Camera Talk

Those look really nice. The things that we do to take photos!
What did you think about handling of the camera?

I've been using these for a couple of months. It has worked in every camera and meter that accepts the old PX625/MR-9/PX13 mercury cell. I'm going to see if I can recharge these NiMH cells in an older NiMH battery charger from the 1990s, which was built for 1.5-volt AA cells. I think that it should ...

Sometimes we can learn good tips from our kids!!! MY daughter saw me on my 4s looking for a spring with a magnet, took me a good 45 min until I found it. She said "Dad, I saw this life hack" just use some string to handle the springs and you will see them easily. https://live.staticflickr...

Nice collection of Karat cameras. I'm getting ready to do a video on the Agfa Karat, so it required me to buy more Karat models. I've been wanting to get a couple of cameras with the Rodenstock Heligon. I did find a Retina IIc (small c), which is another camera in line to be serviced and put to use....

Wow - I don't remember that lens at all! But really great work with it - as usual.

This is one of the more unusual SLRs that you'll see. What makes this unusual is the placement of thee viewing screen at the bottom of the mirror box.
I'm getting closer to the point where I'm going to get out and take photos.

These are so much better than everything that I've ever shot with this camera. Like 100% better.

You might have noticed that the forum was offline. My webhost said that the site's IP address had been blocked. I'm not sure what that was about. I'm sure it was related to some spammer/scammer trying to brute force their way onto the server. Anyway, things are good. I also noticed that I have to lo...

That's rough and aggravating at the same time.

Nice shot. Many years have passed since you first posted photos of your daughter as a kid. I'm glad to see that she's now joined the rest of us adults!