Three cameras from around 1960

April 13, 2024April 14, 2024 Chris Cannam

Here's a proper miscellaneous topic: The contents of a box of cameras passed down through my family. Ilford Sportsman, Zeiss Ikon Colora, Agfa Super Silette L I thought of these as "granny's cameras" — my paternal grandmother was quite a keen photographer — but it turns out they came from a couple of different family… Continue reading Three cameras from around 1960

Actual physical objects made of stuff · Cameras · Things where Someone Else Is Doing All The Work

Repairing a Minolta XG-9 camera

July 6, 2019April 14, 2024 Chris Cannam1 Comment

This is the story of how I repaired, broke, and repaired again a Minolta XG-9 35mm SLR film camera. It will be long, and of niche appeal, but I'm writing it up in case anyone else finds it as useful as I would have done before I started. Here's the plot summary: The camera's shutter… Continue reading Repairing a Minolta XG-9 camera

Actual physical objects made of stuff · Cameras · Things that Are Gone · Things where Someone Else Is Doing All The Work

A film camera

May 13, 2018April 14, 2024 Chris Cannam

I take a lot of photos and I share some of them online via the antique medium of Flickr. Not many people look at them, which I don't mind, because I imagine my audience to be (a) family and (b) myself, later. Photos I take with people in them are usually visible only to my… Continue reading A film camera