Keith Devereux
@keithdevereux.bsky.social
Retired, Generation Jones. Avid user of shitty film and digital cameras.
Remember, a Gameboy is for life, not just the 1990s.
'Let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars.' Mira Furlan
Remember, a Gameboy is for life, not just the 1990s.
'Let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars.' Mira Furlan
When I tried pinhole with the Diana, I was really disappointed. But on reflection, I suppose it's not that bad.
(For WWPD 2022)
(For WWPD 2022)
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
When I tried pinhole with the Diana, I was really disappointed. But on reflection, I suppose it's not that bad.
(For WWPD 2022)
(For WWPD 2022)
The haze on this one was all inside. The two front screws allow access to the back and I could use a cotton bud to clean the mirrors and inside glass. Don't remove the little screws, that was to adjust the mirrors.
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The haze on this one was all inside. The two front screws allow access to the back and I could use a cotton bud to clean the mirrors and inside glass. Don't remove the little screws, that was to adjust the mirrors.
I removed four small screws from the back, which I thought would give me access to the hazy front glass but turns out adjusted the mirrors. I think I got them back in alignment, but it was touch and go for a while.
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I removed four small screws from the back, which I thought would give me access to the hazy front glass but turns out adjusted the mirrors. I think I got them back in alignment, but it was touch and go for a while.
Too late for the Crappy Commie Camera Party, but this arrived a couple of days ago and I've given it a good cleaning. The Fotopribor SKF-1 stereo adaptor. Made in the 1980s for the Helios-44M 58mm lens. Cleaned and (hopefully) adjusted, just waiting for some nice weather.
#ShittyCameraChallenge
#ShittyCameraChallenge
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Too late for the Crappy Commie Camera Party, but this arrived a couple of days ago and I've given it a good cleaning. The Fotopribor SKF-1 stereo adaptor. Made in the 1980s for the Helios-44M 58mm lens. Cleaned and (hopefully) adjusted, just waiting for some nice weather.
#ShittyCameraChallenge
#ShittyCameraChallenge
If you see this, post a vampire who isn't Dracula.
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
If you see this, post a vampire who isn't Dracula.
Not much of a photo, but this lovely was sitting on the leg of the table outside the patio.
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Not much of a photo, but this lovely was sitting on the leg of the table outside the patio.
Unsolicited Rick pic.
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Unsolicited Rick pic.
Thank you. Yes, there's nothing like a bit of pole-arity ...
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thank you. Yes, there's nothing like a bit of pole-arity ...
It's half-frame Friday, and I never remember it's half-frame Friday. So here's a little bit of pole-arity from the Bencini Comet Rapid with Lomochrome Turquoise. #HalfFrame #HalfFrameFriday
October 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's half-frame Friday, and I never remember it's half-frame Friday. So here's a little bit of pole-arity from the Bencini Comet Rapid with Lomochrome Turquoise. #HalfFrame #HalfFrameFriday
Just finished scanning them. Here's a 'sneak peek' straight from the screen. Think, 'bluescale'.
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just finished scanning them. Here's a 'sneak peek' straight from the screen. Think, 'bluescale'.
Last time someone asked this question, I said the Gameboy. It's still the Gameboy, but now I have a new current favourite, the Bolta Photavit IV. I don't possess it yet, and it doesn't work, apparently, but when I get it, it might work again (or it might not). It uses Photavit cassettes, too.
October 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Last time someone asked this question, I said the Gameboy. It's still the Gameboy, but now I have a new current favourite, the Bolta Photavit IV. I don't possess it yet, and it doesn't work, apparently, but when I get it, it might work again (or it might not). It uses Photavit cassettes, too.
The plan for tomorrow to (finally) take the films from last week's outing to the lab (Lomochrome Turquoise panoramas from the Horizon 202, Harman Red from the Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16). Also the Turquoise from the Bencini Comet Rapid and a roll of redscaled Turquoise. Tomorrow's camera?
October 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The plan for tomorrow to (finally) take the films from last week's outing to the lab (Lomochrome Turquoise panoramas from the Horizon 202, Harman Red from the Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16). Also the Turquoise from the Bencini Comet Rapid and a roll of redscaled Turquoise. Tomorrow's camera?
The Bencini Comet Rapid half-frame camera is loaded with a roll of Lomochrome Turquoise decanted into a Rapid canister. Hang on, is that other canister labelled Lomochrome Turquoise Redscale?
#HalfFrame
#HalfFrame
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Bencini Comet Rapid half-frame camera is loaded with a roll of Lomochrome Turquoise decanted into a Rapid canister. Hang on, is that other canister labelled Lomochrome Turquoise Redscale?
#HalfFrame
#HalfFrame
Next Wednesday, the Better Half is getting her hair done. That gives me a morning of wandering around Oliveira do Bairro with a couple of Rapid half-frame cameras. The Golden Wonder is loaded with the well expired film that came with the Bencini Comet Rapid ...
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Next Wednesday, the Better Half is getting her hair done. That gives me a morning of wandering around Oliveira do Bairro with a couple of Rapid half-frame cameras. The Golden Wonder is loaded with the well expired film that came with the Bencini Comet Rapid ...
Being a Rapid film user, produced in direct competition to the instamatic system, I would say ... no.
September 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Being a Rapid film user, produced in direct competition to the instamatic system, I would say ... no.
As an extra treat, it actually included a half-used roll of film and two canisters. There's about 12 half-frame exposures left on the film, I think. I'll load this into another half-frame Rapid camera and expose at a low ISO like 25.
September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As an extra treat, it actually included a half-used roll of film and two canisters. There's about 12 half-frame exposures left on the film, I think. I'll load this into another half-frame Rapid camera and expose at a low ISO like 25.
A new half-frame camera arrived this afternoon, the Bencini Comet Rapid from the mid 1960s. It's a heavy little beastie, and will need a good clean. Like most of my cameras recently, it uses Agfa's Rapid film system.
September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A new half-frame camera arrived this afternoon, the Bencini Comet Rapid from the mid 1960s. It's a heavy little beastie, and will need a good clean. Like most of my cameras recently, it uses Agfa's Rapid film system.
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Everyone chooses the Pentax, but the Minolta Zoom SLR is the bees knees ...
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Everyone chooses the Pentax, but the Minolta Zoom SLR is the bees knees ...
I then picked up some more holders and discovered they were different. Some worked in the folder, others didn't. If you can find Goerz holders, they should work. But I've found with these old cameras it's a bit of a lottery.
September 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I then picked up some more holders and discovered they were different. Some worked in the folder, others didn't. If you can find Goerz holders, they should work. But I've found with these old cameras it's a bit of a lottery.
Thanks to @christotheb.bsky.social for a lovely image with his smartphone and an IR filter. Reminded me of some smartphone urbex around the old Kartódromo track a couple of years ago.
#UrbanPhotography, #FullSpectrum, #Infrared,
#UrbanPhotography, #FullSpectrum, #Infrared,
September 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Thanks to @christotheb.bsky.social for a lovely image with his smartphone and an IR filter. Reminded me of some smartphone urbex around the old Kartódromo track a couple of years ago.
#UrbanPhotography, #FullSpectrum, #Infrared,
#UrbanPhotography, #FullSpectrum, #Infrared,
I get a lovely 'hot spot' with my Samsung S24FE, too. Can be great, though.
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I get a lovely 'hot spot' with my Samsung S24FE, too. Can be great, though.
A5. Actually, although I say there's only one, there might be another...
#Photochat
#Photochat
September 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A5. Actually, although I say there's only one, there might be another...
#Photochat
#Photochat