The Photography Village
For the last few years, St Monans Community Arts Festival has organised a photography competition. This year is no exception! This year’s Community Arts Festival will take place on the 10th and 11th of September, so the deadline for this years photography
It’s worth noting that this type of lens became popular with sports photographers and paparazzi after the Second World War …
The most professional of the Kodak close-up outfits in our collection …
THE KODAK INSTATECH SCIENTIFIC PHOTO OUTFIT A further example of Kodak outfits marketed by Lester A Dine Inc for close up photography was acquired by Jim at a very small Camera Fair in Groningen, Netherlands. It came in the original cream and
THE KODAK DENTAL OUTFIT Kodak licensed the production of the whole Startech range to Lester A. Dine Inc of New York. Kodak supplied the cameras and Lester A. Dine Inc procured the other components and marketed the products. The Kodak Dental Outfit
The Startech was a specialised version of the Brownie Starflash supplied with two close-up lenses …
Do you want to see the collection? We are now able to invite you, and the first date we are making available is August 19th – World Photography Day. Visits will of course involve Covid-safety measures, and because of the continued need
Photographers love St Monans. And why not? It’s a treasure trove of interesting and beautiful images. No wonder the village already features in so many publications and films. Now that the pandemic restrictions are relaxing, the Community Arts Festival Committee is hopeful
Now here is a strange looking camera! The unusually shaped Alfa cameras were produced by WZFO (Warszawskie Zaklady Optyczne) group of Poland from 1962 to 1965, with some 15,000 being made. WZFO was established by the state in 1951 and later merged
These days, with the advancement of digital photography, the use of supplemental camera lighting for most applications is of minor concern. However the early photographers were faced with much longer times taken to capture an image and so adequate lighting was a