How do you Start a Camera Collection? The Canon AE-1 was the first of the Canon “A” Series and an amazing camera in its day. I had an e-mail this week from Chris in the Eastern US who was looking at my website and thinking about beginning a camera...
Shooting with the Mirror Box 2 This is my Model 7 (Ser. No. 835801) witha Mirror Box 2 and M 135mm f/2.5 (Ser. No. 19686)telephoto lens. This is the gear I took for a walk last week. One of the great things about collecting old cameras is being able to take pictures...
And Now for A Book Report I have not bought this book before now because of the language barrier. But now, with Google Translate, that is no longer a problem. And what I found in its pages is wonderful. This is different! I have never reviewed a book on this site, or...
Another day with the Guys Lens, Book and Camera October 1st was the latest Camera Show here in Vancouver and as usual I had my table. Again I went to this show with very little in the way of cameras to sell. I did take lots of camera cases and other stuff that I have...
Fixing the Problem of Filter Ring Dents I was on the FD Lenses Facebook page the other day and a question was posted about what to do with lens filter ring dents. The front edge of the lens into which you can screw a filter gets dented when the lens is dropped or the...
April 30th was A Very Interesting Camera Show wherein I learned a bunch! Yesterday, the 30th of April, there was another camera show at the Croatian Cultural Center. This time I was not that enthused about going. There was a lot going on at homee and I had a lot of...