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Auto Yashinon Lenses

Found this information in a booklet that came with a Yashica TL Electro X that I bought in 1974. There also is some information about Yashica accessories that I will put in another post. Links open a pdf file in … Continue reading

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Yashica Electro GSN

I remember back in 1974 I was looking to get a better camera. The Yashica Electro GSN was one of the candidates. The advertised low-light capabilities of the GSN was what appealed to me the most, and that it was … Continue reading

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Agfa Isomat Rapid

Agfa introduced Rapid film in 1964. It was supposed to be easier to load than regular 35mm film. Unfortunately for Agfa, Kodak 126 film propelled by the poplar Instamatic Cameras eclipsed the Rapid Film System. By the end of the … Continue reading

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Lex35

A search shows that there are several versions of the Lex35. Some have a built in flash and there is a fairly sophisticated version that has auto rewind and DX coding. My Lex35 lacks those features. It is one of … Continue reading

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Holga lens for digital Canon

The Holga is a cheap plastic film camera that has been made in China since the early 1980′s.  The Holga is valued for the dreamy, and somewhat unpredictable images it makes. I have a film Holga and do enjoy using … Continue reading

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Two Ghost Stories

The first story is from the October 13, 1907 edition of the Urbana Courier. Put His Foot In It On one occasion in Scotland a guest arriving rather late at a country house was quartered in the haunted room. Although … Continue reading

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No. 2 Rainbow Hawk‐eye box camera

The No. 2 Rainbow Hawk-eye was one of the cheapest cameras you could buy back in the early days of the Great Depression.  It was first made in 1929, the year of the stock market crash, and ended production in … Continue reading

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