Return of the Certo
“Certo Dollina 1, folding 35mm camera ca. 1935″
Last year I came into possession of a certain German-made camera called the Certo Dollina. It is one of the earlier version too. That means forget about a meter, or a rangefinder, or a crank of any kinds for that matter.
For new readers, when I use an old [...]
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Coffee Anyone?
“Palatable Beverage”
Last night, while we were watching the Dallas Cowboys beat the Eagles (two arch-rival teams in the American National Football League, for you non-US readers of this photo-journal), our good friend John brewed coffee using a method that is quite intriguing (the host that night is another good family friends of ours from church).
The [...]
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An Oldie for The New Year
“Feet in the Air”
An old camera has a strange attraction to me. It’s part fascination of the intricate mechanical works and the romance of eras gone by, captured by film for eternity.
So what a fitting theme for this first journal entry in the year that marks a new decade than a camera manufactured somewhere between [...]
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