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 Journeys
My Minox Journeys are a collection of photographs, contained in several folders. A lot of folders, to be honest. Here are a but a few, for your perusal, I just …
Minox Riga Exhibition 2018
I received an email message from fellow Minoxer Max, somewhere in the autumn of 2017. He was asking me if I would want to exhibit some of my Minox photographs …
Minox in the House – Chamberlain 1940
Of course, it would not be a true Minox-orientated website without the classic image of Chamberlain addressing the House of Commons in 1940. This is the much-discussed “Brabazon spy photograph”, …
Minox film wallet
The history of these film negative wallets stretches back to the Minox Riga times; designed to send the developed negatives back to the clients, or used to archive one’s Minox …
Sekonic LC-2
Made in Japan, I purchased it on one of my travels in Germany, back in the early 2000’s. I am told this was produced around 1957, with the intent to …
IOR Optior
Made by the optics factory of IOR (Industria/Intreprinderea Optica Romana) in 1956, and stopped being produced in 1960. A very simple camera, the basics, destined to the large masses of …
Vivitar Electronic 45
Not the most sophisticated meter I have encountered, on the contrary; it is not by any means a rival to the Lunasix 3, for instance. I would say that this …
Gossen Sixtar
This meter was named Sixtar in Europe, but its name in the USA was Super Pilot. Both names are of the same meter, this Gossen model. It reads very comfortable …
Gossen Lunasix 3
I bought this light meter in 2017 or 2018, I do not remember, obviously used but in excellent condition of its age. The batteries had to be changed with a …