I just wanted to take a moment and give you a little tip on software – and perhaps get a little spcae for freee :) Bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them with the service Dropbox.

Sync
I use it to keep my most important documents and information available, from work and from home… and from anywhere else… well, almost.

Passwords
Together with the little software Keepass (KeepassX for OS X/Linux) I generate random passwords ans save them in Dropbox. Keepass stores passwords in an encrypted file, with one master password. Dropbox syncs the file to all my computers. All I need to remember is ONE password, and I can get to the other ones wherever I am (as long as I have a computer or other device).

Client for Windows, OS X, Linux
I use Dropbox client on all platforms I work on, so I can reach my files without problems on both Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux and Windows 7.

Sharing
You can share folder and documents with other users, or can make a file public and give someone a URL to download a file. A simple way to share documents.

Space
The free space in Dropbox is  2 GB, but you can add more.

What if the service is offline?
Don’t worry, the files are still stored on your computer.

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In Russia a century ago, colorphotos were created that gives you a amazing feeling like it was done recently. My friend Richard posted this link on Facebook, and I though it so amazing that I felt compelled to post here! :)

Russia a century ago

I’ve started a new photography site to show more thoughts and images, not so focused on technique. The webaddress is manualphoto.com

It is also an attempt to develop a different but simple WordPress-theme. Dualcolumn with articles and image portfolio, comments in Fancybox.

Rob has written a good post to read, about M42-lenses, on Brian Auers Epic Edit-blog. He uses the same DSLR as me, the Canon EOS 350D (mine is on it’s last breath). Like Rob I have used the Pentacon 29mm/2.8 and think it’s an underrated lens. I sold it some time ago though.

My current M42 lenses, which I like:

• Asahi Super-Takumar 85mm/1.9
• Asahi Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 55mm/1.8
• Asahi Super-Takumar 135mm/3.5
• MC Helios 44-3 58mm/2
• Auto Yashinon-DX 50mm/1.7
• Tele-Tokina 105mm/2.8
• Pentacon Auto 50mm/1.8

I got a newsletter from pentaxforum stating that they now have all pentax lenses ever produced in their database. You might want to check it out :) They are missing photos of a few, so maybe you can help them out.

I’ve started a group at Ipernity for Drawings and paintings – welcome to join if you want. I know – a bit outside the scope of this site about photography and cameras, but this work is a big thing for my photography. From the beginning I am a painter and I get a lot of my ideas, composition, feeling, inspiration from the history of art and from my own work. I think it is a good thing – an image is an image and people have been creating them since long before the photography of today.

Here you see a slideshow of my album with drawings and paintings.

On film photography
A while back a got a mail from Brian where he told me about a new blog, a film photography blog. I think it looks god, but overwhelmed with work I have not had time to check it out thouroughly. A task for this weekend. Hope you’ll pay Feeling Negative? a visit too.

And more…
I have a new site in production myself, a place where you’ll be able to create a blog of your own :) But it’s not quite finished for viewing yet.

Something I believe peope should study more is the master of photography, or arthistory in general. I can’t say I’m an expert on the history of photography myself, but I have an interest and have studied arthistory as a student, which included some photography. Get inspiration from the Internet:

• The user PhotographyMasters has a lot of interesting things to look at.
• Rangefindergeneral has a film on Diane Arbus.
• If you feel a need for a timeline Photo.net has one
• Robert Leggat has made site with information about early photography
• And there’s always the linklist from Witcombe, a resource I used a long time
• You might also find a lot of places who sell prints and stuff, like

If you have tips, please post a comment with the link :)

I have started to publish wallpapers shot with manual lenses on our swedish development site, http://designbilder.se/desktop. The first one out is a pictures from the lake the other day, a tree with fog. If you have suggestion for backgrounds let me know :)

Don’t forget to check out the wallpapers here on Retrocamera, with cameras and lenses.

I have started two user Ipernity groups for Yashica and Takumar on the community (Ipernity reminds of Flickr, bur a little bit different and for more documenttypes). I see it mostly as another place to meet people who like this old crap lenses ;) Building the network… But I also got the feeling that Ipernity is more for serious discussions, Flickrs has become a bit of fishing for awards and nice comments and almost noone writes critique. Anyway, welcome to join the groups at Ipernity!:

The Takumar-group and the Yashica-group.