A Global "Camera Style"

Global Camera Style - Yahoo Pipe

A number of "Camera Style" blogs have popped up on the web in recent times. These sites document some fantastic, often vintage cameras and the people that use them.
It seems to have begun with John Sypal's Tokyo camera style.
From Ottowa to Jakarta and Oslo to Tokyo, courtesy of Yahoo pipes (please be patient, it may take a little time to load), here’s a mashup of the feeds from 30 or so similar sites to produce a "Global Camera Style".
If you’re a fan of any of the camera style sites and love browsing photos of vintage cameras, subscribe to the RSS feed here,  or view on NetVibes.

"The Edit" by Ed Wargin

I can relate to this quote from photographer Ed Wargin,

"Waiting for film to come back from the lab is the closest thing to being a kid again, kind of like waiting for Christmas so you can rip open that one special present to see what is inside..."

This quote accompanies the short video "The Edit" at the Fresh coast project blog.

Sadly, it doesn't matter how long I wait, my pictures don't look as great as those in his Fresh Coast Project.


The Edit from Ed Wargin on Vimeo.
(to view, type in "coast" for the password)

Replacing SL66 Camera Leatherette

The leatherette covering on my Rollei SL66 was in a pretty bad way. It was shrunken, lifting off most surfaces and the glue was seeping out of the edges. Curiously it was only the camera body and film back that had the problem, the covering on the lenses and finder is still in great condition.