Monday, September 10, 2012 at 4:14AM ;)
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Last Thursday, I went downtown to see the Seattle Lomography Adventurers Club Show at the Pioneer Square Saloon in Seattle. I met with many of the Club members and enjoyed the photos on display. These kinds of clubs are a great way to connect with other lo-fi photographers. You can see if there is a meetup group near you by checking the Meetup.com website:
Friday, August 17, 2012 at 12:08AM 
Now that Lomography has come out with new films for 110 cameras, I have picked up a couple from my local thrift stores. These cost $2-3 dollars each. The one on the left is a Kodak Instamatic 20, a bare bones camera with no exposure controls. It uses the Magicube flashbulbs, which require no batteries. The other camera is a Kodak Tele Instamatic 608, which uses flip flash bars or a special electronic flash unit. This camera also has no exposure controls, but has a little slide switch which flips an auxilliary telephoto lens in front of it's primary lens for a little gain in the lens reach. I am working on my second roll of Orca film loaded in my Kodak Ektra 200 110 film camera. I am looking into labs that can process this film for me, but will probably process it myself, as it looks like the cost of sending it to a lab may be rather expensive.
110 film, Ektra 200, Kodak Instamatic, Tele 608 in Thrift Store Find Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 7:49PM
I outlined a method of converting a folding Polaroid Land camera to use AAA batteries in a previous blog post.
For those of you who are not technically inclined, you can still find batteries (#531 4.5v, #532 3v) at Amazon.com.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 9:44PM 
I got a few rolls of the new Lomography Orca Black and White 110 film. 110 film is an old Kodak film format that was introduced in 1972. It is a smaller version of Kodak's earlier version of 126 film. An original 126 film cartridge is shown sitting behind the new Lomography 110 film cartridge in the first photo above. The film comes in plastic cartridges, and was designed for ease of use. Loading the film is much easier than 35mm or 120 films. the cartridge is dropped into the camera, wound and ready to go. When done, there is no need to rewind the film. The cartridge is simply removed from the camera and taken to the photo lab.
I have 2 old 110 format cameras I picked up for $2-4 at my local thrift stores. One is a Kodak Ektra 200, and the other is a Tinica miniature 110 format camera. I'll be shooting with both of them over the week, and will process the film myself.
Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 5:34PM 
I just went to the 32nd Annual Camera Swap and Show where I saw lots of interesting and fun cameras and photographic items on display and for sale.
I came away with 3 box cameras, a vintage light meter and a few filters.
The box cameras are (left to right):
Ansco Shur Shot Jr. - 120 film camera
Ansco Shur Shot - 120 film camera
Ansco Dollar camera - 127 film camera
I didn't intend to get so many cameras, but the prices were more than reasonable. ($1 for the Shur Shots and $7 for the Dollar camera)
The light meter is non-working, but I got it because I enjoy it's vintage look.