New article on Leica M3
My collection of Photography Articles is growing with this Leica M3 article.
All of the other cameras in my collection now at least have photos.
Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for August, 2009
New Photography Articles
Lots of stuff added to my Photography Articles site: Canonflex, Nikon F, Pentax Spotmatic, and Konica Auto-Reflex. Read the rest of this entry »
1964 Beseler Topcon Auto 100
This was the first SLR with automatic through-the-lens (TTL) metering.
Several web sites, such as Wikipedia and Camerapedia, give the 1965 Konica Auto-Reflex credit for being
the first SLR with automatic exposure, but they’re wrong. (I’m going to fix at least Wikipedia, so you may not see the error by the time you go there.)
I have a [...] Read the rest of this entry »
New Exakta articles: Kine Exakta, Exakta Varex VX, Exa
On my rapidly-growing Photography Articles site.
Some more photos of the Minolta SRT-201 disassembly, too. Read the rest of this entry »
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex from 1953
Today’s addition to my Photography Articles site. Read the rest of this entry »
Retina Reflex Article Just Posted…
… to my Photography Articles site. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking My Olympus OM-1 Out for the Day
I got so enamored with my OM-1 that I decided to find a battery for it,
load some film, and take it on a long hike instead of my big and heavy Nikon D700 with 24-70mm zoom.
The OM-1 was great,
but a typically (for me) horrible experience with the film I shot reminded me why I take [...] Read the rest of this entry »
