NOW AVAILABLE! THE "TECH NOTES" CAMERA REPAIR CD!
It's taken 20 years of doodling and about 2 months of scanning, but I've finally managed to compile ALL of my "Tech Notes" onto a single CD. If you're familiar with the Tech Notes pages on this site, the contents of the CD are basically the same, except at higher resolution for printing and LOTS more of it than I could fit on the website.... in all it contains a total of about a thousand sketches and photos covering a wide (and in some cases odd) variety of cameras, lenses and related bits of hardware. It's not a complete repair manual in any case, some models are covered much more thoroughly than others; but if you've found the Tech Notes page helpful I'm sure you'll like it. To get a general idea of the basic makes and models that it touches on, CLICK HERE

BIGGER!....................
..........BETTER!..........
....................SILLIER!
VERSION 2 of the Tech Notes CD includes 277 additional Pages of Stuff (up from 1,129 to 1,406)...
including New Stuff on Russian rangefinders, 35mm Kowas, Rollei TLRs, Wirgin, Welta, Steinheil,
Stuff that I Swiped off of my Website.... and over 50 CARTOONS!
Still the Same Cheap Price......
$15.00 includes FREE SHIPPING .... ANYWHERE!

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New Boring Techie Stuff: How Lens Coating Works!
And Another One: What's "BOKEH", Anyway?
And another: How does Depth-of-Field work?


Hi!



My name's Rick Oleson and this is my web site. Most of it is dedicated to old cameras and photography; there are some other things too, including a few cartoons, some cars & related machinery.... even a little family type stuff.

Even though the front page doesn't change much, I do regularly add stuff to the site; so if you haven't been here in a while come in and wander around - you might find something new.

In addition to the Lens Mount Identification Guide and the Tech Notes page, I have (for the first time in several years) actually added some New Stuff to the Photography section!

For the first time ever, I'm beginning to remodel the Camera Collection stuff. I'll post the page links here as I get them done (well, not actually DONE; I'm parking them here while I work on them). In the meantime, the Collection Section is still there, but it may have some holes in it. Here are the new pages so far:

European 35mm SLRs
Japanese 35mm SLRs
European 35mm Rangefinders
American 35mm Rangefinders
Medium Format SLRs
Twin Lens Reflexes

If you happen to be that sort of person (heaven forbid), you might enjoy dropping by the Tinkerer's Corner, where you might find some new ideas for wasting time and amazing (or at least bemusing) your friends!


New Project: custom fitted focusing screens for medium format cameras!
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My Source for World News

Here are links to some of the main sections of the site, in case you're in too much of a hurry to scroll down (but you'll find more stuff if you do):
Tech Notes
Hard-to-Find Parts & Supplies
Camera Stuff
Lens Mount Identification Guide
Photography
Cartoons
CAR STUFF
Gun Stuff
The Museum of Obsolete Technology

Now YOU TOO can look like a Real Professional Photographer!



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"Oderint dum metuant"
(American foreign policy since January, 2001)





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So where does it all lead?
The links below lead to collections of photographs from home and abroad, cartoons featuring my (current and former) cats, and examples from my camera collection, as well as other things I'm interested in. Check in again later and see what's new! If you're interested, my email address is rick_oleson@yahoo.com

(last updated May 22, 2008)




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