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Darkroom workshop
Recently I attended a classic black&white darkroom technique workshop, where I learned all steps that must take place between taking the exposed film out of the camera and holding your picture in...
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Happy 3rd Analogversary!
Three years ago, on December 11th 2010, I posted my first film picture on flickr. Three years later I continue taking pictures almost exclusively on film and I still enjoy using old cameras for it....
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My first home b&w development!
Last Sunday I developed my first black&white film at home. And I must say that it was not as complicated and messy as I thought it would be. I develooped a medium format roll of Ilford FP4 Plus 125...
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A year of film Sundays 2014
Although I didn't directly participate on it, I have a number of flickr friends in the group Camar[•ⓐº]das. One of the (many!) challenges that they are doing is to take a picture each and every Sunday...
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A German camera made in the Ukraine - Arsenal Kiev 4
Back in 1932, the giant Zeiss Ikon conglomerate decided to bring a 24x36 rangefinder camera with interchangeable optics to the market, not wanting to loose customers and reputation to Ernst Leitz from...
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Series - b&w week march 2014
And yet another black&white week on flickr with the usual suspects and a couple new contributors. The b&w week is starting to be a solid tradition, and participating on film is, for me, a very...
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The honest collector's dilemma
As I stated before, I do not really see myself as a vintage camera collector but as a vintage camera user. I enjoy taking pictures with old cameras, marvel at their ingenious designs and elegant shapes...
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sofortdienst [stranger 21/99]
(Rollfilm 5x8, Rollei Crossbird 200, ISO 200/24°, cross-processing)My twenty-first stranger was talking on the phone.
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Old-school engineering - Zeiss Ikon Contaflex IV
The Zeiss Ikon Contaflex IV is a dinosaur, a member of the now extinct family of 35mm leaf-shuttered SLR cameras, that were fashionable in the 50s-60s but which eventually had to surrender to the...
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A dream come true - Zeiss Ikon Contax IIa
After the bombing of Dresden in World War II, most of the Zeiss Ikon production facilities were destroyed. Everything was lost: machinery, tools, parts and plans. Gone was what had been Zeiss Ikon's...
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Series - burggasse
The last year and a half we lived in the Burggasse in Vienna. This summer we moved to a new flat. This weekly series is a very personal recollection of the flat that we just left.(Super Ikonta BX...
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good luck [stranger 22/99]
(Kiev 4, Jupiter-12, Kodak Elite Chrome Extra Color 100, ISO 100/21°)My twenty-second stranger, fully equipped, was really committed to the business of bringing us good luck.
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Happy 4th Analogversary! (1/3)
Four years ago, on December 11th 2010, I posted my first film picture on flickr. This fourth year has seen the greatest increase in my vintage camera collection so far, to a point where I am beginning...
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Happy 4th Analogversary! (2/3)
(...continuing from here)One of my wishes for this fourth year was something in the lines of "collect less, shoot more". Well, the "collect less" part did not really come out very well, but I am happy...
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Happy 4th Analogversary! (3/3)
(...continuing from here and here)Without a doubt, this year's highlight has been the completion of my dearest camera project. Two years ago, as I was celebrating my second analogversary, I told you...
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A Year of film Sundays 2014 :)
On Sunday January 12th, 2014, I took the first picture of my first 52-week series: A Year of Film Sundays.(Voigtländer Bessa 6x9, Ilford FP4 Plus 125, ISO 125/22°)The idea was simple: take a film...
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Series - storefronts
One of the first things that met my eye after moving to Vienna was the rich and interesting amount of typefaces, signs and lettering of its various shops. In fact, I already posted a weekly series...
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Two cameras for a lens - Voigtländer Inos I
Last November I got a Voigtländer Inos I at a fairly low price. I decided to get it mainly because of the lens, an early Voigtländer Heliar f/4.5. I already have such a lens on my Voigtländer Rollfilm...
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Series - coffe2go
(Kodak Recomar 33, Lomography Redscale 100, ISO 100/21°)kaffeepiraten.at(Rollei 35, Lomography Color 400, ISO 400/27°)mokador.at(Rolleiflex Automat 631, Kodak Portra 400VC, ISO...
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Series - b&w week october 2015
Last month the usual suspects contributed to yetanother black&white week on flickr/facebook. Although this time the b&w week came a little later (one and half years passed since the last one),...
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Happy 5th analogversary!
Five years ago, on December 11th 2010, I posted my first film picture on flickr. These have been definitely the most exciting years of my (short) photographic adventures. For me, it all boils down to a...
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Series - from the archives
A couple of weeks ago, I took my Rolleiflex Old Standard 621 out of the leather case where it enjoys a well deserved rest. To my disappointment, both lenses, the viewing Heidoscop and the taking...
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Adventures on Rolleiflex repair
On March 2015 I got a Rolleiflex, an early Automat (2nd Model, K4B build 631), built around 1938. Compared to its predecessor (the Rolleiflex Old Standard), the Automat introduced a number of crucial...
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Series - b&w week oct 2016
Two weeks ago I posted a black & white week series on flickr. This time not many people had time and pictures to contribute. Well, maybe next time? ;) These are my pictures:(Vitomatic Ia, Agfaphoto...
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Happy 6th analogversary!
On December 11th 2010, six years ago, I posted my first film picture on flickr. I took it with a (then) 50 years old Kodak Retinette IA that my mother-in-law gave to us, the first old film camera that...
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