When Objects Align
During the same evening walk by the sea as mentioned in my previous post, two items that had washed ashore provided rare moments of alignment with two considerably larger man-made…
Always The Sun
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Teesbay Angel
Yesterday was uncommonly warm, so after work I decided to enjoy the evening and drove down the zinc works road to the beach. The tide was exceptionally low, allowing me…
Asahi Pentax ME
1976: SLRs simply don’t get any smaller than this one.
Kowa H
1963: Kowa curiously put a technological first into a budget camera.
Durst Automatica
1956: This outrageously handsome Italian camera was as pioneering as it was cool.
Praktica FX 2
1956: KW introduces the first fully automatic lens diaphragm action.
Olympus Pen EE
1961: Simplicity is beautiful with the mother of all point and shoot cameras.
Yashica TL Electro-X
1968: Yashica lights up the viewfinder and steps up shutter technology.
A half baked idea with a half frame camera
Back in 2017 I acquired an Olympus PEN EE half-frame camera. I took it to Durham City with the idea of recording little street scenes unfolding over three frames. I…