My collection is online!
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by Laurent
3y ago
A long year of lockdown will finally have been enough to update 166 cameras’ and 44 lenses’ pages, translate all those to get a bilingual website, go through image modification for a bunch of the oldest pictures… My collection is finally online on https://collection.manondamoon.com! Click below and check it out now! Still here? Here is ..read more
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Usage and repair notes for Instamatic 500
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by Laurent
3y ago
Aside from my article where I discover the Kodak Instamatic 500, here are some side notes about its usage and repair. Indeed, information for disassembly or adjustment of the Instamatic 500 is very scarce, and I thought it might help to write about some things I found useful. Sensibility setting The Instamatic 500 camera has ..read more
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A camera – the Miranda Sensorex
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by Laurent
3y ago
Most discoveries happen more by means of luck than because of intuition. We also sometimes owe them to some will to wander out of established trails. It was in Samois-sur-Seine, a nearby village, that I pushed the walk a couple of streets further than the usual annual car boot sale, arms full of Django Reinhard ..read more
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A lens – the KMZ Tair-11A 135mm f/2.8
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by Laurent
3y ago
It’s an occasion that does not occur every day, even if it is not the most rare item in photography: I’ve had the chance to hold and use the time of a sunny day this really nice lens, a Tair-11A 135mm f/2.8 from KMZ.   Made in the 1970s, this telephoto lens has a 42mm ..read more
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Restore paint on a Kodak Six-20 Brownie Target box camera
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by Laurent
3y ago
Found last year on a yard sale, this Kodak Six-20 Brownie Target box camera was in a very poor shape. At least the front face was, because everything else, mechanism, leatherette and handle, were still quite nice. Viewed from the front, multiple damages were visible: rust had gone through a great part of the metal frame, lifting ..read more
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A walk with an Olympus OM10
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by Laurent
3y ago
Spring is here, and yard sales season is on! Last month already brought home an Olympus OM10 SLR in excellent shape, mounted with a standard Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 lens. A quick foam replacement and two PR44 batteries later (no introduction needed since you read the recent Polaroid and Ricoh articles), and let’s go! I unearthed ..read more
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A Camera – The Ricoh 500GX
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by Laurent
3y ago
One chilly morning of car boot sale in the region of Paris, I stumbled upon a small camera that turned out to be a really serious rangefinder: the Ricoh 500GX. And it’s been love ever since! Introduction Sold from 1976 to 1980, the 500GX is a really compact and robust camera, made out of metal ..read more
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Check out the new releases on Collection-Appareils
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by Laurent
3y ago
You probably know the website, but what you may not know is that it is continuously improving: Sylvain Halgand’s collection-appareils.fr is fed about twice a year by volunteers who add their own cameras to those already listed. By the end of february 2017, there will be 11466 cameras registered and thoroughly documented. This year’s first ..read more
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A Camera – the Konica Auto S2
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by Laurent
5y ago
In the available selection of vintage rangefinder cameras equipped with fixed lenses, the premium lineup is mainly characterized by large apertures offerings. Most renowned are the obvious Canon’s Canonet, Minolta’s Hi-Matic or Yashica’s Electro 35 ranges, among which some models open as wide as f/1.7. While today a galloping inflation hits these sought after jewels ..read more
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