 120 film - produced 1950-1960 - Germany - untested: light leeks, stuck focus ring
*given-away to a friend

Pho-Tak Foldex 20 - 120 film - produced 1950-1962 - USA? - fully functional


Kodak Brownie Hawkeye - 620 film - produced 1950-1961 - USA - fully functional


Kodak Brownie Reflex 20 - 620 film - produced 1959-1963 - USA -fully functional: near-mint
*given-away to a friend

Bell & Howell 311 - Super-8 film - produced 1950s-? - USA - untested: good condition
*given-away to a friend

Polaroid 420 Land Camera - Polaroid 669 film - produced 1971-1977 - untested: poor condition


Peerflekta II - 120 film - produced 1945-1950s - (East) Germany - non-functioning: gummed-up shutter, damaged mirror
(...oops! white balance change)

Dejur Eldorado II - 8mm film - untested


Mamiya C220 - 120 film - produced 1968-early 1970s - Japan - fully functional


Nikon FG-20 - 35mm/135 film - produced 1984 - Japan - fully functional


Walz Flash Master - produced 1950s? - Japan - non-functioning: missing batteries (rare), missing flash bulb