The night Venice talked to me
The dark, silky, smooth waters of the canals are silent now, only a few late boats are disturbing the lights that are …
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Loading Minox tank
Following a request of a Minox group member, I am putting here my take on loading a roll of 8×11 film in a Minox developing tank. Not exactly or exceedingly …
Orizont 3 – a Romanian camera
Orizont 3 was a simple camera, made by the IOR factory in Bucharest, during the 60’s, although the records are relatively scarce, and not much factual data can be had …
Azopan Dokku 6-12ASA
This film has been expired since 2007, although I believe the production stopped well before that. The film which is 35mm, came in bulk roll, 30.5m, and it was made …
Azopan PS21 – Romania
Azopan PS-21, a panchromatic film negative, good pictorial choice for the period. Quite fine grained, if processed right. While the staple for the amateur photogs of the day, (in Romania), …
Minox B – Konica VX400
A gone film, which went the way of good old film from yesteryear. Used to shoot a lot of this, and it was on the par at number of rolls …
Minox on the streets
I cannot emphasize enough the usefulness of a Minox camera to be the (almost) perfect tool for snapping street photographs. Most of the times people don’t even know they’re being …
Minox by night
I always enjoyed using my Minox cameras when the lights of the city start to glow. Nothing poetical, or perhaps it is, but the truth is that I am always …
Minox LX
The Minox LX is an exquisite camera, and I have bought this in 2001, while in Germany. It replaced the first LX I had, which was lost. Pity, because when …
Canon AV1 – APX 100
This camera came to me via a Jessops shop in Brighton, I believe it was 1995. Not my first SLR camera, but I always was after a small and no-nonsense …