Vintage Photography from Analog to Zeiss
by bollywoodmovie · Published December 16, 2019 · Last modified April 12, 2020
Hong Kong is a great place for camera enthusiasts. Like many other east Asian megacities, Hong Kong has a wide offer of shops dedicated to video- and photography, old cameras, vintage lenses and analogue...
by bollywoodmovie · Published September 19, 2019 · Last modified September 20, 2019
This article on pinhole photography and camera obscuras was written by Hassan Khan from https://www.questionstrivia.com/. I would like to thank Hassan for this article and for his patience (I am sorry it took so...
Cameras / Leica / Leica M lenses / Lenses / Shutter-chatter
by bollywoodmovie · Published February 13, 2016 · Last modified March 25, 2016
vintage-camera-lenses has grown tremendously since I started the website. I thought it might be a good idea to go beyond gear reviews and historical background. Hence I would like to present the new subsection...
The Voigtländer Prominent is a special and very rare camera. It really was not a particularly successful camera and fewer than 4000 were manufactured during its rather short production run between 1933 and 1935....
by bollywoodmovie · Published September 30, 2015 · Last modified August 5, 2017
Camera bags as we know them today are a rather new development. In the old days,before cameras had interchangeable lenses, they were simply protected and carried in a tight fit camera case made out...
accesories / Cameras / Shutter-chatter
by bollywoodmovie · Published May 23, 2015 · Last modified August 5, 2017
This article is a bit different. I will focus on a part of photography that is somewhat essential yet also totally neglected. We are using it every day, yet take it totally for granted:...
Cameras / Leica / Leica screwmount cameras
by bollywoodmovie · Published May 25, 2014 · Last modified September 14, 2014
The Leica IIIG was the last Leica screwmount camera manufactured by Leitz. The Leica IIIG was introduced in 1957 to replace the Leica IIIF. At that time the legendary Leica M3 with the new...
Cameras / Leica / Leica screwmount cameras
by bollywoodmovie · Published May 9, 2014 · Last modified July 19, 2014
The Leica IIIF was introduced in 1950 to replace the Leica IIIC. In total 184 000 Leica IIIF cameras were manufactured between 1950 and 1957. The Leica IIIF was the first Leica that was...
Leica / Leica screwmount cameras
by bollywoodmovie · Published May 5, 2014 · Last modified April 11, 2015
The Leica IIF was introduced in 1951 to replace the Leica IIC. In total 23 648 Leica IIF cameras were manufactured between 1951 and 1956. The Leica IIF was intrduced one year after its’...
Cameras / Leica / Leica screwmount cameras
by bollywoodmovie · Published April 27, 2014 · Last modified July 19, 2014
The Leica IIIC was introduced in 1939 and succeeded the Leica IIIB. The Leica IIIC differed from its’ predecessor the Leica IIIB in many ways. With a baseplate length of 13,7 cm it was 3mm...
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