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Keith Devereux
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Retired, Generation Jones. Avid user of shitty film and digital cameras.
Remember, a Gameboy is for life, not just the 1990s.

'Let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars.' Mira Furlan
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So I bought myself a bulk loader the other day. Now all I need is 30m of film to go into it.
The Computrol Bulk Film Loader for loading 35mm film into 35mm rolls.
November 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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This is my version. I still have to take it 'into the wild', the weather has been a bit ... wet just lately.
A Wirgin Exida IA stereo 35mm camera.
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:

Mouse
Rabbit
Sheep
Cow
Shark
The aforementioned shark.
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Good morning. Just back from a blood test, and wowed by these clouds outside the house.
#Cloudscapes #PhoneSnaps
Wispy clouds in a lovely blue sky. On the left-hand side a streetlight intrudes into the frame.
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Oh, My. God. I've hit the jackpot. A 72MP camera, 5-axis stabilisation 5K ultra HD, 3.95mm f1.8 lens. Just look at that lens — and the flash. That's like a lighthouse. Amazing. It even came with a 64GB microSD card.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #Scamera
Front of the 72MP camera. Just look at that flash! The classic white 72MP digital scamera.
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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The top plate of the Photavit IV is really easy to remove, and with a dummy film it winds on and readies for exposure perfectly. But the shutter hangs (like it's on 'B') at all speeds, so I reckon it needs a good flush.
The top mechanism of the Photavit IV. In this position, the shutter is ready to use (the shutter must be cocked first).
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Had a go at cleaning the Photavit IV yesterday. Thought there might have been an unexposed film in the canister so opened it in the dark bag. There wasn't.
An open Photavit canister. Around the edges is old sticky tape and inside is a small broken piece of film which was once taped to the film spool. That tape is well decayed.
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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There's a lot of great cameras on this. These may not be 'underappreciated', but for me it's the Smena 8M 35mm, with its wonderful glass lens, and for medium format the Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16.
A c.1980s plastic 35mm camera from the Soviet Union, the Smena 8M. It has its foibles, but it also has an amazing glass lens. A 1950s medium format folding camera, the Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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I've got far too many ideas swimming around at the moment, and I definitely don't need any more cameras. What's that Mr Postman? For me?
A Wirgin Edixa IA 35mm stereo camera.
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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My favourite tree ...
An infrared trichrome (digital aerochrome) of my favourite tree taken with the Nintendo Gameboy and Gameboy camera. It's actually two trees, but they're so close together it took me a while to realise.
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Until the Charmera is back in stock, picked up a little Keychain camera to keep me going. Reduced in Continente from 19,99€ to 11,99€ as well so got two. One to play with and perhaps, one to circuit bend.
#Keychain #Charmera
Two little Keychain cameras in their packaging, one in pink, one in purple, these are Photo Creator Mini Cam. I understand these are 3MP cameras, so should actually be far superior in resolution compared to the Kodak Charmera. 🤣🤣🤣
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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When I tried pinhole with the Diana, I was really disappointed. But on reflection, I suppose it's not that bad.
(For WWPD 2022)
Taken using Lomochrome Purple, the image has a reddish cast. A row ow small trees planted on the edge of a field. In the background is scrubland, and beyond that a row of trees. The sky is filled with a thick layer of clouds.
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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The haze on this one was all inside. The two front screws allow access to the back and I could use a cotton bud to clean the mirrors and inside glass. Don't remove the little screws, that was to adjust the mirrors.
Close up of the back of the Fotopribor SKF-1 stereo adaptor. These two screws adjust the mirrors. Do not touch.
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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I removed four small screws from the back, which I thought would give me access to the hazy front glass but turns out adjusted the mirrors. I think I got them back in alignment, but it was touch and go for a while.
Through the viewfinder of the Zenit 11 with the Fotopribor SKF-1 stereo adaptor attached. The levels of the two images are completely out of alignment.
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Too late for the Crappy Commie Camera Party, but this arrived a couple of days ago and I've given it a good cleaning. The Fotopribor SKF-1 stereo adaptor. Made in the 1980s for the Helios-44M 58mm lens. Cleaned and (hopefully) adjusted, just waiting for some nice weather.
#ShittyCameraChallenge
The Fotopribor SKF-1 stereo adaptor attached to a Zenit 11 single lens reflex camera with a Helios-44M 58mm lens.
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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If you see this, post a vampire who isn't Dracula.
An elderly man, Jesus, sits at a desk holding a gold device in his hands. Next to him, chin cupped in her hand, is a little girl, his granddaughter, Aurora.
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Not much of a photo, but this lovely was sitting on the leg of the table outside the patio.
A tiny lizard, no more than 4cm long on a brown wooden table leg.
October 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Been doing mostly film photography for months. Yesterday, I powered up the micro four-thirds mirrorless camera and had a little practise with some freestyle surfers.
#Beach, #Surf, #Surfer, #Surfing, #Lohis, #Maldives, #Waves,
A surfers in a white rash vest and red shorts takes a small wave. A surfer in black shorts bends over as he rides a wave.
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Unsolicited Rick pic.
Portrait of a young Rick Astley.
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Thank you. Yes, there's nothing like a bit of pole-arity ...
A second bit of pole-arity with the Bencini Comet Rapid half-frame camera and Lomochrome Turquoise. This time a concrete electricity pole topped with glass insulators against a clear blue (orange) sky.
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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It's half-frame Friday, and I never remember it's half-frame Friday. So here's a little bit of pole-arity from the Bencini Comet Rapid with Lomochrome Turquoise. #HalfFrame #HalfFrameFriday
A telegraph pole against a clear blue sky. Because I used the colour shifting film, Lomochrome Turquoise, the sky appears orange.
October 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Just finished scanning them. Here's a 'sneak peek' straight from the screen. Think, 'bluescale'.
The water towers in the centre of Oliveira do Bairro. Taken with redscaled Lomochrome Turquoise (the exposure was made through the backing layer). This building is a band (Credit Agricola) in the centre of Oliveira do Bairro. Taken with redscaled Lomochrome Turquoise (the exposure was made through the backing layer).
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Last time someone asked this question, I said the Gameboy. It's still the Gameboy, but now I have a new current favourite, the Bolta Photavit IV. I don't possess it yet, and it doesn't work, apparently, but when I get it, it might work again (or it might not). It uses Photavit cassettes, too.
Website screenshot of a Bolta Photavit IV, a 35mm camera from the 1940s. This one has stuff wrong with it: 'The shutter is stuck, and the aperture blades are rusty.' But I believe in it, and I hope that with a bit of love it'll work again. It uses Photavit cartridges which are not unlike the Agfa Rapid canisters but have a spool inside the like a 35mm film.
October 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The plan for tomorrow to (finally) take the films from last week's outing to the lab (Lomochrome Turquoise panoramas from the Horizon 202, Harman Red from the Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16). Also the Turquoise from the Bencini Comet Rapid and a roll of redscaled Turquoise. Tomorrow's camera?
A Minolta Zoom SLR 110 format camera on a black background.
October 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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The Bencini Comet Rapid half-frame camera is loaded with a roll of Lomochrome Turquoise decanted into a Rapid canister. Hang on, is that other canister labelled Lomochrome Turquoise Redscale?
#HalfFrame
A Bencini Comet Rapid camera and the Golden Wonder, the Welta Penti II half-frame camera. In front are a selection of Rapid canisters labelled 'Lomochrome Turquoise'. One is also labelled 'Redscale'.
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM