Photography & Vintage Film Cameras

Spent much of the morning going through boxes of old papers and photographs. Threw out a lot. Kept this one.

My rudimentary mechanical skills dictate a cautious approach to camera repair.  My goal is not perfect restoration, but rather a working cam...

My favorite little American-made folding camera, the Kodak Flash Bantam , has been featured on The Guardian. The Guardian -- 12-12-14 ...

I've been making an effort recently to promote the Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim group at Flickr . The little vuws is my all-time favori...

One of my three Duo Six-20 cameras.  This one has a distance scale in meters, an older Compur shutter with a 1/300 top speed and a Tessar f...

First roll of color processed with my second Unicolor kit

"I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed." Garry Winogrand Taken out of context, Winogrand...

I recently acquired a Kodak Bantam for a ridiculously low price on ebay. Mine looks pretty much like new, and everything works more o...

I recently acquired a couple more Kodak Bantam cameras which I hope to report on here soon.  They will be measured, subjectively to be sure...

I've been hobbling around for the past week with a bit of a hip strain from chasing the Marigold Parade last weekend.  Seemed a good exc...

I'm enjoying doing some color work with some of my old cameras which have not seen color before, at least since I have owned them.  The...

We had our windshield wipers going all the way to the parade site, but I don't think a drop fell during the actual event.  In any case,...

The Art21 series on PBS last night featured three artists talking about art as investigation.  The second segment was about the Mexican phot...

With the Day of the Dead fast approaching I decided to revisit some of the local historic cemeteries.  I've been to many of them and hav...

I picked up this Nikon EM at a yard sale for $10.  Though not a commercial success for the company, the EM is nicely made, light weight and...