The winner of the giveaway is…

 

Someone won this instamatic 33….

I know I’m late, but I had some stuff going on and wasn't able to blog. But no worries, I counted your tweets, wrote down names and put them in the hat again… I was thinking, I want to do more giveaways in the future, but picking a winner like this is not working for me if there are like 30 people entering. Does anybody have a good tip on how to make it simple picking a winner? It’s just so messy when I do it like this. Writing down all the names and then writing down the name again if they have tweeted. Anyone? Help?

So….. Who is the winner of this giveaway?

 

 

Congratulations Sean Brown! Your Kodak instamatic 33 is coming your way! You’ll get an email soon!

Haven’t won this time? NO WORRIES! Then next giveaway is at 200 followers!

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100 followers GIVEAWAY! Win a camera!

Yes! its finally time again! I had promised you guys to do another giveaway as soon as I hit 100 followers! Go follow me and enter the giveaway!

I will personally put all of your names on a piece of paper and put them all in a bag. I pull out ONE of the names out on Saturday!

How to make a chance to win:

1. Make sure you are following me (on glipho), if you’re not, you can’t win.
2. Choose which of the cameras you want.
3. Comment the name of the camera you would like to have on this post.
4. Wait for one week. I will give you guys until Saturday.
5. If you don’t have an e-mail somewhere on your profile or blog, please put it in the comment.
6. You will make a bigger chance to win if you share this article on twitter too! I will put your name in the hat two times if you have shared it! If you do, please write #VintageCameraGiveaway1210 in your tweet so I can find it!

That’s easy right? Now let me show you what cameras you can win!

1) The concord 118.

This is such a fun camera! I brought a similar one with me to Turkey last year and had so much fun taking beautiful! I highly recommend you to bring it with you on vacation. Its so small (just over 10cm wide and 2cm high) it fits in your pocket! Your own little spy camera! It uses 110mm film. You can buy it here.

2) The Kodak Instamatic 33

This super cute camera is a camera which was developed in the 1960s to simplify the use of film. It uses a 126 mm cartridge. Unfortunately it isn’t sold anymore. You’re lucky if you find it on Ebay!

So go post a comment which one you want! I will announce the winner of the camera in a blog post next week (Saturday).

WOOHP!!

Beginners guide–Double exposure

I have just recently been working on double exposures myself, but the pictures I saw on the internet of double exposures made me so exited about it. I’m still figuring out how to make the best double exposures, but I thought to share it anyway. So here is a double exposure that made me want to make double exposures myself. I ‘m still a beginner myself so I ‘m not capable of doing something like this yet.

This picture was made by Florian Imgrund.

Isn’t this awesome?! I love how the dark parts of the picture are filled with another picture. And its actually quite simple. The only thing I was struggling with was not winding the film at all. Let me show you what I made with my Olympus trip  35 and how I did it. Again, I am still experimenting with different cameras and films, so they’re not good at all.

So this one came out best. I didn’t plan on having a half frame double exposure. But I was quite surprised about the outcome. I didn’t expect the other picture would come exactly on one half of the cola bottle.

This one was a little less. It’s a triple exposure which caused the picture to be way over exposured. If you look closely you can see two bubbles over each other. I used an 400 ISO film, If I had used an 100 ISO film it would have been better.

How do you make a double exposure?
To get the best double exposures like the picture from Florian Imgrund, you should do the following:
You think of the picture you want to make. Then the best is to first take a picture with the darker object. The next picture that you take will be in that dark object, so make sure there is enough light around that object. That way you will only have your dark object filled and not other parts of your picture.
So when you have the first picture, you want to take another picture on the same part of the film you just exposed. So you don’t want to wind your film. To do so, you have to hold your rewind button. That way, you can ‘wind’ your film without actually winding your film. So push it, hold it until you are done winding. Then take another picture!
The most cameras have their rewind button on the bottom of the body.

