My Pussyhole
I had a couple of cases of vintage cardboard cylinders. They were boxes for something photographic. Empty. I painted them flat black inside and made pinhole cameras out of them. I still have a few, but I sold most of them. Many have been Gala-fied. Most have catchy names, always including the word “hole”. The Hole-ier Than Thou, […]
Coronet 3-D
Mike Levy of SELECTING AND USING CLASSIC CAMERAS fame gave me this camera. It was kinda bunged up, but in working condition. Just the way I like ’em. Sporting a binocular viewfinder, this 3-D camera was manufactured in 1954. It has a little finger that you slide across the front to cock the shutter. […]
Conley Kewpie #2 Box Camera
I bought this Kewpie #2 at a camera show for $15.00. That’s more than I usually spend on any camera, let alone a simple box camera, but it was in great shape. I bought it for Mike Levy, who ended up trading me his book SELECTING AND USING CLASSIC CAMERAS for it. But not before I […]
Kodak Autographic 3A
I’m ready to admit my new addiction. The Kodak Autographic 3a. I can’t have just one. The first one was free. So was the second one, come to think of it. But the third one I had to pay for. I transformed the first two into Gala edition cameras. I was beginning to get […]