why hello, I am tripping on by here today to get back to normal and do what we love doing…ogling vintage goodies…
I would like to introduce you to a German friend of mine…Vron
like her?
isn't she cute?
I found her at the weekend, on the way to pick one of the Beach Cottage Kiddos up from sport, happily minding my own business I saw one of those garage sale signs strapped to a lampost..well what's the harm, I can fit it in and still get there in time…
Now I have to tell you, this was not looking like a garage sale where one might find treasure and there wasn't anything…apart from this old beauty and it's partner.
I have had old camera on my Beach Cottage Most Wanted List for ages. Mr Beach Cottage informed me later that you can pick up old cameras just about 'everywhere'. I am not so sure about that so I snapped this one up, calling my name was she, as I was about to retreat.
Contrary to my regular reason for buying old things (find more Show & Tell at Cindy's), just because I like their vintage-ness, I actually wanted one of these to play around with photography, a past-time I continually find myself enjoying more and more.
I had seen the TTVF (ha if you are not in the know that is Through The View Finder) images everywhere on the internet and rather than use the software that can turn a regular photo into one made to look like it's been taken through the lens of a scratched old thing, I wanted to try it for myself. The real McCoy.
And I have been doing that with this little beauty. Look at that lense, the lovely chunky old detail, the lettering, the precision…all wrapped up in a delicious case of chocolate leather…really makes the mass-produced, digital ones with their velcro nylon bags all a bit run-of-the-mill. Know what I mean?
For sure this is opening up all sorts of creative doors for me. There is something deliciously creative, while not having to fiddle about with bits of craft glue, about pointing ones digital camera through a vintage lens…everything takes on an obscurity…a new foggy life…things are enveloped in a scratchy haze of yesteryear…
This is a dangerous thing to do though, I do not recommend you find yourself an old vintage camera if you don't have much time on your hands…it also makes one look a little strange with digital camera around neck/in one hand and leather bound 60 odd year old vintage one in the other… you getting into strange positions so you can get said digital camera into the vintage camera and then hold this position until you click (350 comes in handy here).
So far I have taken pics of
Miss BC's scruffy old tennis shoes
the white spheres we know and love
a beer
the wharf
myself
a can of coke in my hair while trying to emulate Lady G
(not really that was a joke!)
my bedroom
next door
my phone
Mr Teenage BC's watch
the bath
and the list goes on…& you know there was eye rolling from males don't you
it is so very addictive to shoot and see the misty vintage results
Anyway girls, I am off I am meeting lg at the beach and we are sneaking off for a Friday lunch
Of course, I am taking Vron to find some candy
Enjoy the weekend we have friends Sat night, I'm looking forward to cooking
menu is cheese & quince, lemon chicken wings a la Nigel Slater, Chorizo Stew, green salad and Peroni
See you later besties
don't forget the ANTHROPOLOGIE + REAL LIVING PRIZE I am giving away closes end of play
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I love old cameras and the vintage quality they lend to photos! And your new finds are real beauties! I hope you have a wonderful lunch and that you enjoy your company over the weekend, your menu sounds delish!
Hi Sarah, Vron is a gem. Have a great lunch.
Can’t wait to see the new candy.
Dinner sounds yummy. I am also entertaining on Sunday Lunch, Menu: Oysters & Prawns to start. Chicken, Lemon & Green Olive Tangine, Roasted Vege Cous Cous and a green salad.
Ooooooh what a smashing find!! Miss Vron is a beauty and it sounds like you’re having such fun with her. She’s really in nice condition…I have a collection of old cameras and they’re not in near as good condition. Yay for you!! Have a wonderful weekend!!
She’s very purty. You were right I can’t get the mag here. Have a great weekend and take some pics of beautiful things…………….and dinner sounds amazing! <3
What a fantastic find Sarah, she’s a beauty!! So great you found something that has been on your wishlist for some time:) Wishing you a wonderful weekend ~ Tina xx
I still have…somewhere…my old SLR. I am now inspired to hunt it out and have a go at taking some photos. Can you still get film? Sarah have you tried the sepia film that was around for a while? A few years back a friend took photos of their holiday in a gypsy caravan in rural Victoria and the gorgeous photos looked so, so vintage. They looked like a family going hop picking in Kent between the wars. Just rushing out to buy the latest issue of Real Living hoping that the photos of beach Cottage are in it.
