Does anyone remember carrying the Kodak Instamatic around? Or perhaps remember your parents (or grandparents) snapping shots with this? I certainly do. What great memories. The ultimate simple box camera. And what about the cool cube flashes that sat on top? While I certainly love the new digital cameras of today with all the bells and whistles,…… Continue reading Kodak Instamatic 124
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Revere Eight – Model 99
I just can’t get enough of vintage camera gear. This is the Revere Eight Model 99 8mm camera. I picked this up at a rummage sale in the neighborhood a few weeks ago for $2. I’m not sure if it still works well and honestly, it really doesn’t matter. I bought it for how it…… Continue reading Revere Eight – Model 99
National Camera Day
Today is National Camera Day – a day we commemorate the photograph, the camera, and their inventions. While I couldn’t find any history on the origin of the “holiday”, Nicephore Niépce is credited with creating the first successful photograph in 1826/1827 on or about this time of year. So perhaps that is why it is today. Either way,…… Continue reading National Camera Day
The Keystone Capri K28 8mm Camera
The Keystone Capri K28 8mm camera. Oh, what wonderful things it has seen – riding a Harley in the 1950s, time with the grandparents, parents, and kids, skiing in Colorado, boat racing in Texas, the arrival of a President in Houston, Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, relaxing times with family at the pool or along…… Continue reading The Keystone Capri K28 8mm Camera
Kodak Brownie 8mm
This is the Kodak Brownie 8mm Movie Camera II. I found it at a second hand store a couple of years ago in Madison, Wisconsin. I’ve never shot any film with with it but the mechanism seems to work and, while it is well worn with chipped paint, dents, and scratches on the outside, inside of…… Continue reading Kodak Brownie 8mm
Leica Christmas
This is probably the closest I’ll come to owning a Leica camera – a nice glass ornament on our Christmas tree. And like the real Leica, the viewfinder works. And since it is December 6th, I’d like to say Happy St. Nicholas Day! I shot 15 frames to get this image, 5 sets of 3 bracketed…… Continue reading Leica Christmas
There is Only You and Your Camera
“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.” -Ernst Haas