I recently came into possession of the Minolta Himatic AF2 point and shoot auto focus camera. I thought it might be interesting to try. However, for me it wasn’t at all interesting. Hence, I didn’t even feel it worthy of a photo. I didn’t mind that it was made of plastic and weighed virtually nothing, … More Minolta Himatic AF2, Expired Film and Colour Correction.
According to Rudyard Kipling “the glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.” That may well be true. If we have toiled away and look back at what we may have accomplished, the feeling of satisfaction is tangible. One thing I am sure of, is that however small or large our garden … More In the Garden
During a recent session of scanning, to my dismay, I noticed a thin purple line running across part of some but not all images. In the image above, I have drawn a rectangle around the offending line. Increasing or decreasing the image resolution made no difference, as seen below, except that the line has now … More Epson Perfection V370 Photo Scanner – another issue?
While scanning the film from my time out with the Yashica J3, I noticed on some of the images a mark. Initially I thought the source of the problem was the Epson v370 scanner . However on closer inspection I discovered the mark was actually on the negative. The marks appears on half of the … More Yashica J 3 Mystery Marks Help!
With some film cameras I pick up, I know from the start that I’m going to have a good time. I’m not quite sure why, but it happens. However with the Yashica J3, I didn’t get that feeling. It’s quite a plain looking camera. Top shutter speed of 1/500th of a second. A light meter … More Yashica J3
This is the third instalment in the series where I take a look at the scene modes on my camera to see what they actually do. This time, if we look through the round window (a reference to to childrens tv program of the 1960/70’s I used to watch) I will be examining the program … More Landscape Mode
Building on the success of the Minolta 7000, in the late 80’s Minolta produced the 7000i. One could be forgiven for thinking “not much of an upgrade.” But it is almost a totally different camera. Here are some links to articles appearing in Popular Photography. Here is a test of the autofocus and Here a … More Out and About with the Minolta 7000i
I wrote, back in April, about a pair of sparrows making preparations to bring another generation into the world. I’m not sure who were more anxious, the sparrows or my family watching on. Well, after what seems an age, we finally caught sight of one of the next generation of sparrows from this pair. My, … More House Sparrows – Part II
This camera, produced in the early 1970’s, has a lot in common with others produced at the same time. What I call 1,2,3 photography. It really is that simple. As a consequence there are very few frills about the Chinon CX. Although having said that, you do get a maximum shutter speed of 1000th of … More 1, 2, 3 Photography with the Chinon CX
I like this camera a lot. There I’ve said it. But why? To answer that let me take you through some of it’s features. It is an aperture priority interchangeable lens film camera. You choose the aperture on the lens and the camera will select the correct shutter speed to get a correctly exposed shot. … More Canon AL-1 Quite Frankly Perfect?
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