Cameras we own
Agfamatic 508
In 1979, I, Frans, got an
Agfamatic 508 camera for 110 film cartridges from my
parents. It is a very simple camera, with fixed lens and
fix slutter time. It also came with some one-time flash bulbs.
Minolta
In 1981, I got this camera from my parents for my
highschool graduation. It is a simple camera, but
it did have some abilities for adjusting the focus
and the slutter time. It also had a build in flash-light,
which you have to switch on yourself. But it did have a
"use-flash-light" indicator, which also could be used
for estimating which slutter time should be selected.
When Li-Xia's mother visited
us for the birth of Annabel,
she brought a Zenit 122 camera with her with a set of lenses,
which Xiao Zhong had bought
for us in Russia. It consisted of:
- Zenit 122 camera with serial number 93078132.
- Helios 44M, 58 mm lens with serial number 8254068.
- Helios 44M-5, 58 mm lens with serial number 92439084.
- Jupiter-21M, 200 mm lens with serial number 93042691.
- MC 3M-5CA, 500 mm (Maksutov type) telescopic lens with serial number 941598.
- Tk-2, two times multiplier with serial number 002016.
- Two macro extention rings.
Later on, I bought a UNOMAT B24auto flashlight for it
and also a Kenlock MC-tor 28 mm lens with serial number 282861.
I also bought an occular for the lenses, which gives a
magnification of the focal distanced divided by 10 mm.
Mentioning of this camera and lenses:
- Monday, April 1, 1996:
Looking at comet Hyakutake.
- Saturday, July 12, 2003:
Initial experimentation with 500 mm lens.
- Sunday, July 13, 2003:
Using 500 mm lens to photograph ant.
- Tuesday, August 5, 2003:
Using the lenses to photograph the moon.
- Wednesday, August 13, 2003:
Take more photographs from the moon.
- Tuesday, June 8, 2004:
Watching Venus transit.
- Sunday, September 4, 2011:
Trying to spot SN2011fe.
- Saturday, October 1, 2011:
Supernova 2011fe.
After having photographed with the Zenit, we decided
to buy a modern camera, that would allow both manual
and automatic operation. We finally, selected the Minolta
Dynax 505si with a AF 28-80 lens, and bought this on
February 13, 1999. (The times that I used any of the
manual operation modes can be counted on one hand.)
Lately, I for some time carried this
camera with me in my bag. Mentioning of this camera:
Our first digital camera. Takes good pictures, if you
avoid bright spots and strange light conditions. The
flashlight is rather useless. It often leads to over
exposed pictures. It also lacks an on/off switch. Nowadays,
I swap one of the batteries in the battery compartment.
Also the transfer throught the serial cable is slow.
We bought this camera on April 7, 2001.
I used to carry this camera with
me in my bag until I got the Canon A530.
Mentioning of this camera:
Not a real camera, but still I made some interesting
pictures with it. Mentioning of this webcam:
- Thursday, July 5, 2001:
Got it as a present at my farewell party at my employer.
- Saturday, July 12, 2003:
Initial experimentation with 500 mm lens.
- Sunday, July 13, 2003:
Using 500 mm lens to photograph ant.
- Tuesday, August 5, 2003:
Using the lenses to photograph the moon.
- Wednesday, August 13, 2003:
Take more photographs from the moon.
More of a gadget than a serious camera. Li-Xia bought it on
Monday, July 7, 2003.
For a sample of the pictures we took with it, see
my photoblog.
I used to carry this camera with
me in my pocket. Mentioning of this camera:
The camera has a slight fish-eye effect in the sense that
the middle of the camera seems to buldge forward. This
is caused by the fact that the lense is very close to the
censor. This lense error can be corrected using
the Gimp Mathmap
function. This can be found through the pop-up menu
by following "Filters" -> "Generic" -> "MathMap"
-> "MathMap". In the second tab you can fill in a formulea
to be used. The formulea which I have used is
"origValRA(r^(1.5-t)/R^(0.5-t),a)", which is given as one
of the examples, if I remember correctly. On the first tab
you can change the value for t. It seems that a value of
5.6 gives a good result.
As a preparation of our trip to China in 2010 we bought a Canon A530. This
camera is a replace for the Trust Photocam 1300.
I used to carry this camera with me
till July 9, 2010, when Annabel took it with her.
Mentioning of this camera:
Our latest digital camera, which we bought on
July 10, 2010, just two days
before we left to China.
I decided to buy a camera because Annabel took the Canon A530 with
her on holiday. I usually carry this
camera with me.
On February 21, 2016, I noticed some shadow on the right side of the the image
just below the middle (see image on the right), which
seems to be cause by some contamination close to the sensor, not by dirt on the
lens.
By the end of 2016 the contamination seems to have disappeared.
On February 21, 2018, I had to open up the
camera, when an SD card got stuck.
On June 9, 2022, I received an USB cable to connect
to the camera.
On April 23, 2024, I opened the camera and took out
a very small wire-like piece of dirt from the glass window before the sensor of
the camera.
On September 15, 2022, the Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82 arrived that we bought
online.
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