When one buys "bundle" deals one sometimes gets.....besides assorted junk... something that turns out to be a good surprise for collector interested in how things were in the now distant past. I bought such a "bundle" that came today. The welcome surprise wasn't even pictured or ...

I would like to see that thing try Bankhead tunnel in Mobile. Many have tried and many got stuck.

Yep. Hard to believe.

I was looking at Ebay and there was a Minolta Maxxum 300si with an AF 28-105 Tamron lens that nobody seemed to want. Since I like Minolta, and didn't have one of this model, I bid. It was one of those fill in the model gap things in the collection. $9 plus another $9 to ship it to me was my winning ...

Now days cell phones have gotten pretty good in image quality. Probably in another ten years there won't be any digital cameras other than the very high end sort. Is that good? I honestly don't know. I do know l when I am using a camera I FEEL different when taking a photo and expect more. With film...

Here are a few more. Most are as would have been issued. Some are not. The differences in holster design are with different notions of function. Some .. most .. have an extra magazine holder. Some have cleaning rods. Some have covers with flaps with stays of some sort. Some not. How they are fastene...

I like the small Sony digital Cyber-shot pocket cameras. Great for trips. I've have acquired an assortment of them over the years. My favorites are the HX80 and the HX99 because they also have pop up view finder and 30X telephoto ability and the 18.2 megapixels are all I need for the way I view the ...

Sony RX100 revived from the dead today. I had dropped it on the sidewalk and it wouldn't work afterward many months ago. Surprise...surprise. Now it does. I was looking at a Sony that someone offered for parts that was one of my favorite models. Lens wouldn't move but screen would light up he says. ...

Just to further confuse things. Here's the B25 at the Pensacola Navel Museum.