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Hobby-ist photographer, small scale camera collector, amateur blogger - in https://cameragx.com
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My surprising… image of the year
I was really surprised that this image taken with a broken camera and a bad lens was the one with the most “favorites” on my Flickr photostream this year.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Nine months on Flickr and a first conclusion – the camera does not matter
How does Flickr show information about your viewers, and does it reveal whether they prefer certain cameras?
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November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Canon Powershot s400 Digital Elph – when old gear is still pretty good
A compact digital camera released in 2003 still impresses today – it’s small, reactive, and delivers gorgeous pictures.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Extracting the best Image Quality from the Olympus Tough TG-5 when traveling
Usimg an Olympus Tough TG-5 as a travel camera, and getting the best results out of it.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Lightroom – upgrading from Mobile Premium to the Lightroom 1TB plan
How easy is it to add Cloud storage to Adobe Lightroom Mobile Premium? And what else do we gain in the process?
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October 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Shooting with a 6Mpix Pentax *ist DS – when old gear is really too old
Early amateur oriented digital SLRs can be had for $35.00 now. They deliver pictures, of course, but are they worth buying?
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September 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Lomo and other Daylight Loading Tanks – how do they compare to a Paterson Tank?
In addition to the Lomo Daylight, there are a few other developing tanks that can be loaded in full daylight. But how do they compare to a Paterson Tank?
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September 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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A photo lab in a 20 by 15 by 10in plastic bin.
You don’t need a dedicated darkroom – my lab fits in a 12 galon storage bin, chemicals included.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Selling your mirrorless kit and going back to a digital SLR?
Mirrorless cameras have largely replaced the digital SLR as the camera of choice for enthusiasts photographers. Why would you want to go back to a dSLR?
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June 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Pentax Program Plus – you can still get a good film camera for $20.00
The last model of a series started with the ME, the Pentax Program-Plus is a pleasant surprise. Definitely my pick.
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May 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Pentax ME – a deeper look at a very likable film camera
Ultra Compact and with a simplified command set, the Pentax ME brought a new generation of amateurs to single lens reflex cameras. Can it bring amateurs to film today?
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May 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Lomo Daylight Developing Tank – true to the promise?
Is the Lomo Daylight Developing Kit really making at home film processing simpler? Sort of.
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May 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Catalog, Print or Delete? What to do with your pictures after you’ve shared them on social media?
We all share pictures in the instant, but it does not mean we should not catalog and preserve them. What are our options?
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April 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Nikon EM or Pentax ME – Are ultra light SLRs a good choice for beginners?
The Nikon EM and the Pentax ME were designed to the same goal – keeping it simple and bringing new users to photography. Does the recipe still make sense today?
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April 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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An update on Adobe Lightroom licensing
How to increase the cloud storage space if you have subscribed to the Premium features of Lightroom Mobile? Possible, not easy.
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April 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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The world through a plastic lens? A few pictures in Rome with the Holga 120 CFN
The Holga 120 CFN – Low Fidelity Photography at its best.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Developing and digitizing B&W film without a darkroom
Now that it’s easy to digitize negatives without a dedicated scanner, can we also develop B&W film at home, without a darkroom?
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March 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Panasonic G1, G2 and G3 – how good were the early mirrorless digital cameras ….
A small revolution when they were launched, are the first G series mirrorless cameras from Panasonic still you’d want to shoot with today?
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March 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Digitizing negatives with the JJC Adapter
Testing a DIY digitizing solution for your negatives – no scanner needed, just a decent dSLR or mirrorless and a macro lens.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Sony HX series – the Cybershot DSC-HX60
The Sony HX60 is a very efficient little camera, using its elaborate technology (a really impressive image stabilization system in particular) to overcome the limitations of its small sensor. Becau…
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February 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Back to Flickr, on to Bluesky
This blog, hosted on WordPress, combines text with a few illustrative photos, but will now include links to Flickr albums for more extensive visual content. While automatic Twitter updates have end…
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Canon Photura (Epoca) – a strange looking point and shoot camera of the film era.
This is the other cheap camera I bought on Xmas eve on shopgoodwill.com. I paid less than $14.00 for it. The 2Cr5 battery it needed cost me more. Launched in 1990, it was known to the North America…
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February 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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This blog is about photography. About old cameras using film, and the pictures you can still make with them. Like anybody else, I use digital cameras. They’re convenient. But I also love shoo…
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