The Pentax K1000 (Asahi Pentax K1000) is an interchangeable lens 35 mm SLR camera manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. from 1976 to 1997. The K1000’s extraordinary longevity makes it a historically significant camera. It is the simplest member of Pentax K-series 35mm SLRs. K-series all have the same basic body design, but with differing…
Date : 18th October, 2020 Time : 8 pm Venue: ZOOM & Facebook Live 8.00 pm – Welcome speech: Dr. Unni Pulikkal S. (Director, PhotoMuse) 8.05 pm – Presidential speech: Mr. Prabhakaran Pazhassi (Secretary, Apex body for culture, Govt. of Kerala) 8.15 pm – Journal release & Inaugural speech: Mr. Uwe Holz (Director & Curator,…
The Zeiss Ikon Contina la is a rigid viewfinder camera manufactured in Stuttgart, Germany by Zeiss Ikon between 1954 and 1955. Its code is 526/24, where 24 indicates that it is a 35mm film camera. It has a small, centered viewfinder and flat lens front. Lens: Novar – Anastigmat 1:3.5 f/ 45. The minimum focus of the lens…
The Nikon F-301 (sold in the United States as the N2000) is probably the smallest Nikon 35mm film camera with a motorized film transport. It was introduced in 1985. This is a manual focus SLR with motorized film advance, and an automatic programmed exposure system controlled by TTL metering. It is the manual focus version of the N2020.…
The Stereo Graphic is a 35mm stereo camera that was made by Graflex from 1955-1960. It makes pairs of 24 x 23 mm pictures at each exposure. Viewing these images in a 3-D slide viewer creates a realistic 3D image. The camera has a fixed focus. The lenses are a pair of Graflex Graflar 35mm…
In a significant move by PhotoMuse to find and recognize talent among amateur photographers, PhotoMuse jury selected the best pictures submitted in BAF-PhotoMuse Club on Facebook during the year 2016. Three photographs were chosen from all seven categories – Contemporary, Portraits, Documentary, Pictorial, Architecture, Landscape & Nature. Five pictures were also nominated as Curator’s Choices.…
In a significant move by PhotoMuse to find and recognize talent among amateur photographers, PhotoMuse jury selected the best pictures submitted in BAF-PhotoMuse Club on Facebook during the year 2015. Three photographs were chosen from all five categories – Pictorial, Contemporary, Portraits, Documentary & Nature. Five pictures were also nominated as Curator’s Choices. THE JURY:…
Isoly is a series of medium format viewfinder film cameras made by Agfa and produced between 1960-71. These cameras use 120 film for 16 frames of 4 x 4cm, the reduction of 6 x 6 cm. Diapositive films can also be used. They also offered a different lens option. Later cameras have the name Isoly I. Introduced…
The Pentacon six is a single-lens reflex (SLR) medium format camera system made by East German manufacturer Pentacon from 1966 to 1992. It accepts lenses with the Pentacon Six mount, a breech-lock bayonet mount. When the TTL-metered prism was introduced in 1968, the letters ‘TL’ was added to the nameplate but no other changes were…
The Bolsey B is a 35mm rangefinder camera with a cast aluminium body, introduced by Bolsey in 1947. The lens is a fixed Wollensak Anastigmat 44/3.2 with helical focusing, and the Wollensak leaf shutter gives T, B, 10-200 speeds. The rangefinder is of the split-image type, coupled to the lens but separate from the viewfinder.