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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Kitchen goods from yesteryear
Good old hearty food that’ll put hair on your chest; some might even put hair on the inside of it. Only a few of these brands are still with us, …
Edixa Wirgin 16
Designed by Waaske, and produced by (initially) Franka and subsequently Wirgin factories in Germany, in the 60’s. At the time of its apparition, it was the smallest 16mm film camera …
Kiev 4AM – a Contax from Arsenal Kiev
Many times called “the poor man’s Contax” or the Ruski Contax, it is not exactly that. I mean, it does come from that ancestry, being a copy of the pre-war …
Minox Riga – last film before overhauling
Right, so one my Minox Riga cameras gave up the ghost. Shutter is unreliable, and that’s an understatement; the speeds cannot be adjusted correctly, as the speeds disc has a …
What’s in your Minox travel kit bag?
I usually keep this stuff in my Minox travel kit bag: 1 or 2 Minox cameras, mechanical (A/IIIs or B), and a C or LX for those fast snaps. Light …
Minox Paarz Lab – a wonderful service
My last colour Minox prints were made by Minox Paarz Germany, a photo shop and lab which I have used extensively between 1997 until 2005. I used to either send …
Kodak Retina 1a crosses the wild Carpathians
Winter of 2005 in Romania. Very cold, but not much snow, in fact less than expected. I was travelling on business, to some destination in the heart of Transylvania, W. …
Streets of Horsham in the summer
This little town in W. Sussex was an oasis for me, while I was residing there, between 2003-2004. A quiet and unassuming little town, with its old pubs and its …
Jobo reel for Minox 8×11 film developing
Very useful if you choose to process your Minox film in a Jobo 1500 tank, as opposed to develop it in a traditional manner, meaning in the Minox daylight tank. …