A while ago I got a few large (I mean large) bundles of old photography magazines. Mostly Australian Photography and Camera and Cine magazine. These two are still active today, at least in name, so it’s rather interesting. What’s more, … Continue reading
Super 8 was introduced in 1965 by Kodak as a new home-movie format. You can see my in depth examination of a Super-8 cartridge [here], achieved with a knife and some curious determination. It was of course superseded by Video … Continue reading
Mercury batteries provide a pretty consistent voltage over the course of their life, so this was quite an ideal choice when designing a camera back in the day. Light meters require an solid voltage to be accurate, so using mercury … Continue reading
Just figured I’d post pictures of my R2A ([which I wrote a lot about earlier]), and the very very cool AE-1P I bought off Lily.
Now I realise I’m ruining a now reasonably rare Kodachrome Super-8 cartridge here, but it was flooded when my fridge decided to defrost itself and I’m pretty sure it’s ruined, full of water when I got to it. I found … Continue reading