The following endeavour was something that I thought had been tried by others, but it turns out that I think it might be something new. I recently wondered, why not adapt the Ch...
Flashknappen's Posts
11 August, 2019
5 frames with a Meikai EL/Harmony – A 35mm box camera with a rangefinder face – by Tobias Eriksson
I bought this camera because I'd tried to use its half-frame sister the Mesupii in the past, but had failed. There was a mechanical problem with the winding. I still wanted to t...
The Kodak Instamatic 500 might look like a common Instamatic camera. Boxy, thick, pocketable and simple, quickly loaded with a 126-film cassette. But once you take a closer look...
26 November, 2018
Minolta – Four 35mm, 1960’s Compacts – by Tobias Eriksson
I have a crush on these compact Minolta cameras manufactured in the 1960s. If one only looked at the price tag of these models they could be just crap. But actually they are com...
26 September, 2018
5 frames with a Steinheil 50mm f/2.8 Cassar S lens – by Tobias Eriksson
This lens is beautiful. It's polished steel with knurled grips on the focus and aperture rings and has the shape of a birthday cake! It's small too, but this is a requisite for ...
This post isn't about a camera, but a lens: It is beyond repair - no focus beyond 3 meters; aperture is stuck at almost wide open - 1:2. Still, I can't wait to take it out to ma...
I am rather new to the technical side of photography. That is - the choice of multiple camera bodies, changeable lenses with all kinds of filters and whatnot, tripods, monopods,...
7 June, 2018
5 frames with an Olympus 35 LE – By Tobias Eriksson
I bought my Olympus 35 LE believing it was an Olympus 35 LC. It is now a camera that I cherish, but was for a while one I wanted to forget.