I really do envy you with the great finds you get. I NEVER find the kind of things you do. I really want an old camera too…and an old trunk like yours.
Our ‘vintage’ camera-an SLR that was purchased in the late 80′s-took the best pictures. My older daughter, who is photo savvy, loves working with film (not that she does not covet the latest digital set-up and mega lenses:-) Happy weekend-spring is springing-yeah!
Love the old camera…the case is beautifully aged.
Curious..inside the cover are those letters really what I think they are… BC??? That would be totally weird and amazing!!! It is reflected in the mirror so not sure…or did you put them there?
I just found your blog and I’m loving everything that I see! Your “new” camera is gorgeous! I’ve been looking for one of my very own, and this definitely gives me inspiration to look harder. Your blog is beautiful and I look forward to following.
Can’t wait to see pictures from your new vintage beauty!
Lurvely! I have a camera very similar to this – it was my dad’s in the 1960s, but I have never tried to use it (or get film for it, which I imagine is an increasingly difficult prospect). Can’t wait to see how the photos turn out.
And harking back to something you said a day or so back, if a publisher has approached you about a book, rather than the reverse, my advice would be to go for it! (I have minimal but reasonable knowledge of the marketing side of publishing land. My understanding is that it’s highly unlikely any publisher would approach you unless they thought a book proposal was financially viable). So yes, your book would sell!!
It’s wonderful. My oldest is a photographer and he would love it! He worked with film while in college using my old 80′s Minolta camera. He did his final project with one of those large cameras with the hood over his head. Here is his web site if you’d like to take a look at some of his work. He is working on building his portfolio. I think it’s pretty great! justinhadleyphotography.com
Shes beautiful. My father has an older film camera that I am currently “borrowing” from him. It’s a wonderful thing- the quality of the photos are so much more interesting than what you can get with digital- though having to develop everything can be quite a pain!
She is gorgeous mate! I agree that the solid, chunkyness is so classy and totally irresistable. I have a few old cameras my Father gave me.. you have inspired me to dig them out and dust them off! I haven’t used them in years…
Enjoy your weekend, sounds like a fun one!
Love that old camera! I have been picking up old technical items lately~old 8mm film projector(which my 11 year old son thinks is so cool), typewriters, clocks etc. The kiddos sure get a kick at using the old typewriters! Have fun with your new find! Please post some photos soon!
I can’t believe it – my first ‘proper’ camera in high school was a Voigtlander, given to me by a beloved cousin. In my rush to move out of home I must have left it behind, and I recently went to my younger sisters house for a visit and saw her kids using it for a toy
i have my vintage Canon SLR and they sure do NOT make ‘em like they used to. It kills me that I cannot use that lens on my new DSLR. While I won’t likely shoot film owing to its cost, I’ll never give up my camera. It’s a vintage home accessory with great meaning to me.
Sarah,
Love your post about your new vintage camera. I hope you will show us the pictures you took with your new little beauty.
Hope all is well with you!
Take Care,
Maria
P.S. We had our friends from Australia over for dinner last night. Made me think of you!
I also love old cameras. I have an old “Soviet” one, haha…I think it is…But I love it. And the fun thing is (here people ironically laugh) that it only works with black and white films. Oh it is so much fun playing around with it, isn’t it? Have fun over the weekend, Sarah!
