Friday 25 February 2011

Old Pocket Cameras and 110 Film

At the beginning of the Great War there was a boom in the sales of camera's especially the Kodak folding camera or VPK (vest pocket Kodak camera). In 1914 around 6,000 of these “pocket Kodak” camera's were sold in Britain, the following year over 28,000. The reason being why so many pocket Kodak cameras sold was many soldiers carried VPK's to record their experiences.

Kodak's strategy was to supply an affordable camera to the 'masses' and these old cameras were “mass” produced. The majority of them are still easy to find and the great thing about them, apart from they usually still work, is that they can be purchased cheaply.

There are lots of vintage cameras worth looking out for and its not only the 'rare' models that can be worth a lot of money. If the camera was owned by someone famous then this can increase the value especially if there is a good “provenance”.

I have bought many “old film cameras” in the past and they still have the old film inside and you never know what you may find. Usually, its family pics but even these old vintage photographs can be of interest especially the early photo's.

Its always worth considering the following:

A Kodak Autographic pocket camera, the one Andrew Irvine took with him on the Mount Everest Expedition 1924 is one of the most sought after camera in the world. He set off for the summit of Mount Everest with George Mallory in 1924 but never returned.

Sadly, they both perished whilst climbing Mt Everest and many believe that they had reached the summit and were returning when tragedy struck. There bodies were never found at the time but in 1999 Malory's body was discovered near the summit of Mount Everest, Irvines as yet to be found.

Andrew Irvine had with him a VPK, a Kodak Autographic and if found the camera may reveal whether they reached the top of Everest, nearly 30 years before Hillary and Tensing.

It would be great to find this camera and Kodak state that it could still be possible to develop the 110 film even after all these years.

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Outdoor Photography and Black and White Photography Magazines

The other week I bought a load of Outdoor Photography Magazines and Black & White Photography Magazines mags. They are packed full of photography tips and ideal for anyone with an interest in learning how to use a film camera or even a modern digital camera.
The Outdoor Photography Magazines date back to 2002, they have lots of useful tips and tutorials about landscape and nature photography. Each month featured a lesson about how to take the perfect photo and these are great if you are currently learning photography. The magazine is still going strong and new issues can be purchased here, Outdoor Photography Subscription


The Black & White Photography Magazines are a great source of information about photography and how to set up a darkroom or studio. The early issues feature an article about the history of the camera and how they developed over the years, very interesting for vintage camera collectors. Again, these Black and White Photography magazines are still being published and many other's Photography Magazines Subscriptions 

As an amateur photographer I found the information very informative and ideal for learning photography, hopefully my photo's will improve on my photography blog:-)

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Sunday 13 February 2011

PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINES FOR SALE


This week I will be auctioning some outdoor photography magazines and black and white photography mags, please click to view (from 10pm tonight 13th Feb 2011) - cheap photography magazines




The magazines are all in a good condition and packed full of interesting and informative articles plus loads of stunning photo's.

If you win more than one please wait until I send you an invoice because I will reduce the postage/shipping cost and you will only pay what it cost to be delivered to you. Packaging is free and they will be carefully packed and posted at the earliest time after the sales have ended.




The photography magazines to be sold will be the following:

Outdoor Photography magazines from 2002 until 2008
Black and White Photography magazines from 2003 until 2007

They are all great magazines especially if you enjoy photography or wish to learn or develop you skills as a photographer. If you collect cameras there are also some interesting articles and photos of classic vintage cameras.

Although these magazines are for the 'film' camera they would still be worth a read because a lot of the information is relevant to today's modern digital camera user.



I will add some more information and pictures about these mags because they are well worth reading and writing about. If there are any issues you wish to own to complete or add to your collection of photography magazines, then please get in touch.

Don't forget to check out my sponsors, its free and any support is always welcome, plus you will find a 'great' deal, new subscriptions and 'back' issues of photography magazines.


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Tuesday 8 February 2011

Vintage Camera 120 Film and Darkroom Equipment from the 1930's

The other week I listed on my Ebay some old 120 film for old camera's all in original boxes and all are ending this week. I was hoping to develop them myself but never got round to doing it so hopefully someone will and see whats on them.
They are all boxed and its difficult to say if they will develop because of there age. If you are one of the lucky winners of these auctions and you have them developed then I would be very interested to see the results.
The old camera film came from out of a box of photography equipment I won at a local auction last year and in amongst the box was an assortment of vintage 'goodies'. There were some old glass slides and negatives all dating from the 1930's and earlier.

It looked like the contents of the box belonged to an amateur photographer and was full of interesting vintage darkroom equipment, 120 camera film, Developing tanks & fluids of all descriptions and even an Ablon 'film splicer' for Leica film.

If only I could discover more boxes like this, guess I will have to keep looking although a lot depends on luck.

To see some photographs of these items then please check out my other postings. If you wish to own any then times running out so please head over to my Ebay listings because they will be sold and when they are gone.......

Vintage camera film and photography equipment.