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Posts and reviews about technical aspects of, collecting and restoring photographic equipment
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe primary selling point of the Genesis III was its Automatic Picture Composition System – subject to certain picture modes the camera would set an appropriate aperture and shutter speed combination, focus and even zoom for you, based on 3255 programmed image variations! Focusing is carried out by a dual mode system – an active IR beam and passive TTL phase differential detection.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis was the first film compact I bought, for £2.99 in a charity shop in Scarborough, boxed with a case and information leaflet. I can find very little about it on the internet. This is one of my favourite cameras and has a special place …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe best camera is the one you have with you. Unless it is a BlackBerry Curve… Interestingly this came up in conversation recently about how the BlackBerry, only a few years was an important and groundbreaking piece of technology – how things change. About The …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis little compact was first produced in 1996, as part of Canon’s hugely successful Sureshot range. It is a wonderful pocket sized camera, which performs very well at metering, handling tricky exposures.
It has an in built flash, with a guide number of 7.5; with automatic, red eye reduction, and suppressed modes. One thing that is useful is that these are set by a dial, not a menu, so you can keep the flash suppressed when the camera is switched off.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnother 75p Charity shop bargain, in very good optical, mechanical and cosmetic condition. I bought this for the top mounted viewfinder to see if that could be used in street work, but the camera is so noisy it doesn’t work brilliantly for that use. About …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis was another of my brilliant 75p finds in our local charity shop. My copy is in good mechanical, optical and cosmetic condition, though the case is a little battered. I am amazed at some of the interesting old things that crop up there. About …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI found this quirky little camera in Oxfam for £5.99 for a copy in very good mechanical, optical and cosmetic condition, with case. There is a reasonable amount of literature on the internet about the Agfa Optima Sensor series, though much of this is in …
Reading Time: 5 minutesFisheye photography is fun. There is no denying this. It might not be big, or clever (as the professionals put it), but it is a laugh. The world looks at you through a funky bubble. Peoples noses get bigger. You can nearly see behind your …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis rather odd twin lens camera came from a charity shop for £2.99 I think, with a case. It has a slightly damaged battery compartment and is somewhat temperamental. About The Vivitar TW35 dates from about 1986. It is a twin lens 35mm camera; the …
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnother 75p bargain find, in good optical, mechanical and cosmetic condition. All the documentation I can find online describes this as either the ‘Sureshot Owl’ (American Market) or Prima AF-7 (European Market). But as you can see in the image, my copy definitely says ‘Sureshot …
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo it seems this new found addiction with buying cameras is going to become a thing. I found this in Poverty Aid recently. It’s nice to start adding some more vintage cameras to the collection. About This box camera was apparently produced by Standard Cameras …
Reading Time: 2 minutesI got out and a bout today to actually have a good outside test of the Plastic optic for my Lensbaby Composer, took it down to Woodhouse Moor to see what I could see. The weather is still vile, though as you can see a …