Tag: Vintage Cameras
If I hadn’t already mentioned it, I was invited to join the Frugal Film Project for 2020. I get to pick any camera under $50 that I own,…
A couple of years ago a good friend called me up and told me to remind him next time I see him and he’d have a gift for…
Periodically, I get in a rut and just buy up a bunch of film and cameras. It’s partly my shopaholic tendencies mixed with GAS and some gear envy….
This interesting little beauty, the Smena Symbol, was produced in the USSR in the 80s. It’s part Bakelite, part metal, and unfortunately in parts now in my office….
Today I read a rather sad op/ed piece about the soon-to-be new Yashica Y35. It’s a throwback to the Yashica Electro 35. I have an old Yashica Electro…
It’s red, it’s plastic, and it’s covered in pleather. It’s the Olympus Stylus Zoom 105 LT. This little gem cost me $6 on eBay (factor shipping and a…
It’s been a while, so I thought I’d catch up while on lunch break. I have actually been shooting, just not as much as I’d like. Downtown Memphis…
Last year, a neighbor gifted me a really nice camera, and I’ve now had a chance to use it with both the Tamron 28-70mm kit lens and a…
In December of 2014, I got bit by the camera bug and started collecting old film cameras. First it was the Zeiss folder, then came the Soviet cameras….