Some have a rewind button on the front:

If you cant find it anywhere, you can comment me on this post. Tell me what camera you have, I’ll find it.
There is one other way to make awesome double exposures. A filmswap. I will do a complete post on that later. I’m currently working on a filmswap with Maria Nichol.
You take pictures with a camera in –for example- a city you like. Then you take out your film and send the film to someone else. Then that person puts the same film in their camera, and take pictures over that pictures. That way, you get –for example- London and Amsterdam in the same picture!
That was it for today! Have fun shooting your double exposures and show me the results if you can!!

Analogue #7 The Kodak six-20 Brownie’D

Here another analogue camera to show you guys! This time the Kodak Six-20 Brownie model D.

This lovely camera was introduced in 1946 and stopped production in 1957. The production of this camera is separated in two different ones. From 1946 ùntil 1953 the camera had a plain matt enamel front, a metal winding knob, and a metal shutter release button. From 1953 until 1957 the camera changed to a horizontally striped design, plastic winding knob, and a plastic shutter release button. It also included a 2-pin flash contact.

I have got the old version of the Kodak, but the newer version looks like this:

The Kodak Brownie models where a series of box cameras that where produced in the UK for more than 20 years. They are one of the most indestructible cameras I know. I have read it is because of the heavy duty metal that is used in these cameras.

This camera uses 620 film. It isn’t produced anymore.

I was thinking, I get a lot of questions about how much a camera costs so from now on, I am going to tell you guys the value of the camera. Though, I don’t know it from every camera. This Kodak is estimated  a value of 10 to 40 dollars, depending on the state it’s in.

 

That was this weeks Analogue camera! Have fun buying one yourself! And if you have any question just ask me!

-- Time for a giveaway! Win a camera! --

Yes! its finally time again! I had promised you guys to do another giveaway as soon as I hit 100 followers! Go follow me and enter the giveaway!

I will personally put all of your names on a piece of paper and put them all in a bag. I pull out ONE of the names out on Saturday!

How to make a chance to win:

1. Make sure you are following me (on glipho), if you’re not, you can’t win.
2. Choose which of the cameras you want.
3. Comment the name of the camera you would like to have on this post.
4. Wait for one week. I will give you guys until Saturday.
5. If you don’t have an e-mail somewhere on your profile or blog, please put it in the comment.
6. You will make a bigger chance to win if you share this article on twitter too! I will put your name in the hat two times if you have shared it! If you do, please write #VintageCameraGiveaway1210 in your tweet so I can find it!

That’s easy right? Now let me show you what cameras you can win!

1) The concord 118.

This is such a fun camera! I brought a similar one with me to Turkey last year and had so much fun taking beautiful! I highly recommend you to bring it with you on vacation. Its so small (just over 10cm wide and 2cm high) it fits in your pocket! Your own little spy camera!  It uses 110mm film. You can buy it here.

 

2) The Kodak Instamatic 33

This super cute camera is  a camera which was developed in the 1960s to simplify the use of film. It uses a 126 mm cartridge. Unfortunately it isn’t sold anymore. You’re lucky if you find it on Ebay!

So go post a comment which one you want! I will announce the winner of the camera in a blog post next week (Saturday).

WOOHP!!

The beginners guide to analogue photography. 2 --- Aperture.

 

 

Part one here!

Now you know what kind of camera, and what film to use. So on to part 2 of the beginners guide to analogue photography. Making beautiful pictures on an analogue camera is a bit harder than with a digital camera. You really have to think what you are going to take a picture of before shooting. If you failed to take a good picture, it is a waste of your film, and development. So a waste of your money! Before making a picture, think about the composition of your photo.

The aperture is one of the tree most important things to make a good picture.  The other two most important things to make a good picture are light sensitivity, which I already explained, and shutter speed, which will be explained in the next post.

The aperture controls how much light your film will get. The amount of light that hits the sensor determines how much depth there is in the picture. Depth of field is the distance within which the subject in the picture appears sharp. By playing with the aperture value you get a completely blurred background or a completely sharp background and everything in between. So the aperture offers you possibilities for creative photography.

 

 

The Diaphragm (= aperture) is located in your lens, the settings are on the side of the lens indicated with an F/number. The numbers vary from F/1.4 to F/32. Some lenses have even more, but those would be really special professional lenses.

