Pentax S1a 35mm slr camera
A review of the Pentax S1a which was a cut down version of the Pentax S3 slr (or SV in…
Industar 61 f/2.8 50mm lens
This post tells the story of how I discovered that vintage lenses, designed for rangefinder cameras in the 1960s, can…
Pentacon Six Project. Step 5 – attempted initial shutter setup.
In my last post I gave some observations and conclusions I’d reached from my initial examination of the shutter assembly…
Stripping down a Kodak Retina Reflex S
As I said in my last post I have a couple of Kodak Retina Reflex S cameras which I bought…
Beier Beirette model 11
This is a short post about a 35mm viewfinder camera I bought this week – A Beier Beirette model 11.
Beach Huts at Wells next the sea
This is a picture of beach huts at the sea front in Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk taken in mid summer. Apparently my…
Photoshop effects – removing all colour except one
I’ve seen an effect before which isolates a single colour in a picture – removing every colour other than the…
The best of Mum’s Garden
We went to visit Mum and Dad this bank holiday weekend and I took a few photos around Mum’s garden.…
Stripping down a Beauty Beaumat rangefinder camera
A couple of weeks ago I picked up a Beauty Beaumat rangefinder camera from eBay which had a variety of…
Playtime in the park
I like this photo of my daughter Emma playing in the playground at Alexandra Palace in London. We had gone…
Stripping and cleaning a Pentacon electric 50mm f/1.8
This week I made another purchase for my Nex 6 in the form of a Pentacon Electric 50mm f/1.8 prime…
Hackintosh 4540s – Mountain Lion update sound problems
Apple issued an update to Mountain Lion 10.8.4 this week which I applied via system update. This left my hackintosh…
