Buying Prints

Buying Prints

Mar 31, 2023

Buying Photographic Prints Thoughts on the Market for Photographs Have you ever noticed how few photographs you see hanging in peoples homes as art? There are lots of family pictures but seldom do you see a photographic print hung simply as art to be enjoyed. You see...
Hacked

Hacked

Jan 6, 2023

We’ve Been Hacked! And I thought it would Never Happen to Me! My hobby is photography. Although I have some experience in electronics and computer programming, that is not my interest. I like to take pictures, I like to collect cameras, and I like to shoot film...
Wynne’s Infallible Exposure Meter

Wynne’s Infallible Exposure Meter

Nov 16, 2022

Wynne’s “Infallible” Photographic Exposure Meter Oh How Far We’ve Come! Wynne’s “Infallible” Exposure Meter out of the tin box with the rest of the contents: a Cue Card of Film Speeds, a package of replacement...
Helios 103 Cleaning

Helios 103 Cleaning

Aug 4, 2022

Zavod Arsenal Cleaning the Helios 103 The Standard Lens for the Kiev 4M and Kiev AM When I received my Kiev 4AM from the Ukraine, which I wrote about earlier, it had on it the standard lens for that camera, a Helios 103 53mm f/1.8 lens made at the Zavod Arsenal in...
Kiev 4A

Kiev 4A

Jul 3, 2022

Zavod Arsenal Kiev 4A 35mm Rangefinder Contax Clone A Post-War Clone of the Zeiss Ikon Contax II At the end of World War II Russia claimed and received the manufacturing rights and equipment to produce the Contax II and III cameras as war reparations. Production began...