Let me show you the difference between a high and a low aperture:

Low aperture: +/- F/2.8

 

High aperture: +/- F/3

There is one other thing that is important to know about the aperture. A low aperture can cause over exposure of your film! I found this picture on the internet, It shows what happens with picture when you shoot with a high and low aperture. (So the pictures are from high to low)

 

I think that was it for explaining the aperture. If you think I’ve missed something, please comment what. I will include it if its important.

Thanks!

Part 1 – 12/18/12

Part 3 – 12/22/12

Part 4 - 

The beginners guide to analogue photography. Part one --- Film.

As some of you know, my first analogue camera was an Olympus trip 35. I had bought it in the thrift shop and didn’t have a clue how to use it. I can imagine a lot of people have got an analogue camera somewhere, or want to buy one. But are struggling with the same problem. So here is a good beginners guide to analogue photography. It will even include some tips and tricks for the most awesome multiple exposures and redscales! I will write it in parts, today part one. I will show you guys:

• Why buying an analogue camera in the thrift shop is better than a new one (especially when you are a beginner).
• What film do you buy for your camera?
• What ISO/ASA is.
• How to load and unload your camera.

First of all, buying an analogue camera from a thrift shop is pretty fun. Why? Because I know a lot of people who bought a new analogue camera. Which is not a real smart move when you’re starting analogue photography. A new analogue camera (for example, from lomography)  can cost you a lot of money. An analogue camera from the thrift shop is as good as a new one, (sometimes even better) and a lot cheaper. Plus, an old camera often has the name of the previous owner carved or written on the body somewhere. They always come with a little history you can fill in yourself. Not that I dislike lomography! Love that. But for a starter who is still finding out if they like analogue photography, the thrift shop is a cheaper solution.  I would recommend you to buy a real simple automatic analogue camera if you’re only shooting for the fun. If you’re planning on really thinking about what you are going to take pictures of, making almost art-like pictures, I would recommend you to buy a SLR camera, which has an exchangeable lens, ISO settings and shutter time settings. Scared you will buy a broken one at the thrift shop? DON’T PANIC! Just read my older post on how to buy the right vintage camera!

This is a SLR camera with an exchangeable lens.

Already have an analogue camera? You would have to buy film for it. Now you have different film types. So first of all check what kind of film your camera uses. Most of you will have a 35mm film camera. But there are a lot more film types out there. The only ones that are being sold by lomography (not expired) are 110mm, 120mm and 35mm. You can also get instant film (for cameras like the polaroid land 1000 camera). I am going to focus on the 35mm films right now, since I’ve got the most of those, and those are the cheapest ones out there.

So, you are going to buy film. What kind of ISO do you need? ISO/ASA shows the light sensitivity of the film you are using. For example: You are having a party soon. Most of the party time is late at night. It will be dark. You will need a high light-sensitive film. You would have to use an 800 ISO/ASA film. If you are going on a summer vacation, there will be lots of trips to the beach, with a lot of sunlight. You won’t need a light sensitive film, because you have a lot of sunlight. You would have to use an 100 ISO/ASA film. If you’re going on a skiing trip, there will be loads and loads of light because the sunlight will reflect in the snow. Making  pictures on the slopes is possible with a 50 ISO/ASA film. ISO/ASA ranges from low numbers to real high ones (even 1600ISO/ASA). The most common ones are those between 50 and 800. Though, buying a high or low ISO film does influence the sharpness and contrast of your picture. Let me show you in a real simple table I made what kind of ISO you can use:

ISO/ASA	Sensitivity	Contrast	grain
50	Low	low	low
100	Medium	Medium	Medium
200	Medium	Medium	Medium
400	High	High	High
800	Really High	Really High	Really High

If the right film is in the camera, you set your ISO settings on your camera to the same as your film says.  You are ready to take some cool analogue pictures.

Don’t know how to put your film in your camera? Just watch this video:

Don’t know how to unload your film? Just watch this video:

 

So that was part one of the beginners guide.

