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At a yard sale yesterday. She was asking $55, but I got it for $40. 😉 Each piece removed from the Albinar camera bag, br...
05/24/2026

At a yard sale yesterday. She was asking $55, but I got it for $40. 😉 Each piece removed from the Albinar camera bag, brought with it a cloud of nostalgia. The gold standard Pentax K1000. The f2 and f1.7 lenses. The obligatory aftermarket zoom lens and 2x teleconverter. The giant Vivitar Thyristor flash. Everything down to the gaggle of filters, lead film bag and lens tissues screamed 1988. The school's phone number on the back - that area code changed in 1995. Anyway, in an outside pocket I found a yellowed, handwritten note with driving directions. I realized these directions are to the Kent Commons, where the Puget Sound Photographic Collectors Society has held a yearly sale since... when? The 70's? I'm picturing some students being sent there to pick up a few pieces of photo gear. A nice stroll down memory lane.

Spreadin' the love. Another C3 finds a new home.
05/11/2026

Spreadin' the love. Another C3 finds a new home.

I'm using the craziest little Compass camera- which I'll talk about later- to make tiny tintypes. My presentation boxes ...
04/30/2026

I'm using the craziest little Compass camera- which I'll talk about later- to make tiny tintypes. My presentation boxes need a little more finesse, but they're coming along. I make them from vintage book covers. I cut up an old velvet jacket for the liner and used leather stamps to emboss the mat.

04/05/2026

Crazy times at the PSPCS Camera Show yesterday!

If you use FIXER to fix your paper negatives, it works much better than using developer to fix them. Oops.
03/31/2026

If you use FIXER to fix your paper negatives, it works much better than using developer to fix them. Oops.

Working on a Seneca Scout 3a postcard type box camera. It's gonna be a while.
03/25/2026

Working on a Seneca Scout 3a postcard type box camera. It's gonna be a while.

Making postcards with a Seneca Scout 3a box camera. Manufactured between 1914-24, this particular box camera is on the w...
02/25/2026

Making postcards with a Seneca Scout 3a box camera. Manufactured between 1914-24, this particular box camera is on the workbench - my next beading victim. But I wanted to use it first.

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