| Jan 16 |
Blast from the past – Museum of VancouverPosted by: naomi @ 1:07 pm in reviews, vintage finds |
What is the Museum of Vancouver? The Museum of Vancouver creates Vancouver-focused exhibitions and programs which encourage dynamic conversations about what was, is and can be Vancouver – basically it’s an awesome walk down memory lane with realistic displays of what life was like during different decades over the past 100 years.
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1900, 1900s, 1920s, 1930's, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, chinatown, gastown, museums, vancouver
| Sep 02 |
A Holga lens on a Canon DSLRPosted by: ryan @ 11:19 pm in cameras & lenses, vintage finds |
I first came across this quirky lens on the Holgamods website which could be used on any Canon DSLR. It’s a 60mm F/8 off of the cult classic Holga camera designed in the 80’s and still in production today. The plastic lens and use of medium format film gives the Holga its trademark vignetting & ghosting on the images it produces. Would it be possible to replicate a similar effect if I used its lens on a modern day digital SLR? I ordered one to find out.
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120 Film, 1980s, 5D, camera, canon, film, holga, slr, vintage
| Aug 18 |
Vintage Finds: Yashica Electro GSN & MG-1Posted by: ryan @ 12:29 am in cameras & lenses, vintage finds |
A couple of weeks ago on my trip to Portland, I found myself hunting through a few Goodwill stores. At the back of one of the stores was a shelf piled high with old plastic 90’s film cameras and in the middle of it all I found two gems – a Yashica Electro GSN and a Yashica MG-1. At a whopping $8.99 each I had to pick them up. Continue reading »
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1970s, 1980s, 35mm, camera, film, goodwill, oregon, portland, rangefinder, vintage, yashica