The links to the other parts will come here:

Part 2 – 12/19/12

Part 3 – 12/22/12

Don't forget to fill in my survey, I need at least 50 people for this. Only 25 have filled it it right now.

http://www.enquetemaken.be/toonenquete.php?id=128030&p=1&zelf=0

And don't forget to follow me on Glipho! If I hit the 50 followers, I will give away a vintage camera to one of you guys. (You have to be following me for a chance to win)

Analogue #5–The Praktica TL-1000—GIVEAWAY?!

 

 

 

It’s time for a new analogue camera to show you guys! This time it’s the Praktica TL-1000. This camera is not that old. It started producing in 1980 and stopped producing in 1984. This is a beautiful camera to look at! Real eye candy. Though, I found it disappointing the black grip is made of plastic. The whole camera feels a bit like a toy camera because of that plastic.

I Do love the simplicity of the camera. It has just a few settings, but is able to make some pretty good pictures. (for what I have seen, I haven’t got the pictures back from development). I have been looking for lenses for this camera in thrift shops. A good plus for this camera. There are loads of lenses in thrift shops everywhere!

Tip: If you want to buy lenses, bring your camera with you, and fit them on your camera body. Do not buy them without fitting. Secondly, never forget to check if there are scratches on the lens. If there are scratches, just use the same method which I had told you guys in my post about how to buy the right vintage camera. FIRST ask how much it costs, THEN tell the owner it’s broken. You’ll end up paying a lot less.  Why buy a lens with scratches? well, if you got yourself one for a small price (I would give 1,50 euro’s for a broken lens)  You can take pictures with them, you’ll get some cool effects. Here is a picture taken with a scratched lens (there is some dust on there too)

One other thing.

I was having a good idea about something. I was thinking about a giveaway when I hit 50 followers (only for the followers on glipho). As soon as I hit that 50, I will write a post about a really cute camera. If you would like to win it (free for everybody, I will send it to you and I will pay the shipping costs) you have to comment on that post, and you have to be following me. Good idea for al those who love vintage thrift shop junk! (More information about this giveaway in the actual giveaway post)

So what do you think?

Analogue #4 - Polaroid land camera 1000

YES! A new week, a new analogue camera blog post!

This one is a really popular one I guess. It’s a really beautiful  camera. In the past few years, camera’s from polaroid became absurdly popular again!  Its my polaroid land camera 1000!! I had bought this one at the flea market in Vreeland. It was only 10 euros!

 

Polaroid used to make instant cameras that you could fold in. (Got one of those too, I will write about that one next week). After producing a series of folding cameras, polaroid started producing large numbers of plastic bodies, non-folding cameras. This cameras used the SX-70 integral film. Which looked like this:

 

 

These where cassettes for 10-15 exposures. They’re still sold online. But watch out! Most of the film sold online is expired, which isn’t a problem if it’s not TO OLD. In 2009, polaroid stopped making films. So your film could be way to old to use, and you would pay way to much for it too! Expired polaroid film can give your pictured a great vintage look though! I would recommend buying film until 2007, everything before that would be to risky. In 2010 there was a company that started producing new film for your polaroid. It was called “the impossible project”. Their film is very different so be sure you want to buy their film if you found it! Here is a video telling something about using film from the impossible project:

 

 

Now, If you want to buy film for polaroid you can find it on Ebay everywhere! even some photography shops still have them!

Last, a little something about the flash. If you want to take pictures in the dark, you would need a flash. You would have to buy a flash bar which is kinda expensive… (13,50 euros)  I’ve got only one, and I can use one flash bar only 5 times, so be careful!

They look funny though:

 

 

If you want to buy this super duper cool camera, there is only one way you can check if its working, and that is using an old film cassette. You put it in the camera and see if it will turn on. There is no other way to check unfortunately.

 

 

And again, as always, the official commercial of the polaroid land 1000 camera! Haha so funny!

 

 

 

Have a nice day! Tomorrow a new post on THE CHAIR!

