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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Welta Weltix – the unassuming 35mm folder
In the summer of 1996, I was roaming London, visiting car boot sales and the like places. Not looking for anything in particular, just mingling with the crowds, taking photographs, …
My thoughts on Ilford FP4 517 Cine
This film negative is the old Ilford FP4 @ 125 ASA, the predecessor of the current FP+ 125 emulsion which is still being produced by Ilford. Type – 517 was …
Some portraits of my daughter
These are a few of the portraits of my daughter, in the first one she is posing for me and fooling around with my 105/2.5 lens. I have always been …
There is a first for everything
There is a wise saying: needs must, closely followed by: one must do. I understand this as: one has to make do with what’s available at a given time, and …
Next generation of film photographers
Some call them hipsters. Some say theirs is a generation that is unable to cope with the demands and moral requirements of today, and so they turn back to what …
Nikon Nikkor 35/2.8 AI
The Nikkor 35/2.8 AI is probably the one that I always put in ,my bag, along with the 105/2.5 and 50/2. As it sits right between the 28 and the …
Yet another Minox developing tank challenger ?
At some point, during the 30s, Agfa marketed a daylight developing tank, named Agfa Rondinax 60, for 120 film negative. It was a marvel of its time, allowing the loading …
This Boots is made for shooting
And that is what it does. Yeah, I know, but I couldn’t help myself not to bring Nancy in this story. Fun fact, it is the only camera in my …
Young band rocks at a youth rock concert
This past weekend I attended a rock concert (yes, another concert), in one of the youth theatres around here. The reason of my presence there was twofold: the theatre is …