Tag Archives: Miranda

Numbers game

Posted on 06/04/2017 by Jouni Rinne

What is the mathematical possibility of me buying blindly two cameras from opposite ends of the world, with years between them, and ending up with cameras with successive serial numbers? That’s exactly what happened recently… I bought the Miranda FM … Continue reading →

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Overhauling a Mirax Laborec

Posted on 26/02/2017 by Jouni Rinne

Laborec is a special camera designed with scientific / laboratory usage or astronomical photography in mind. It was made by Miranda Camera Co., Japan; the first models (from 1965 on) were sold using an old Orion/Miranda bellows system label “Mirax”, … Continue reading →

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Tale of two photos

Posted on 27/09/2015 by Jouni Rinne

These two photos shown together mean quite a lot to me! Let me explain… The picture on the left was taken in late ’66 or early ’67 on Kodak Ektachrome slide film. The person who took the picture was my … Continue reading →

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Infrared

Posted on 29/09/2014 by Jouni Rinne

Recently, I’ve become interested in infrared photography. Oh, I’ve always been interested in it, but now I have actually done something and tried out both film and digital infrared photography. Some of the resulting pictures are shown below. A series … Continue reading →

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Miranda – Micro Four Thirds adapter review (part 2)

Posted on 21/09/2014 by Jouni Rinne

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Fotodiox has now a range of adapters for Miranda lenses. Since then I have wanted to see and test them for myself, so I ended ordering their Fotodiox PRO Miranda-MFT adapter for $59,95 … Continue reading →

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