Ilford Sportsman
This is another camera that just “turned up” in my unofficial collection. For those of you who haven’t been following this blog closely (and why haven’t you?), I don’t collect cameras, they just sort of appear.
The Ilford Sportsman was made by the German company Dacora for the British photographic film and paper manufacturer, Ilford. [...]
As anyone who has been following my photography on Flickr and Ipernity would know, empty early morning streets is a theme I return to often.
Part of the reason is that I walk through the city on my way to work; usually sometime around 7.30 am. This gives me a good opportunity for photography.
I also like [...]
On the 19th March, 2010, a couple of friends and I went to Phillip Island for a day out at the classic car races.
Last year I was disappointed with the photos I took, so this year I was determined to do better. Last year I came home with a lot of blurry photos, so concentrating [...]
Zeiss Ikon Contina
One of the cameras in the cupboard has a significant place in my life for a number of reasons. It is a Zeiss Ikon Contina.
In 1955 my mother’s eldest sister, my aunt Ruth, decided to leave our home town of Geelong and travel to Europe. This was not a common thing to do [...]
Agfa Clack
This is another purchase. I saw it sitting in a second-hand junk shop complete with its “leather” case and instruction leaflet and I just had to add it to the collection.
The Clack began production in 1953 and continued through until 1965. A twelve-year production run is unheard of in the digital age.
The camera is [...]
This post is about another image from my grandfather’s collection of negatives. See Family Fotos #3 and Family Fotos #2.
This post also ties in with the approach of Remembrance Day, 11th November. It was an important day for my grandfather. To him it meant he could return home to his young wife, and a son [...]
In April 2009, we visited Venice for two weeks. It is a beautiful city and one that is well worth the time to walk around it and explore the parts of the city that tourists don’t get to see in the average 2-3 day visit.
I have posted a gallery of Venice images that clearly show [...]
As I have mentioned before, my family, especially my mother’s side, always seemed to have had a camera on hand at family gatherings; birthdays, Christmas, picnics and the like. So I grew up thinking that having a camera and photographing family events was just what people did.
The first camera I remember is my father’s Kodak [...]
My First Camera
The Kodak Instamatic 25 was produced between 1966 and 1972. I received mine as a Christmas present from my parents in 1967. I would like to think that mum and dad were trying to nurture my budding photographic talent, but I think dad was just tired of me ‘borrowing’ his box Brownie when [...]
In January I began carrying my camera with me as I walked to work. I decided it was a chance to take some photographs, even if they weren’t going to be very exciting. Nor was I going to cover a lot of ground as I only have a 15-minute walk.
However, after a few days I [...]