I don’t know much about my new Zenit-E but I do have an idea of where it’s been. The journey of a camera made approximately in 1975. It was manufactured in Krasnogorsk just outside Moscow, Russia (A). I purchased it from an eBay vendor very near to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (B). And the…
I own three Canon Sure Shot Classic 120 cameras, and I still don’t know if I’m going to sell any of them on eBay or keep them. You should think twice about buying one. My Canon Sure Shot Classic 120 was produced about 1999. Apparently, a lot can happen in 12 years to break these…
I like Wilmette, Illinois, for cameras at garage sales. I don’t always find a camera for sale, sometimes a camera was sold before I showed up at a sale. Sometimes people tell me they sold a camera the day before. But I know the cameras are there, literally stuffed in a box in someone’s garage. …
I have become an admirer of Josef Sudek, perhaps Prague’s best photographer. I’m hoping this post will generate some opinions about Josef Sudek’s greatness and also debate on who really is Prague’s best photographer. The photo below is taken from this wonderful article, “From My Window”: The Late Work of André Kertész and Josef Sudek….
Before I go into a lengthy description, let me say I’m beginning to like my Yashico Electro 35 GSN more and more. It’s taken a while. In my opinion, the Electro camera normally needs a repair or two and a bit of understanding to take good photos. But I think it can be worth it….
The Yashica Electro is meant for night photography. I think it’s better than even my digital cameras. Here’s volleyball at night in Kilbourn Park, Chicago, IL. I know there’s flare in the photo (too wide an aperture?). But my gosh, you can see the cloud in the upper right. Photo taken with ASA 200 color…
This is a short post, nothing fancy. Only recently did I realize that my earliest memory of a good film camera comes from Uncle Ernie. Uncle Ernie’s Prize Belongings When I was younger than 10 years old, perhaps five or seven, we would visit Uncle Ernie and Aunt Claudine somewhere on West Devon in Chicago’s…
There is evidence on the Internet that Andy Warhol used an Olympus AF-1 camera. Although I can find pictures of Andy Warhol using an Olympus AF-1 camera on the Internet, I don’t know who owns those photos so I won’t show them here. But The Shutter Goes Click has a nice article on Andy Warhol…
I own two cameras that I will never sell. One camera is a Canon AE-1 and the other camera is a Nikkormat FT2. Paul’s Nikkormat FT2 is shown below. It has a small dent on its 50mm lens, perhaps dropped on safari in Africa. Paul’s Africa Nikkormat The Nikkormat FT2 traveled to Africa in 1975…
I own a bunch of film cameras purchased for ten dollars or less. Some that I have tested with film, some that remain untested. Some people boast on their photography websites about their best camera purchases or “steals”. The cameras listed below aren’t steals. I think you can find these cameras for under ten bucks. …