I'm guessing that no-one, or hardly anyone, has heard of the Texet TX-500. From the mid 1980s? What about the Premier PC-500? It's the same camera. It also goes under a Wizen br...
I haven't submitted anything for a while: I'm six months into a medical condition that largely effects my upper limbs, in particular so-called 'clumsy hands'. This has greatly r...
When I got back into film a few years ago, the first camera I used was a nice looking vintage affair that I found on a boot sale stall - a Regula RM. I was attracted to its text...
The roll over from the 1970s into the 80s saw Agfa boldly launch two new 35mm camera systems. I say boldly as the implosion of West German camera manufacturing was all but compl...
Since I posted a while ago now about my exploits with a 35mm pinhole mod, I have been contemplating pinhole photography at medium format. You may have also read a more recent '5...
Following on from my previous post regarding the 'sins' of being given cameras for free, when you have too many anyway, here is part 2 featuring three others. If you took notice...
This is about six cameras that I now own; great cameras I might add. Why, because they are classics? Are they the best of their class? Great performers? Valuable? To be honest, ...
You have probably guessed by the title that's it's been a long time since I developed my own film. It was something that I did all the time in my youth. In fact, it was a requir...