The Medis Rangefinder – a very useful accessory from the 1960s
A very useful accessory for photographers in the 1950s and 60s – the Medis Rangefinder.
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A useful addition for a photographer – a Stitz M40 Light Meter
A look at the Stitz M40 light meter, an example of one of the first accessories many photographers would have purchased when they started photography.
Vintage Kalimar exposure meter
Occasionally when I purchase a vintage camera for my collection there are other bits-n-pieces which accompany it and this post features one of those accessories – the Kalimar Exposure meter.
Uncoupled exposure meter tests on vintage cameras
This is another article in my series about checking the health of vintage cameras in which I’m going to deal with testing an uncoupled exposure meter.
Testing a vintage camera’s shutter
This post is in the series about testing vintage cameras and deals with testing a vintage camera’s shutter
Vintage camera’s aperture tests
This post is going to cover how you go about checking a vintage camera’s aperture
How to check the health of a vintage camera
Some guidance and details of the sort of tests I do to see if my cameras are working correctly.
Observations when shooting with a folding camera
Some observations I made when I took some pictures with a vintage folding camera.
A handful of Gossen light meters
The latest additions to my vintage camera collection are not cameras at all, but a couple of light meters. I have the Gossen Sixtomat which was a popular model in the 1950s, and a Gossen Sixtino
Some very useful photographers accessories – the Weston Light meter
Another in my series about my vintage camera collection, but this time something a bit different. It’s not a camera, but a Weston light meter.