Welcome. I'm Star Rush, an amateur photographer and iphoneographer in Seattle. Along with mobile photography, I love 35mm film cameras. I've been collecting a long time. Some say it's a fever. I say it's devotion. This is my collection and some film photography. The cameras aren't precious or valuable, but usable. I like them for their mechanical engineering, industrial design, and the wonderful photos they create. Trying to keep it close to home, I buy 35mm locally at Glazer's Cameras or drugstores. I use a local lab, 60 Minute Photo Lab, on Capitol Hill. Photos and cameras are 35mm, unless noted. Please contact me about using my photos. When reblogging, kindly credit me.

My iphoneography is at http://StarRush360.tumblr.com.

Photos by Star Rush. © All rights reserved.

Minolta XE7, RokkorX 1:1.7 50mm Newest addition to the camera family. This is a product of a collaboration between Minolta and Leica in the 1970s. Silky smooth shutter, excellent heft, and a fantastic addition to my Minolta cameras. Woo-hoo!

Minolta XE7, RokkorX 1:1.7 50mm

Newest addition to the camera family. This is a product of a collaboration between Minolta and Leica in the 1970s. Silky smooth shutter, excellent heft, and a fantastic addition to my Minolta cameras. Woo-hoo!

Minolta QT: 23mm lens, f/3.5 to f/22 and shutter speed 1/30 and 1/250. This is a subminiature camera taking 16mm film.  It’s approximately 4” x 2”.  I love it.

Minolta QT: 23mm lens, f/3.5 to f/22 and shutter speed 1/30 and 1/250.

This is a subminiature camera taking 16mm film.  It’s approximately 4” x 2”.  I love it.

Koni-Omega 100, 90mm f/3.5 Super Omegon A “Press Camera,” medium format 6x7cm rangefinder w/ combined viewfinder and coupled rangefinder. It comes in at about 5 pounds! Fantastic shooting camera.

Koni-Omega 100, 90mm f/3.5 Super Omegon

A “Press Camera,” medium format 6x7cm rangefinder w/ combined viewfinder and coupled rangefinder. It comes in at about 5 pounds! Fantastic shooting camera.

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.

 Brooks Atkinson
Minolta Hi-Matic E Rokkor-QF 1:1.7 I could look at this camera all day long; it’s beautifully designed.

Minolta Hi-Matic E Rokkor-QF 1:1.7

I could look at this camera all day long; it’s beautifully designed.

Agfa Ansco—Folding Camera. Photo Star Rush Folds up flat. The engineering is awesome!

Agfa Ansco—Folding Camera.

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Folds up flat. The engineering is awesome!

Argus 35mm Rangefinder. Photo Star Rush Heavy, really heavy!

Argus 35mm Rangefinder.

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Heavy, really heavy!

Beacon 35mm. Photo Star Rush A gift, with case & strap. So cute.

Beacon 35mm.

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A gift, with case & strap. So cute.

Kodak Hawkeye. Found in Cashmere, Wash. Photo Star Rush

Kodak Hawkeye. Found in Cashmere, Wash.

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Russian Lomo. Photo Star Rush Just arrived from overseas with box and manual. Happy Christmas!

Russian Lomo.

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Just arrived from overseas with box and manual. Happy Christmas!