Phil's DIY vintage corner

Shot with my Sony Xperia 5 Mobile Phone Camera.

I get Pinterest feeds of topics I like. I got a feed about displaying vintage lenses, one of which was shelves against a chalkboard.

I thought it was a good idea and showed it ti my wife. To my surprise she really liked it and suggested I create a display in our dining room.

"It will look good against the black high gloss sideboard and dining table"

So I found some nice "floating shelves" off the internet, a tin of blackboard paint (£5 from Wilko), some chalk (£0-50 Wilko) and a set of paintbrushes (£3 Wilko)

Here you have it "Phil's Vintage Camera Corner"

Looks good don't you think.

Top Row, Left To Right:
My Dad's old Rodine Camera, Italy, 1948
Fed 4 Rangefinder, USSR 1970's
My Minolta Hi Matic G 1980
Zenit E , USSR 1969
Praktica LTL. East Germany, 1975
Zenit TTL , USSR 1980 (rescued from Camera Club cupboard)
Pentax ME, Japan , 1978

[Dianne]

It does look great!

[Maggiemae]

How marvellous to have a display like this. We have lots of cameras that don't go anymore but I'm loathe to throw them out!
30 years of cameras!

[Mags]

That's awesome!

[Allison Williams]

I have a lot of digital cameras I no longer use AND my father’s camera from “back in the day!”

[Peter Dulis]

quite the collection :)

[Dione Giorgio]

You are building a fantastic collection of vintage cameras. Now you must do the same thing with all the vintage lenses that you have.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great display !

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav.

[Caterina]

Wonderful idea Phil! And wonderful collection of cameras. Fav

[Casablanca]

Love looking at your collection here!

[Pat Knowles]

Fantastic Phil...your cameras look great here & they are all a work of art anyway so fantastic idea!

[Hazel]

I can tell how much this line-up means to you from the trouble you took to shoot this photo. It's a great display! fav (You didn't paint the sideboard with blackboard paint - did you?!)

[Lee]

A great collection Phil, your effort was worth it! looks good.

[Margo]

It does look very good , so glad your wife approved!!

[Esta Moon Artistry]

What a great idea! looks great!

[Phil Howcroft]

@dide @obsidian @777margo @gamelee @quietpurplehaze @happypat @casablanca @caterina @sdutoit @beryl @sangwann @pdulis @allie912 @marlboromaam @maggiemae
Hi everyone , thank you for the wonderful set of comments and faves, I am struggling for content at the moment, the days are short , mostly grey and damp and that's not a good combo for someone who's fave genre is street photography / street portraits

[Mags]

@phil_howcroft Ruby is a great subject and you can always do some candids of the Mrs. =)

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam maggie , no chance of getting the mrs. to pose, she doesn't like having her photo took !!!

[Mags]

@phil_howcroft That's why I said "candids." I won't tell if you won't! LOL!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

What a great idea - love it! There's plenty of scope for changing the display if you fancy, or you could always use liquid chalk if you wanted something permanent.