Photography & Vintage Film Cameras

Olga and Margaret have been friends for about twenty years.  I think they met at about the time Olga was getting into the Social Work Master...

One of the Fiesta balloons always seems to land somewhere in our neighborhood.  This one touched down just briefly in a near-by park before...

A few clouds, but no wind on Sunday morning at the Balloon Fiesta.

Today's mass ascension is grounded thanks to 10-15 mile morning winds in Albuquerque. We always have great sunny and calm weather...

Doña Ana County Fair - October 2003 Same pharaoh, different camera .

Cate has her own very successful backyard garden.  She is happy to provide us with gardening advice whenever needed. The Yashica-M...

Seems to be some kind of leafhopper   katydid, though our book doesn't have this one specifically.

I bought my first Yashica-Mat about ten years ago.  I used the camera for about a year until it developed a film advance problem which I ...

I've moved most of the photos to my own web host server.  It doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference in the speed of the...

I'm doing a bit of preventive maintenance on my vintage cameras web site and am considering some possibilities for tweaking the desig...

Hardly anyone but me at the zoo yesterday, all the kids having returned to school.  I couldn't find many animals that weren't doz...

1932 Voigtlander Brilliant -- Nelly Kate I found a Youtube video of Nelly Kate which includes an interview along with the performance o...

Margaret - October 15, 2003 This is one of the few pictures I could find that I like from the  Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 532/16 .  I bough...

Margaret - May 2, 2003 I made this picture with my little Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 35.  I think it was not long after I acquired the camera a...

The split-image rangefider on the Argus C3 is a lot more reliable and easier to use than almost any other old camera.  Often, a little clea...

I've always thought the Voigtländer Vito II was the perfect travel camera and have used it most in that capacity.  The classic little f...