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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Minox in Bratislava
Imperial city in the old days, Bratislava is a city of both past and present. I haven’t seen much of the modern part of the city, but I took my …
Minox in Varna
Varna, a major city of Bulgaria, on the coast of the Black Sea. The main Bulgarian commercial maritime port, and a city that changed the European history in 1444. A …
Minox in Prague
I have visited Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, for quite a number of times, while traveling on business. The city does justice to its imperial days, and is so …
The legend lives on – The Minox
The inventor of Minox camera (and also of Minox accessories and of other photographic equipment along the years), Walter Zapp is a well-known figure who entered by right in the …
Minox EC by night
Neuschotz Palace is a building in the center of the municipality Iasi, located on Cuza Vodă street, at number 2. Today, the building houses Restaurant Select. The palace was built in the middle of …
Ilford HP5 and Olympus XA2
I sort of ignored this film for a long time, but is now one of my preferred negatives to shoot with. Because I was shooting almost nothing but 50 and …
Tarroux film cutter
These schematics for a 8×11 film cutter were sent to me by their author, a French fellow Minoxer, Mr. Pierre Tarroux. He devised this quite interesting machine, which cuts 8×11 …
Olympus OM10 – the proper entry one
This was one of the cameras that I bought as an alternative to my then OM1, and also my first aperture priority SLR. Actually, this was the reason of buying …
Nikon F4
This is my Nikon F4 camera. There are many other cameras like it, but this is mine. It is one of the best gifts I have received, ever. A lot …