I was hooked on ghost-town photography the instant I viewed my pal’s photographs of Belmont, Nevada—the crumbling old buildings, abandoned mining equipment, dilapidated fire truck, crumbling courthouse, and all manner of detritus scattered through the site. Images flashed through my mind of the town in 1905, when it was fully functional as the county seat […]
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Early Leica Cameras
Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar produced their first Leica camera in 1913. In 1925 Leitz introduced the Leica model 1A and continued its production until 1930. The model 1A was the first mass produced 35mm camera of high quality. Following were a series of several dozen cameras with constantly improving functions and reliability. Introduced in 1933, […]