The first time I went to the Vineyard, it was my honeymoon — to my first husband and the year was 1965. I didn’t know anything about the Vineyard. I hadn’t even known it was there, but we were looking… Read More ›
Cameras
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT OLYMPUS?
Last August, there was an announcement that Olympus was selling a part of their organization to another Japanese finance company and that the cameras would move to the new company while Olympus put their emphasis in medical instrumentation. Clearly there… Read More ›
THE DAY OF THE NEW CAMERA
It isn’t a new camera in the sense that it was never used before, but it’s close enough! I hasn’t been used much and this is the first time I’ve gotten a new camera and immediately seen an improvement in… Read More ›
LEICA AND THE JEWS OF GERMANY DURING THE HOLOCAUST
If you needed a good (or better) reason to buy Leica products, other than their extraordinary high quality, here is another which has nothing to do with the quality of lenses or cameras. LEICA AND THE JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST… Read More ›
THE CAMERA I DIDN’T BUY – AND THE ONES I’VE ALREADY GOT
I got an “on sale” notice from Adorama about the Olympus OMD M1 Mark II, down from $1300 to $900. I know from long experience that if Adorama has it on sale, so does everyone else. That’s because the Mark… Read More ›
BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CAMERAS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, OR EQUIPMENT
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Cameras, photographers or equipment I love taking pictures of people taking pictures and I also love taking pictures of my cameras. I still have the same cameras I’ve had for years except for a recently… Read More ›
THE COMING OF THE iPhone – Marilyn Armstrong
My son talked me into it. It was the best deal I was ever going to get. My cousin’s son and my best friends’ sons did the same for them — all at the same time. It’s probably the quarantine… Read More ›
IT’S ALL CONNECTED – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s the little things that trigger epiphanies. Those tiny moments of recognition that make me say “Oh! I see!” A few days ago, I took my Panasonic out of my shoulder bag where it lives. I’m very careful with my… Read More ›
THE SQUIRRELS KEEP FLYING WHILE EVERYTHING KEEPS EATING – Marilyn Armstrong
It takes me a really long time to get these pictures into any kind of condition where I can post them and you can see what they are. The problem is not that the camera is too far away. It’s… Read More ›
NO ONE GIVES YOU SYMPATHY WHEN YOU GET A COLD – Marilyn Armstrong
I have a cold. It isn’t much of a cold. It’s the sniffles and a headache. Garry has the same cold. I am whiney. He is grumpy. And there’s no point in complaining because no one gives you any sympathy…. Read More ›
OUT THE WINDOW TO THE LIGHT – Marilyn Armstrong
INTO THE LIGHT THOUGH THE DAY WAS GRAY I don’t have any space pictures. I wish I did. But I do have some pictures from today and this gray day as my orchid is getting ready to bloom. I need… Read More ›
IN THE WHITE OF THE WORLD – Garry Armstrong
Marilyn gave me her small Leica as a Christmas gift, but not before her getting a small pocketbook camera for herself. Is it a bit early? Absolutely. She never waits for the holiday. She knew I wanted it and now,… Read More ›
