Magic DDR Cameras #1: Werra

I will try to begin a little review in my blog about my personal camera collection, and, amongst them, there are a few wonderfull DDR cameras. The first one I will talk about is the WERRA camera. The one I have is a Werra Automat, built from 1961 to 1964 by the VEB Carl Zeiss Jena, with a beautiful Tessar 2,8/50 lens. I don't going to make a whole technical review, but just want to say how I was impressed when I first saw this camera on a website dedicated to DDR design (Industrieform-DDR) and just wanted one as quick as possible. I found it easily on ebay..... Here is the cam:




I immediately had a good feeling with this cam, very easy to use, the lightmeter is very precise and time & aperture settings are quick to set while looking through the viewfinder and find the right exposition. A little bit heavy, but you really have the impression to have a solid camera in your hands, and it's also a very subtil design.... doesn't look like the usual 60's cameras...
But enough talked, let's have a look at some shots I made with this camera:











And if you want to know more about Werra cameras, have a look at this very interesting site (in french): http://pagesperso-orange.fr/Krg/werra/werra.htm or this one (with other links, in english): http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Werra

The magic eye of Rolleiflex #2

And here's the second part of the "magic Rolleiflex eye" pictures, this time in b&w shot with Lucky SDH 100.

The magic eye of Rolleiflex #1

One of my favorite cameras is a very old Rolleiflex Automat (with Tessar 3,5 lens) my grandfather bought 1939. Here it is:

Last sunday I went to a walk on the seaside in Nice and made some shots with this beautiful camera.... Here's the first serie of color shots I made this day (using Agfa Optima 100)

Pinhole Day!

Last sunday, the 27/04/2008 was World Pinhole Day. I took my Diana+, put the lens off and went to the sea, having a nice shooting walk...see the results

Dans le port de Monaco...

Prises de vues depuis le Port Hercule de Monaco et la nouvelle contre-jetée. (Horizon Kompakt avec filtre vert/jaune, Kodak 200)

Ballade au Lac de St Cassien #2

Et quelques images en couleur de cette joli forêt autour du Lac de St Cassien! :))