by Marcy Merrill | Feb 22, 2018
The setting: A garage sale in my home town in Michigan. In the back of the nifty old wooden dusty-musty garage was this beauty. No price tag. I brought it up front to the old guy sitting in his chair in the shade. “What do you want for this?” He pondered...
by Marcy Merrill | Jan 25, 2018
Marcy’s Reader’s Digest Camera Review: I’ve been using my cameras way more than writing about them. I decided it was time to break this block using a true classic. Not a Diana. Looking back, I didn’t really have many good things to say...
by Marcy Merrill | Feb 7, 2017
The Arrow is one of Diana’s many sisters. Her aim is a bit off, as the area of focus is somewhat ring-shaped and circles around the central spot on the frame. I’ve put a few rolls through her and they seem to glide through without a problem. There are...
by Marcy Merrill | Jan 9, 2017
Clevenger’s Junk Store (actually I think they used the word “Antiques”) in Aberdeen used to be the kind of junk store where you could buy cheap tools, Army surplus, a case of those frogs that “rivit” when you walk by, used file cabinets,...
by Marcy Merrill | Aug 22, 2016
There was a day, long ago, when the Diana camera was going for $100 and better on eBay. Those boom times have passed and you can now pick up a Diana – or one of her many sisters, for a song. “The Diana, it’s okay, but a little too complicated in...
