Photography & Vintage Film Cameras

 I decided to shoot the last roll of expired Kodak Gold 200 in my Minolta X-700.  The first frames of the roll were exposed on a walk in the...

I found this nice mosaic lying in the dirt beside a street. One wonders how something like this gets lost or discarded.  I probably sho...

I found this cardboard fragment today in the alley beside our local grocery.  It measures 3"x3.75".  No idea what the original pur...

We spent a few days visiting with friends and family in Las Cruces.  Our motel was close to the little town of Mesilla, so it just took a co...

The Classic Camera Repair Forum is back online.  The forum was the undisputed best place to find information on the repair and restoration ...

Voigtländer Vito cameras and I have a long history together.  My first was a Vito II that I found in a Las Cruces pawn shop around the tim...

I decided to acquire this Voigtländer Vito III recently when I came across its listing on ebay at what seemed a reasonable price.  The selle...

 My featherweight Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim has made a lot of pictures for me over the last fifteen years.  The camera is nearly always wi...

 A quarter century on this Tri-X performs nicely thanks to frozen storage.  It seems to me that the tonalities and grain are very close to w...

 I shot a roll of Tri-X Prof (TXP) in my Mamiya C330.  The expiration date on the 320 ASA film was an intimidating 07/1994, but it had been ...

 

Having a good supply of expired but properly stored Fuji and Kodak color film gave me a good reason to get out with my Vivitar Ultra Wide ...