Not quite the Volkswagen factory but pretty neat little video shows the design and production of this venerable German camera accessory manufacturer.
Kogan Australia now selling Leica Digital cameras.
We noticed that Kogan is now selling the Leica M-E and X2 at very competitive prices. $1000.00 difference in price on the M-E body wow!
Photos from Mainline Customer’s Autographic Kodak Jr
Mainline customer Clay has recently had his Kodak Autographic Junior restored with us. He emailed us some great black and white photos taken with this grand old camera
Kodak Autographic Junior + Ilford Delta 400
Kodak Autographic Junior + Ilford Delta 400
Kodak Autographic Junior + Ilford Delta 400
A bit about this camera:
The Autographic Kodak Jr camera is a medium format camera with a fold out lens-bellows assembly that was produced between 1914 and 1927. Kodak made over 800,000 units making this one of the first mass production cameras of the 20th century. If featured a B&L lens with effective apertures from f8 - f32. The camera came with a stylus which allowed the photographer to write things upon the film paper such as the date or the subject of a photograph. Hence “Autographic.”
New Artisan & Artist Camera Pouch is Revolutionising Camera Access
When you don’t want to use a camera bag but still want top quality protection for your gear then the Artisan & Artist wrap fits the bill perfectly.
The Artisan & Artist camera wrap protects your camera while keeping a low profile. Simply fold it around your piece of equipment and you are ready to throw it in your bag for transport. Made of a lightweight material, the camera wrap affords great protection at a minimum weight cost (an area of constant vigilance with those travel photographers among you)
Available now at the Mainline website
Macro and Fisheye Lenses now available for order!
We are proud to announce our partnership with Japan based company Yasuhara. We will be supplying their exciting macro and super wide angle lenses to keep both ends of the focal length spectrum available to photographers on a budget.
Pricing has been set at a very affordable $299.00 for the Fisheye lens available in Sony NEX mount, and $499.00 for the Nano lens which is available in both NEX and MFT mounts. Click on the image of our showroom foyer to see the full size version.
The MADOKA 180 Degree Fisheye really performs, lots of fun to be had here.
The awesome NANAHO X5 Lens.
This Nano lens really should be considered a Microscope lens objects need to be 11mm in front of the lens, read more about the lenses here on the Yasuhara website.
NanohaX5 from Jean-Baptiste Lefournier on Vimeo.
Pretty cool for Nano video too!
New Gordy’s Brown Straps Available
We are now carrying a supply of Gordy’s world famous camera straps in a new brown finish:
New Brown Strap on a Fuji X100
Order now at http://www.mainlinephoto.com.au
Restoration & Repair
As a part of my apprenticeship here at Mainline, I am learning about restoring and repairing old M series cameras. To further my education in this black art, I have acquired a Double Stroke Leica M3 from one of our customers.
When I first picked up the camera, the slow shutter speeds (1sec, 1/2 sec etc) were double to three times the marked duration on the dial, parts of the leatherette were missing and the viewfinder was less than perfect. These are pretty normal signs of wear that you will see on many M3s (especially the older Double Stroke models).
