August 08, 2011 :: Just Hanging Around I have a conference on Tue and Wed, I guess this is the end of summer for me. I am teaching some online courses this year so these meetings are for my "side job". Real schoolwork doesn't start for another couple of weeks. I need to get out and start taking pictures before I'm swamped with school! I think this is going to be the next member to join this gallery: http://smu.gs/nEe1MO

August 06, 2011 :: Kodak Retina II Type 142 A few weeks ago I saw a blog post about an old Nikon camera and I remembered my parents having an old camera that was around the house. I asked them and my Dad said it was in a dresser downstairs. I was impressed he knew the location so quickly. I asked if they would send it to me so I could mess around with it, and it arrived today. I went and bought some film (I'm pretty sure I wouldn't take as many pictures as I do if I had to pay $2.50 for 24 shots!) I'll mess around with it today and see if it still works. Produced from 1937-1939. Schneider Xenon f/2.0 50mm This isn't the exact camera, but this scanned user manual was helpful in figuring out how to use it. Take a look if you want to see an old camera manual. ens.http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~Srawhiti/retina2type011instructionmanual.html