I love the old analog cameras! They are easy too use and the quality is great! There is a good opportunity for making your own photolab at home (when using b/w film).

I have got an old FED35A and my friend has an old genuine Zenit-E. I prefer the Zenit; it has some sort of light meter and I can see where the focus is. My FED has no battery (they do not produce sovjet batteries anymore) so it has no automatic function at all. I can not see the focusing or the ammount of light when I take the picture. I decided to try anyway and bought a b/w film. I will report the results!

PS: Try this instruction for a matchbox pinhole! Great fun!

http://alspix.blog.co.uk/2005/12/31/matchbox_pinhole~428481

All of us got the message, I hope; we are getting one free credit for a blog post. This sounds great, of course, but is it good for everyone?

I thought I'd buy some nice image from an other photographer and then I got the idea of buying one of my own. This worked, to my surprise and I also recieved payment. Is this really good, I asked myself. Should I be able to earn money just by writing some scraps of my thoughts here? What if I wrote a hundred blog posts a day (you can imagine the contents of the posts!) just for buying my own images?

I do not believe it is a good idea, then. The thought of writing about nothing just for the money is tempting...

And I should also ask myself if THIS blog post is pointless...