‘Top’ still uses a 60 year old camera with light meter ever at the ready and a case full of lenses! His photos are the clearest and most amazing you could imagine (if only he would stop chopping of our heads!!!) We cannot move him up to anything modern, thank goodness but I wish he would use it more often. Have fun with your new/old toy
What a great old camera. You’re right, it has so much more personality than new ones. My birthday is coming up and the husband and I have been discussing getting an SLR “fancy” camera. Although I would be excited to get photos that have better clarity it’s hard to take that step and invest so much in a camera when our little point and shoot has served us so well. Decisions, decisions. Anyway, have a great weekend and enjoy your new (old) camera:)
Hi Sarah! It’s just a month I’m into this wonderful bloggin world and have found your blog via Dreamy Whites. I LOOOOve your home, you’ve so much style! Your pictures are all so inspiring!!!
And your new old camera is fantastic! You remembered me of my old Leica…I’ve to keep it out and use it!!
Have a nice week end!!
Mara
Hi Sarah, Just spent a good half hour reading your blog. I don’t know where the heck I have been this last week but so busy that I hadn’t had chance to read any of your posts. So much to catch up on, congratulations on the Real Living article, oh I just love that old wooden trunk, wouldn’t have painted it either. Have you taken any pictures with “von” yet? Just love old cameras, must take mine out of storage and start taking some pictures again. Oh and the grey frame with the white one inside, luv it!!!! How lovely was your story about the old folks and their dances. Bet there are lots more stories to read from that manuscript. Am sure I have missed something out that I have just loved reading, but to be honest love it all. Take care and have a good weekend.
I love vintage cameras. I have both my Daddy’s cameras and one that belonged to my Father-in-law. I also have the journal my Father-in-law kept of each photo he took, the camera settings, etc. He was an engineer, so he had that kind of mind and discipline. My Daddy travelled internationally for business and took photos all over the globe. He has Alzheimer’s now, but I have his old camera in it’s original leather case, and hundreds of photos he took from around the world. Enjoy your treasure. It is a beauty!
I love that old camera. I posted a photo of my dad’s old camera last week, but it doesn’t have a zoom like that. That one is wonderful. I was just reading your last post, and I enjoy watching old WWII documentaries too.
Blessings,
Marcia
When we were picking up the “new” table and chairs, yesterday, I saw a camera very similar to yours. It is a kodak though. I don’t know how old, but old. It was a tad pricey, at the antique shop, but o my what a temptation. I got control of my feelings about the camera before I added more to the ticket! I had already added to beautiful vintage tablecloths, to the table and chairs!!
Maybe next time…
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Beach Cottage ladies, we have some vintage linen and some wood/twig washed up on the beach today here in Beach Cottage Land….don’t say I don’t keep you entertained now will you . Come on in. So, yep I have posted about colanders on this blog, about things sourced from the side of the road, about [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Love Vron. . .
I love old cameras and the vintage quality they lend to photos! And your new finds are real beauties! I hope you have a wonderful lunch and that you enjoy your company over the weekend, your menu sounds delish!
Kat
Hi Sarah, Vron is a gem. Have a great lunch.
Can’t wait to see the new candy.
Dinner sounds yummy. I am also entertaining on Sunday Lunch, Menu: Oysters & Prawns to start. Chicken, Lemon & Green Olive Tangine, Roasted Vege Cous Cous and a green salad.
Baked Pears and with almond and vanilla icecream.
Ooooooh what a smashing find!! Miss Vron is a beauty and it sounds like you’re having such fun with her. She’s really in nice condition…I have a collection of old cameras and they’re not in near as good condition. Yay for you!! Have a wonderful weekend!!
Kare
She’s very purty. You were right I can’t get the mag here. Have a great weekend and take some pics of beautiful things…………….and dinner sounds amazing! <3
What a fantastic find Sarah, she’s a beauty!! So great you found something that has been on your wishlist for some time:) Wishing you a wonderful weekend ~ Tina xx
Oh she’s a beauty ! My Dad had one similar in the big leather case, might have to ask if he still has it . Have a nice weekend. Michelle
I still have…somewhere…my old SLR. I am now inspired to hunt it out and have a go at taking some photos. Can you still get film? Sarah have you tried the sepia film that was around for a while? A few years back a friend took photos of their holiday in a gypsy caravan in rural Victoria and the gorgeous photos looked so, so vintage. They looked like a family going hop picking in Kent between the wars. Just rushing out to buy the latest issue of Real Living hoping that the photos of beach Cottage are in it.