Analogue #2 Kodak ektralite 600

So, as promised, here is the next analogue camera post. This time it is the kodak ektralite, a 110 mm camera. This one is a bit different. Probably less ‘eye candy’ for those who like the old leather and the big lenses. Though, this one is pretty awesome! I had bought the Kodak in a thrift shop. It wasn’t the local one, I can’t remember which one it was. It is pretty much indestructible because of the hard plastic cap.
So here it is:


 


Its ideal to put in a big bag when you go camping or something. It just wont break! The lenses are protected when the camera is closed. This camera was introduced in 1980 and stopped producing in 1982. back in the days, this camera would cost you 67 dollar, I bought it for 80 cents. (hahaha) It has 2 lenses, one normal lens, and one tele-lens. I made a lot of vacation pictures with this camera and I LOVE the vintage affects it gives.
Another funny thing, the photos from this camera are a little more square-ish than a normal picture. Love that!! Here is an example:





compared to the usual size:





My kodak actually still has the name of the first owner of the camera in it! It says "C.J. De Jage’! Tried to look up  a picture of the person, couldn’t find it… would have been pretty awesome if I knw what the person looks like.
I’m planning on painting mine orange! I’ll post about that when I actually did…
So here, for the fun, the original commercial:

If you want to buy this camera, you would have to look at eBay, there are literally hundreds of them on there. You can buy the 110 mm film on the lomography store, just click HERE.
So that was the 2nd camera of my collection. If you want to ask anything you can comment!


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Analogue #1 The Olympus Trip 35

So, as promised, I’m going to write a little something about my camera’s every week. I know I promised I would do that earlier, I didn’t have the time. That’s why I will post one camera today, and then one tomorrow. After that, there will be one analogue-post every week. So enjoy!
My first camera was the Olympus trip 35. It looks like this:

I bought it last summer at the thrift shop. Just wanted to try out an old camera and this one looked awesome! So I bought a 35 mm film for it and started shooting, hoping it would work. After getting the pictures back from development I was instantly addicted to analogue photography. Here is one of my first analogue pictures. (from the first 35mm film I bought)

I was kinda curious about how old the camera would be, so I started Google-ing. I found out that the olympus trip was manufactured between 1967 and 1984. I also found out that the serial number gives you an indication on how old your camera is. You have to open your Olympus and take out the little pressure plate on the back.

If you take the plate out, it will show a serial number like this:

You can read how you can get the age of your camera by following this:
1st Japanese character or letter (in later models) signifying the assembly plant.
2nd number representing the last digit of the year of assembly
(e.g. 5 = 1975, 0 = 1980).
3rd number or letter representing the month of assembly,
1-9 for Jan-Sep, X, Y, Z for Oct-Dec.
for example; N1Y = November 1971
So the picture above shows the camera is from March 1973.
While searching for more information I found out you can customize your Oly by buying skins!
Look at how awesome that is!

you can pick any color you want!

My Olympus trip still has the original skin, I like it that way, but if you have an Olympus trip, just Google on ‘‘Olympus trip 35 skin” and you find a lot of sites selling them!
If you don’t have an Olympus trip, but thinking about buying one, thrift shops and flea markets are the best places to look for them. There are literally millions of Olympus trips made in almost every country. The chance that you find one is pretty big if you look at the right places. If you don’t find one, you can always try eBay. If you want to buy film for you camera I recommend “Lomography”. They sell almost every film you want!
If you have an Olympus trip, or have a question about this camera, feel free to comment! I will answer every comment!
If you are interested in what the photo’s  I make look like, click HERE.
Have a nice day!


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Cameras, real old cameras.

As some of you know, I’ve got quite a few old analogue camera’s. So I thought, wouldn’t it be nice to show them of a little!
I started collecting old camera’s last year. I had bought my Olympus trip 35. which is a perfect camera to use if you want to start trying out the analogue side. It doesn’t use battery's and it works almost automatically. The only thing you have to do is focusing. Then I started actually looking for them in thrift shops. AND THRIFT SHOPS ARE FULL OF OLD CAMERAS!
My Idea is to weekly, or monthly (don’t know yet) post an article about one of my cameras. So next week, the first one will be posted, about my first camera, the Olympus trip 35. And the week after that (or month) I will show you my second camera, my polaroid image 3. And so on….
I will tell you how I got it, how old it is, and maybe some funny things about the camera!
Here are some pictures of the camera’s I’ve got!

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Have a nice weekend!


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