The solid and sturdy Reflekta II Twin Lens Reflex camera
A look at the Reflekta II twin lens reflex camera which was made by Welta in Germany in about 1950.
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Fixing the P024 issue with the Nest Protect Smoke alarm
How I fixed the P024 error on our Nest Protect smoke alarm system. - Kodak Camera Reviews
The stylish and simple Kodak Art Deco Bantam
A look at a very stylish camera from 1935, the Kodak Art Deco Bantam - Kodak Camera Reviews
The weird Kodak 35 Rangefinder camera
A look at one of the strangest 35 mm rangefinder cameras that Kodak produced, the 1940 Kodak 35 rangefinder. - Kodak Camera Reviews
The Beautiful Kodak Flash Bantam miniature camera
A look at a miniature camera from the 1940s, the Kodak Flash Bantam which, together with a roll of 828 film, must have captured many happy memories. - Braun Camera Reviews
Braun Paxina 35 – a cheap, basic snapshot camera
The Braun Paxina 35 was a simple, medium format snapshot camera aimed at people who wanted a simple camera to capture family events. - Voigtlander Camera Reviews
A Fine Voigtlander Vito II 35 mm folding camera
A look at a nice little Voigtlander Vito II viewfinder folding camera that was made by Voigtlander sometime between 1949 and 1954. - Blogging
Building a garden room extension.
This post follows on from a short series I wrote a few weeks ago and describes how I added a Tuin garden extension to our Log Cabin - Blogging
Dunster House Garden room build – part 3
The final part of my short series describing how I put together a Dunster House garden room in our back garden - Blogging
My Dunster House log cabin build – part 2
This post continues my experiences of assembling a Dunster House Log Cabin in our back garden. - Blogging
Building my amazing Dunster House Log Cabin – Part 1
This post is the first part of a series describing my experiences of building a Dunster House log cabin in our back garden. This log cabin is going to be used as a base for my blogging, photographic and electronics hobbies, which have been severely curtailed over the last 18 months as we’ve concentrated on several home improvement projects, culminating last year in the conversion of our garage into a bedroom for my mother-in-law. Choice of Dunster House When I... - Blogging
Creating a simple but effective Emby home media server
This post explains how I created a home media server using a Raspberry Pi single board computer and the Emby media server software. Background Like many people, over the years I’ve built up quite a sizable collection of DVDs as I’ve watched films or TV series and thought, ‘I’d like to keep a copy of that’. Although many of the films I have in my collection are available on services like Netflix or Amazon Prime, not all of them are,... - Bell & Koon
Broken Bell and Koon Synchro Pet 8mm projector
This is a short post looking at an 8mm projector which I estimate was made in the late 1950s, the Bell and Koon Synchro Pet. - Eumig
8mm Telecine machine – Shutter and frame ready trigger
A detailed post explaining the changes I needed to make to the Eumig P8 shutter during its conversion to a Telecine machine - Eumig
Converting a Eumig P8 Novo projector to a telecine machine.
This post describes how I constructed an 8mm telecine machine from a Eumig P8 novo 8mm projector. - Blogging
My miserable year at Kerry Ultrasonics in Hitchin
My son James keeps asking me about the different jobs I’ve done over my working life and I thought I would write a post about my time at Kerry Ultrasonics to act as a memory jogger, and to give him a fuller history he can refer to. Both looking back with the benefit of hindsight and to be honest at the time, I found my time at Kerry Ultrasonics to be the most miserable year of my working life. There... - Reviews
Brandes ‘superior’ BBC headphones from c 1945
A look at a pair of Brandes headphones from about 1945 which were used by my Father for most of his life. - Minolta Camera Reviews
The Minolta Dynax 404 si 35 mm plastic SLR Camera
This post looks at the Minolta Dynax 404 si 35mm SLR camera which Minolta produced towards the end of the 35mm film era. - Konica Camera Reviews
Konica Pop 35mm Snapshot camera from 1982
A look at a very popular snapshot camera of the 1980s the Konica Pop. - Ricoh Camera Reviews
Ricoh RDC-5300 vintage digital camera
This post reviews and describes the RDC-5300 digital camera, a 2.3 Mp offering with a 3x optical zoom lens, which was made by Ricoh early in 2000.
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