That is super cool!~ I am curious to see the pictures now.
I really do envy you with the great finds you get. I NEVER find the kind of things you do. I really want an old camera too…and an old trunk like yours.
My cousin is a pro photog and he has old cameras just like that. I have zero skill with a camera but I’m curious … I hope you post some pics!
I love old cameras, and I am always admiring them in Vintage shops. We have some that we actually used years ago. Yours look lovely.
karen
Our ‘vintage’ camera-an SLR that was purchased in the late 80′s-took the best pictures. My older daughter, who is photo savvy, loves working with film (not that she does not covet the latest digital set-up and mega lenses:-) Happy weekend-spring is springing-yeah!
Love the old camera…the case is beautifully aged.
Curious..inside the cover are those letters really what I think they are… BC??? That would be totally weird and amazing!!! It is reflected in the mirror so not sure…or did you put them there?
I just found your blog and I’m loving everything that I see! Your “new” camera is gorgeous! I’ve been looking for one of my very own, and this definitely gives me inspiration to look harder.
Your blog is beautiful and I look forward to following.
Can’t wait to see pictures from your new vintage beauty!
All the best,
Bonnie
Lurvely! I have a camera very similar to this – it was my dad’s in the 1960s, but I have never tried to use it (or get film for it, which I imagine is an increasingly difficult prospect). Can’t wait to see how the photos turn out.
And harking back to something you said a day or so back, if a publisher has approached you about a book, rather than the reverse, my advice would be to go for it! (I have minimal but reasonable knowledge of the marketing side of publishing land. My understanding is that it’s highly unlikely any publisher would approach you unless they thought a book proposal was financially viable). So yes, your book would sell!!
It’s wonderful. My oldest is a photographer and he would love it! He worked with film while in college using my old 80′s Minolta camera. He did his final project with one of those large cameras with the hood over his head. Here is his web site if you’d like to take a look at some of his work. He is working on building his portfolio. I think it’s pretty great!
justinhadleyphotography.com
She’s a true beauty…kind of reminds me of my dad’s old camera which took slides of MOIS when I was a “cute” little girl!!
dinner sounds awesome..
I have just made some MORE finely chopped minestrone soup for Mr Christian as he is still sick!!
xx andrea
I gotta get me one of those babies:)
Have fun with Vron, can’t wait to see what beauties she produces
Have a great weekend
Alison
Shes beautiful. My father has an older film camera that I am currently “borrowing” from him. It’s a wonderful thing- the quality of the photos are so much more interesting than what you can get with digital- though having to develop everything can be quite a pain!
She is gorgeous mate! I agree that the solid, chunkyness is so classy and totally irresistable. I have a few old cameras my Father gave me.. you have inspired me to dig them out and dust them off! I haven’t used them in years…
Enjoy your weekend, sounds like a fun one!
Love that old camera! I have been picking up old technical items lately~old 8mm film projector(which my 11 year old son thinks is so cool), typewriters, clocks etc. The kiddos sure get a kick at using the old typewriters! Have fun with your new find! Please post some photos soon!
Jody
Welcome Vron! how pretty she is
X
Show us the pictures, show us the pictures! That camera looks neat!
And
I can’t believe it – my first ‘proper’ camera in high school was a Voigtlander, given to me by a beloved cousin. In my rush to move out of home I must have left it behind, and I recently went to my younger sisters house for a visit and saw her kids using it for a toy
I’m over it now. Nearly.
Please post some pics taken with your new toy!
Dinner sounds yummy. Enjoy : )
i have my vintage Canon SLR and they sure do NOT make ‘em like they used to. It kills me that I cannot use that lens on my new DSLR. While I won’t likely shoot film owing to its cost, I’ll never give up my camera. It’s a vintage home accessory with great meaning to me.
