Jim Matthew Camera Collection

27/04/2026

Among our 3500+ cameras are several technical outfits ...

Drop in to check them out on Wednesdays between 11 and 1, or email us ([email protected]) to arrange a visit at a time to suit you.

More info about the kits: https://cameratrust.org/camera-tales/appliance-for-science/

21/04/2026

Drop in and check out our amazing variety of photographic equipment - open tomorrow from 11 until 1

Lester A Dine Inc offered various scientific kits featuring cameras, lenses, accessories, and specific setups for medical, dental, and police use.

06/04/2026

Since we opened the St Monans Camera Museum, we have advertised the collection having over three thousand cameras. That's now a bit of an underestimate ...

We’ve recently updated our flier. Since we opened we have advertised the collection having over three thousand cameras. Well, we’ve had a few donations over the last five years, and rec…

30/03/2026

You *can* touch that ...

(It's camera time, not hammer time)

Our regular openings restart on Wednesday, 11 until 1, and then weekly until September - check https://www.facebook.com/events/calendar for confirmed dates.

You can touch this (it’s camera time, not hammer time!)

19/03/2026

Between the 23rd and 27th March, Benefact will award 100 charities grants of £1000 each.

Nominating us just takes a couple of minutes - our charity details are included in the link below.

Every nomination we get is like a lottery ticket. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have to win, so please encourage others to nominate us too - and your nomination will also enter us for two other prize draws later this year, in September (another hundred awards) and December (240 £1000 awards).

https://movementforgood.com/draws/1000/?cn=SC050024&ct=heritage_arts

Fingers crossed!

Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

25/12/2025

Not often that you see snow lying on the Blocks!

St Monans is a great place for photographers. Great views, our own annual photography competition, celebrated with a village calendar, a rich photographic heritage in the Easton collection, and a hall with over three thousand cameras. What more could you want, any time of year?

(photograph taken in 2010)

10/10/2025

It's easy to nominate us - just enter our charity number (SC050024) and your name and email.

Every nomination gives us a better chance of winning a £5000 grant.

Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

26/09/2025

The heart of Jim's collection was the huge number of Eastman Kodak cameras, and especially, the Kodak Brownie collection, which is missing only a handful of model variations.

Looking through documents that Jim left in the hall, we discovered this photograph of a camera which he would have been delighted to own.

Unfortunately, the Kodak Brownie Target Six Twenty Mickey Mouse camera, c.1946, was thought be one of only two in existence, and hence had a high price tag when it was sold in 1995 ...

(see reverse of card in comment below)

06/09/2025

The Jim Matthew Camera Collection on location at St Monans harbour.

Open again tomorrow 11-4 as part of the St Monans Community Arts Festival.

23/08/2025

What's the connection between William Easton, Eastman Kodak, and a village in the East Neuk?

Apart from them all being East ...

The answer can be found here -

The Photography Village