Why Do We Collect

Why Do We Collect

The Big Question Why do we Collect Cameras? then we’ll discuss something simple like “What is Art?” Do you ever wonder why you collect something? When I look at the 400 plus cameras I have acquired I certainly question it. My wife does not however....
Hacked

Hacked

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

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

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

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...
Another Camera Show

Another Camera Show

Waiting Outside the South Arm United Church hallĀ  for the Show to open. I was early to get in with the “Early Birds” Another camera show in Richmond last Saturday and more stuff for the collection I went to another camera show this past Saturday. It was...