Tucson – In praise of small airports
Thanksgiving 2018 – we travel to Tucson, AZ for a week of sunshine in the South West. Flying out of […]
History
Cause & effect in amateur photography
Glass plates and room sized cameras In the early part of the 20th Century photographic chemistry was comparatively crude. Emulsions
Weston Master II
I have to admit it was a particularly stubborn streak in me that lead to buying and using this meter.
Pentacon Six TL
Produced in Communist East Germany by a company sometimes known as Practica, this is a clunky beast of a camera.
Eastman Kodak Vest Pocket Model B
These were churned out by the hundreds of thousands, especially the cheap and cheerful version I have here.
Pentax Spotmatic SP
This was quite a find, body and lens serial numbers match to the original documentation from Pentax!
Pentax K-1000
The camera that launched a million hobbies. If you studied photography in School from the mid ’70s onwards, you probably
Pentax ME-F
One of the first integrated Auto Focus 35mm SLRs offered – possibly the first. There had been other attempts where
Canonet QL19
The QL17, QL19 and QL25 are all essentially the same, differentiated only by their f/1.7, f/1.9 and f/2.5 45mm lenses.