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Using types of cameras. There are quite a large range of old cameras out there.  I am going to look at using serious amateur cameras. So, I am going to ignore point-and-shoot cameras (mainly box cameras as far as vintage cameras are concerned) and large plate cameras. The cameras I am going to look atContinue reading “Using types of cameras 1: folders”

This is information that I have collected over the last few years from a number of sources.  Some of those sources contradict each other so I have had to make decisions as to what I wish to keep.  I cannot guarantee its accuracy. The date a lens or shutter is made is not always theContinue reading “Serial numbers to help with dating cameras.”

Light meters (which are also called exposure meters) are a modern invention and early photographers had to guess their exposures and rely on experience to get it right.  An early system used to make guessing easier was to use the Sunny 16 rule which says: “On a sunny day set aperture to f16 and shutterContinue reading “Light (or exposure) meters”