ICA Dresden plate camera – 1910
Glass plate camera, made by ICA in Dresden around 1910, came to me in a rather poor condition: plate holder with some …
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Kodak Retina I model 013
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Svema Micrat-N 25ASA
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Leica Standard – 1936
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Gossen Sixon Color Finder
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Going rural with Minox IIIs and FP125
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Certo SL-110
This is a Certo camera, model SL-110, built around 1975 in the city of Dresden, eastern half of Germany, which was called at the time Democratic Republic of Germany. Certo …
Getting uninspired. However…
Sometimes I find myself in the midst of a lack of inspiration, and although I have no idea why, I recognize it as something that does occur every now and …