Rollei Prego 90 Review – Clunky Style, Good Lens Do you want a good design function, a great lens, or both in a point and shoot camera? The design form of the Rollei Prego 90 is so clunky it makes you wonder if it was designed by a committee of 2nd string German engineers (hey,…
I just had my Canon FTb photos developed and I am delighted with the outcome. Wonderful photos in my opinion for a 40 year old camera. My daughter and I meet for Sunday breakfasts every now and then and on this day I metered and focused on her and then gave the Canon FTb to…
Why do people blog? Is it for joy, money, or both? For this website on film cameras, I blog for the fun of it. Trying Google AdSense One More Time I am turning my Google AdSense ads back “on” for this site. I hope you don’t mind. If Google AdSense pays for 35 mm film…
Am I a bad person because I am an auction sniper on eBay and other places for film cameras? Do you get Better Deals with Auction Sniping? For me, it’s worked out. I remember purchasing a Zeis Ikon Contaflex IV for maybe $12 dollars. That was fun. Purchased in the last 5 seconds. I’ve had…
An old carpenter’s Vivitar camera is re-born, kind of… Quick Vivitar XC-4 Review It’s not a great camera, but it feels like a good camera. If you need a camera for a high school photography class, it will work just fine. The light metering is a little quirky (red lights are bad, green light is good). …
These are my best 35mm film photos of 2011. I hope that you enjoy them. Nikon One Touch Zoom 90s Although I developed this roll of film in February, 2011, I think some of these photos were taken deep in 2010. I enjoy this photo for its dazzling clarity. A great lens from a 5…
This is a short post on what I’ve learned about getting film developed for my old camera photos. First, take a look at this photo. It was taken with a Nikon N6006 camera I purchased for 5 dollars on eBay (camera body only). The ladies working behind the counter at a discount pharmacy told me…
Today is Thanksgiving Day 2011 in the United States. I visited my homeless friend Oly to invite him to breakfast. Here’s a photo of Oly on a warmer day in August. Yashica Lynx 1000, Oly the Homeless Man, Kilbourn Park, Chicago, IL Oly’s OK this Thanksgiving Day, how are you doing? I had hoped to…
I think the local fishing stores miss me. Where is that guy that used to come in here and spend all that money? Dad the Fisherman I have caught my share of fish. But sometime during 2010 I realized I was driving a whole lot to catch just a few fish. Yes, I do catch…
This may be the best 5 dollars I ever spent on eBay for a camera body. My test roll of film on this Nikon N6006 seemed horrible. But the film developers at the discount pharmacy assured me there was something wrong with the film. I didn’t believe them. They lied. This is what the Nikon N6006 can…