Project Greyhound: My Granddad's camera

How this began A year or so ago, whilst I was visiting England on a business trip I took the time to go down and visit my parents. During this visit my dad indulged my interest in old cameras by digging out a few of his own old cameras and a couple of his fathers. The oldest two in this group were a Kodak Number 2 Brownie, in very good order, and an extremely battered looking Ensign Greyhound folding camera....

Mon Apr 5 2010 · Geoffrey J. Teale

Voigtländer Vitomatic II

I’ve purchased one of these on E-bay for the princely sum of 20€. This is essentially the same as the Voigtlaender Vito CL I have been using recently but with a coupled rangefinder and with the meter mirrored in the viewfinder. Ebay listing suggests it’s fully functional, and given the classic West-German build quality of these late 1950s / early 1960s Voigtländers I have high hopes. To date I haven’t really found the “perfect” 35mm camera....

Tue Mar 2 2010 · Geoffrey J. Teale

Guten Morgen 2008

A new year So… a new year.. the 30th new year of my life. A new location A big year for me. Firstly I am now just two months away from moving to Munich with my girlfriend Nicole and I’m both terrified and excited at the same time. I’m not worried about moving to Germany - strangely I just “know” that this will be OK - I’m worried about the future....

Tue Jan 1 2008 · Geoffrey J. Teale