Stephen Rothery Photographer

My Voigtlander brilliant TLR Camera with focusing Voigtar
f7.7 75mm Lens. This camera dates from 1932.
Photo edited with PhotoScape, Sepia with Paint Shop Pro
running under Wine in Browser Puppy Linux.

Soviet FED 1 Fedka Camera
Soviet Camera Leica Copy Guide

My Flickr Photostream

My Certo Dollina I, 35mm folding camera. Fitted with a Steinheil
Cassar 5cm f2.9 three element lens. This is mounted in a
Compur 300 ring set shutter. This Certo Dollina I dates
from the early 1930's. Photo edited in Paint Shop
Pro & PhotoScape under wine in Browser Puppy Linux.

LINKS TO MY PHOTO ALBUMS

Suffolk Smallholders Society Annual Show 2007 Stonham Barns Fuji E550
Suffolk Classic Car Show 2007 Stonham Barns - Fujifilm S5600
Suffolk Classic Car Show 2007 Stonham Barns - Praktica Nova
Suffolk Stowmarket Area 2007 Digital Lomography - PCLine VGA Nisis
Ireland Co Kerry Late 1990s - Olympus AM100 Compact
Stowmarket 2007 Remembrance Day Parade - Leica IIIC Elmar
Suffolk Random Photos 2007 - Leica IIIb Hektor
Woolpit Steam Rally Album
Rougham Wings Wheels and Steam Country Fair Alb um
Stowmarket Evening Album 1950 Leica IIIc Elmar
Collection Of Photographs Zenit 3m Helios 44
Rougham Airfield c1957 Kiev 4 Jupiter 8
East Anglian Transport Museum c1957 Kiev 4 Jupiter 8
Suffolk Photos 2007 Fed 2 Industar 10
London Photos 2003 Fed 2 Kiev 4 Praktica BX20
Mendlesham Village Suffolk 2007 - Fujifilm E550

My Soviet Kiev-IIIa camera with Jupiter-8 f2 50mm lens dating from 1957
& Pravda. Photo edited in Gimp in Ubuntu Linux & PhotoScape
in Browser Puppy.

This website is a work in progress and not that well organized and
will constantly be changing. My excuse is that I see this as a type
of scrap book. Also I would like to encourage other wannabe
webpage creators into using free software. The next camera
I decide to write about will result in a more polished webpage.
I am still on a steep learning curve on how to use Linux
which is great fun. For those interested in totally free
software I suggest the following.

KOMPOZER   UBUNTU    PUPPY    SEAMONKEY VLC

NVU   DIGIKAM    GIMP    JALBUM UFRAW

For MS Windows (or Windoz) users I suggest

Gimp Paintdotnet Irfanview  Xnview Photoscape

I would advise MS Windows (or Windoz!) users to try PhotoScape as
it is the best if a tad awkward to use free photo editor. If you want
something more conventional try Gimp, Xnview, Irfanview or the
Paint.net option. These I think are the best and quickest way to
get into free photo editing without wasting loads of money on
rubbish like Paint Shop Pro, Elements or Photoshop.
Most free software is also available for the Apple Mac OS.
Most Linux software is also available in Windows
and Mac flavours.

Do an internet search and you will be amazed what you can get
for nothing. You should remember that the spirit of the internet as
first perceived was to freely and openly share information and not make
money! Try these websites for free stuff, running Windows Software
in Linux and Antivirus.

NONAGS GETDEB DISTROWATCH  WINE CLAMAV

My This is my first camera dating from the early 1970's. It is an East German
made 35mm Beirette with a simple Priomat shutter and a 45mm f2.9
E.Ludwig Meritar triplet lens. It is marked "Made in GDR;
(German Democratic Republic). It was sold by Boots the chemist. It is
one of the most underrated cameras albeit one of the cheapest
available at the time. Photo edited in Photoscape running in
Wine under Browser Puppy linux.

For those who do not know me, I am apparently an avid yet skinflintish
camera collector who has a penchant for Eastern European cameras.
My main interest is in collecting and using rangefinder cameras from
the golden era of photography which is roughly from the mid 1930's to
the early 1960's. You can contact me at the following email address
but please be patient as I cannot respond instantly. Or you can send
me a message in flickr mail and as I am addicted to
this site I will respond more quickly!