Hasselblad 500 C/M Camera
Since the beginning of my journey into film photography last April, I knew at some point, if the passion didn’t
film is not dead
Olympus Pen FT Half Frame Camera
I first discovered this camera when I was reading the Tokyo Camera Style book by John Sypal. I initially fell
Olympus Trip 35
I was first made aware of this camera when I was recently in my local second hand camera shop and
Pentax K1000
In previous posts I mentioned that my Zeiss-Ikon camera no longer worked and I needed to find a replacement. After much research I finally decided on the Pentax K1000 SLR camera. I know that I wanted an SLR 35mm camera and I also knew that I wanted it to be as manual as possible so I could learn the basics of photography on it. There is plenty of information on the internet regarding this camera and I heard from people I had spoken to that it was a good ‘student camera’ to learn on. I had also read that it is a good robust quality camera. This camera has a shutter speed of 1 /1000th to 1 second and a centre-needle metering in the viewfinder. There is a battery that is required for the centre-needle metering system. However, what is great about this camera is that it’s still fully functional if the battery runs out. This means you’d have to
Vintage Camera Manuals
When I decided to use my Zeiss-Ikon camera again (before I realised it no longer worked) I couldn’t quite remember all the functions because it had been a while since I last used it. When I originally purchased the camera from a vintage camera shop in Arundel there was never a manual included and the owner at the shop had given me a basic run through at the time of how to use it. I therefore looked on the internet to see if I could find a copy of the original manual. I came across this fantastic website which has been invaluable to me for other film cameras (and vintage flashes) I have since acquired. The website is http://www.cameramanuals.org The gentleman who runs the website, M Butkus recommends a donation of $3 (which can be done via PayPal) if you find any manual you download useful. I personally make a donation every time I download a manual from him as
