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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Local heritage recycled, reused, repurposed
Visited recently a small town in the Eastern Europe, in the Republic of Moldova. A small country, somewhere on a sliver of land between the Prut and the Dniester rivers, …
Faces [street]
I am intrigued by the expression on people’s faces, and I try to figure the feelings displayed. Happy, sad, concerned, angry, zen, laughing, shouting, resigned, baffled, content, bored, impatient, grinning, …
Parallel realities
When looking through the viewfinder, and framing a street scene reflecting onto a shop window, one feels like is caught between two realities. Identical of course, but different, if that …
Memories with Konica VX200 (exp. 1994)
There is something about using expired film, and it is not about low cost (at least not in my case). It’s something similar to those times when we try to …
Dracula 64 – zer is vone such film
Being a Romanian national, I only can smile at this. Don’t get me wrong, I smile because I find this Dracula character a funny one. Of course, biting young damsels, …
When life slaps hard
There is a saying in this country: the old age is like wearing very heavy clothes. She is someone’s mother, and she is probably a grandmother as well. She was …
Agfa Optima I
An even “more automatic” model, this camera is a very close relative to the Agfa Optima Ia, recently posted here. The meter provides the best combination of aperture and shutter …
That day when nothing happened
Friday, 19th of May, 2023. A normal day, your usual Friday. Sending last email messages to my clients, closing the business for the week, getting some sketchy plans for the …
Agfa Silette-L (Compur)
At some point, during the end of the 90’s I was quite taken by the Agfa Silette’s line of cameras. Something about them sleek lines, the ergonomics, and the simplicity …