User:Voxphoto
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...is Ross Orr, hailing from the town where Argus cameras were made. I also answer to "Vox."
I'm interested in classic mechanical cameras of the late 1950s and early 1960s. I have a small stash of useful primary materials, in the form of vintage camera magazines from the period. (Let me know if you're looking for a specific piece of information and I might be able to help.)
I also shoot photos with a wide range of cameras, which you could check out at my Flickr photostream.
I sporadically blog about film-camera tech at Silverbased.org
I've worn a few different hats in life. I wrote some articles for MAKE: magazine; did restoration of natural areas (including setting the world on fire—don't worry, I promise it's White Hat); I've sold some photography; and I often seem to be building something, whether little, medium, or big.
Serious
After a couple of years when I vociferously "retired" from camera-wiki.org involvement, I find that I've had a new burst of energy to write about cameras again, particularly around a couple of areas:
- "User" (rather than collector) cameras, particularly SLRs of the 1975-1985 time frame
- Manufacturers who were prolifically rebranded in other markets: Cosina, Chinon, Ricoh, etc.
- The era of Argus that collectors groan about, when they'd left Ann Arbor and were importing random overseas cameras
Silly
As I have been clicking willy-nilly all over Flickr, searching for camera images, I'm often entertained what shows up with a particular keyword search. For your amusement, here are a couple:
- A New York photographer who tattooed the Argus Camera logo on her ankle
- Snarling curs with the tag Soligor
- Unexpected results when searching for Beauty Camera
- Approximately 27% of Flickr's pictures of cameras all have the same title.
- Is this a rare twin-lens reflex from Mansfield?
- When searching for Argus cameras, there are some things you just don't want to see.
- Aubertin was a maker of cameras in France, and this is not one of them.
- What is the difference between the Full-Vue and the Spartaflex?
