Category: Miscellaneous

I hear a lot about artificial intelligence applications, including such that write real-looking articles. Decided to try it for myself. Found online such an engine, fed the term ‘vintage film cameras’, waited three minutes and voila – article is ready. It does look real, I must admit. It is good enough for a search spider to bite, but nothing more...

Buying collector’s cameras To become a camera collector is simple, It takes two things, to like cameras and to collect them. The liking part is easy, as cameras made between the late 1800’s and about 1970 are a state of the art objects in any which way you’ll look at them; mechanics, optics, and design. It is easy to fall...

Perils of buying online, chapter 2, Catawiki As an old Chinese adage goes – if you want cameras, you need to buy them. So I do. One of the available sources is Catawiki. If you don’t know what Catawiki is, do not despair. Even the good people at Catawiki are yet to decide what they are; online catalogue, online auction,...

Perils of buying online, chapter 1, Buyee Buying cameras online opens doors to unexpected escapades. I’ve heard about Buyee, a proxy service for buying goods from Japan from either online suppliers or from Yahoo auctions. While Yahoo seems to wane globally, it holds fort in Japan and Yahoo Auctions – Y! Auction – is the main online auction house there....