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Gallery: Coronet Flashmaster

I found the Coronet Flashmaster at the local antique market last month and got my husband to get it for me for Christmas. It’s a simple, point-and-shoot, medium format, bakelite camera from 1950s with no […]

Posted on January 31, 2012March 13, 2015
  • Medium Format

Solo | Brownie Hawkeye Flash

Solo passed away today at age 25. He was one of the donkeys at the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada. I’m saddened by his passing but glad that I caught this moment in his life on […]

Posted on January 25, 2012January 19, 2015
  • Medium Format

Bulb Exposure | Brownie Hawkeye Flash

Just wanted to show what could be accomplished with a Brownie Hawkeye Flash on Bulb mode. It’s about a 1-minute long exposure. The film I used was probably the discontinued Kodak Portra UC (I used […]

Posted on January 20, 2012January 19, 2015
  • Medium Format

Water Skis | Sawyer’s Nomad 620

The Sawyer’s Nomad 620 is a rather bulky, bakelite camera with cool-looking design on the front plate (Google Images). It was made in the USA in the 1950s, I believe. The camera’s manufacturer was the […]

Posted on January 19, 2012January 20, 2015
  • Medium Format

Old Timey | Ansco Shur Shot

The Ansco Shur Shot is my first box camera. Picked it up from one of those antique barn places out in the country for, I believe, $5. I took it with me to a cottage […]

Posted on December 29, 2011January 19, 2015
  • Instant

This Morning Sky | Polaroid ProPack

I was about to list this Polaroid ProPack camera for sale on Etsy, but then I took some shots with it and fell in love with the results. Now I’m not sure I want to […]

Posted on November 17, 2011January 20, 2015
  • Medium Format

Happy 11/11/11! | Hasselblad 500C/M

Taken with the Hasselblad 500C/M, Ilford HP5+ developed in peppermint and green tea.

Posted on November 11, 2011January 19, 2015
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Gallery: Hasselblad 500C/M

I took my Hasselblad 500/CM loaded with a roll of Ilford Delta 100 for a walk downtown this past Sunday just so that I could develop it with my 4-Tea-C developer that most of you […]

Posted on November 9, 2011May 17, 2017
  • Instant

French River | Polaroid Land Automatic 100

Once upon a time, I bought cameras just for the sake of adding quantity to my camera collection. Not really for using. The Polaroid Land Automatic 100 was one of such cameras. Only two years […]

Posted on September 1, 2011January 20, 2015
  • 35 MM

Fallen | Pentax SP-1000

Bought the Pentax SP-1000 from a garage sale on some sideroad in the country. I think we paid $15 for it. Anyway, one of my husband’s best friends got married that same day so I […]

Posted on August 31, 2011January 20, 2015
  • 35 MM

Rake | Praktica L2

The Praktica L2 is my first 35mm SLR camera with a decent lens. It came with a Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 lens attached to it. Not really the fastest lens but it is […]

Posted on August 30, 2011January 20, 2015
  • Medium Format

Old Automobiles | Fujipet EE

The Fujipet EE is one of my prized possessions, mostly because of the sentimental value. We bought it during our honeymoon from a barn sale just outside Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. I picked it up because […]

Posted on August 23, 2011January 19, 2015

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