Illitt Vintage collects and restores vintage rangefinder cameras, replacing their original leather trims with beautifully crafted wood veneers. Veneers are made from Mansonia, Mahogany, Walnut and Cherry, each one being uniquely patterned to ensure each camera is equally unique. The cameras look gorgeous and models restored so far include an Argus C3, Canon Demi EE17, …
Monthly archives: April 2014
Bird photography
To be successful with bird photography you either need a very long lens or a shorter lens with a remote control (or hide) so you can position yourself far enough away to avoid frightening the creature. The long lens approach needs to be around 500mm allowing you to magnify the bird so it appears substantially …
Dreamy Camera Cafe
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was some kind of April Fool joke but it’s genuine. In South Korea there is a photo enthusiast who’s built a cafe in the shape of a huge Rolleiflex, twin lens reflex camera. The windows of the two floor building are its lenses, and decorations throughout the cafe are …
Linear or Circular Polariser?
In the early days of the polarising filter there was just one type – the linear polarizer. The circular type arrived when the cameras with advanced metering (and later focusing) systems became popular. The Canon T90 and Olympus OM4 both had new advanced TTL metering that would be affected by the way a linear polarising …