Photography & Vintage Film Cameras

I haven't used my yard sale Nikon EM much since acquiring it about four years ago.  The main reason for that is that I have a couple o...

As expected, the Hikari and the Pentax K-mount lenses work fine together.  Any deficiencies in the images is due solely to the operator. ...

Figuratively speaking.  Actually, I found this Hikari 2002 in a thrift store with a five-dollar price tag. The top and bottom covers were p...

We spent a couple days in Tucson.  It seems to have a dynamic economy and it makes Albuquerque look rather shabby by comparison.  Margaret c...

That is the opening paragraph from an essay on Lange by George P. Elliott published in1966 in the Museum of Modern Art book, Dorothea Lan...

I rode my bike over to the Hispanic Cultural Center on Saturday.  Albuquerque has been celebrating Cesar Chavez Day for about twenty-six yea...

I've had some inconsistent results from my home film processing lately, so I decided to try to iron out some of the variables in the pro...

I like reading about the history of photography, but I've been haphazard in pursuing the subject.  I was pleased recently to locate a ...

At least it is not a test of the camera or the lens.  The Leica IIIa is ... well, a Leica.  The Jupiter-8 is a superlative 6-element Sonnar ...

Albuquerque's weather has taken a turn for the better and I was able to get in a couple walks this week in the riverside forest.  My fir...