Author name: Conor O'Brien

5 Frames on Santa Rae 1000 with a Pentax K1000 – By Conor O’Brien

By / May 11, 2022 / 5 frames with... / 8 Comments

Being primarily a Nikon and Minolta (film) user, I surprised myself by becoming the owner of a Pentax K1000 recently. I had been in the process of buying a Minolta X300 locally and when I went to collect the camera, the seller asked me if I’d be interested in the contents of a curious looking case he had strategically placed beside the Minolta. As an a addicted film camera collector, I had to look inside the box… after all, you never know !

Zeiss Ikon Ikonta – Lost and Found, a 70 Year History – By Conor O’Brien

By / April 12, 2022 / Medium & Large Format / 34 Comments

My Dad was always a keen photographer. When he bought his Zeiss Ikon Ikonta in the early 1950s, it would have been a substantial outlay for him as a civil servant. While he didn’t opt for the Super Ikonta, he paid for a few optional extras; a leather case, the 75mm 3.5 Tessar lens and …

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5 Frames With a Minolta XE1 on Ilford FP4 – By Conor O’Brien

By / March 4, 2022 / 5 frames with... / 16 Comments

My journey back to film, by now I’m sure, is a common enough story; however it still surprises me every time I think about it.

As a child of the 70’s and 80’s with photography as one of the things we all did in our house, I was fascinated with cameras and used to handle my father’s Zeiss Ikon Ikonta and my brother’s Olympus OM-1 with reverence.

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