Canon love,
jeannie
Can’t wait to see your photos! Congrats on your “new” find…you’re inspiring me to dig out one of my oldies and try some TTVF shots.
Sarah,
Love your post about your new vintage camera. I hope you will show us the pictures you took with your new little beauty.
Hope all is well with you!
Take Care,
Maria
P.S. We had our friends from Australia over for dinner last night. Made me think of you!
very jealous Sarah
i may have to just start stopping in at those garage sales
Oh she is a beauty and from an era when quality engineering cost a pretty penny, not like our current disposable world.
I also love old cameras. I have an old “Soviet” one, haha…I think it is…But I love it. And the fun thing is (here people ironically laugh) that it only works with black and white films. Oh it is so much fun playing around with it, isn’t it? Have fun over the weekend, Sarah!
Oooohh wonderful, I want an old camera too.
Hope I manage to find such a beauty too.
love
Alison
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‘Top’ still uses a 60 year old camera with light meter ever at the ready and a case full of lenses! His photos are the clearest and most amazing you could imagine (if only he would stop chopping of our heads!!!) We cannot move him up to anything modern, thank goodness but I wish he would use it more often. Have fun with your new/old toy
Old Cameras are my “wish list” too! Yours is beautiful. Enjoy!!
What a great old camera. You’re right, it has so much more personality than new ones. My birthday is coming up and the husband and I have been discussing getting an SLR “fancy” camera. Although I would be excited to get photos that have better clarity it’s hard to take that step and invest so much in a camera when our little point and shoot has served us so well. Decisions, decisions. Anyway, have a great weekend and enjoy your new (old) camera:)
Hi Sarah! It’s just a month I’m into this wonderful bloggin world and have found your blog via Dreamy Whites. I LOOOOve your home, you’ve so much style! Your pictures are all so inspiring!!!
And your new old camera is fantastic! You remembered me of my old Leica…I’ve to keep it out and use it!!
Have a nice week end!!
Mara
Hi Sarah, Just spent a good half hour reading your blog. I don’t know where the heck I have been this last week but so busy that I hadn’t had chance to read any of your posts. So much to catch up on, congratulations on the Real Living article, oh I just love that old wooden trunk, wouldn’t have painted it either. Have you taken any pictures with “von” yet? Just love old cameras, must take mine out of storage and start taking some pictures again. Oh and the grey frame with the white one inside, luv it!!!! How lovely was your story about the old folks and their dances. Bet there are lots more stories to read from that manuscript. Am sure I have missed something out that I have just loved reading, but to be honest love it all. Take care and have a good weekend.
gorgeous camera, love the case its in!…i have a very old Kodak given to me that I never used- still in the box…
Vron is charming and quaint…so will Kodak keep making 35mm film? I hope!
I love vintage cameras. I have both my Daddy’s cameras and one that belonged to my Father-in-law. I also have the journal my Father-in-law kept of each photo he took, the camera settings, etc. He was an engineer, so he had that kind of mind and discipline. My Daddy travelled internationally for business and took photos all over the globe. He has Alzheimer’s now, but I have his old camera in it’s original leather case, and hundreds of photos he took from around the world. Enjoy your treasure. It is a beauty!
Love,
Susan and Bentley
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Sarah, I am hoping you will share some of those “misty vintage” photos.That would be a treat!
I love that old camera. I posted a photo of my dad’s old camera last week, but it doesn’t have a zoom like that. That one is wonderful. I was just reading your last post, and I enjoy watching old WWII documentaries too.
Blessings,
Marcia
Love the old camera! They are so beautiful!! Nice find
I don’t think I could be anymore jealous of that camera! So beautiful! Have fun!
Carolyn
i would like to know how much you paid for it.
When we were picking up the “new” table and chairs, yesterday, I saw a camera very similar to yours. It is a kodak though. I don’t know how old, but old. It was a tad pricey, at the antique shop, but o my what a temptation. I got control of my feelings about the camera before I added more to the ticket! I had already added to beautiful vintage tablecloths, to the table and chairs!!
Maybe next time…
to/two oops!