March 7, 2020Nikon F3 – Legend with a red stripe
The Nikon F3 is an iconic 35mm SLR camera, with the distinctive red line. Being one of my main manual cameras, I have written my thoughts about it.
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February 14, 2020Fujifilm Natura (Superia) 1600 – The need for colour speed
Fujifilm Natura (Superia) 1600 was a high speed colour negative film which is greatly missed. I shot a few rolls and understand why.
January 17, 2020AGFA Karat 36 v3 – 36 Carat Camera
The AGFA Karat 36 is small folding rangefinder camera with a few quirks.
October 24, 2019Canon 50mm 1.8 LTM – mainly at night
The little Canon 50mm f/1.8 LTM lens has found a way into my camera bag and more. I tried it out in difficult night time conditions after a disaster with an old Leica rangefinder.
September 6, 2019Nikon L35AF – Pikaichi
The Nikon L35AF is an early automatic compact camera, which to this day stands up to more modern options.
July 26, 2019Nikon FM2n – Small and tough
The Nikon FM2 and FM2n aimed as a consumer camera is anything but, this extremely well built SLR just lets you get on with being creative.
June 14, 2019Prakti – Early prakticalities
The Prakti is an East German camera, often referred to as the fist camera with motorised film advance and automatic exposure, released in 1960!
May 23, 2019Hasselblad XPan – Xpand the panoramic
The Hasselblad XPan is an iconic panoramic 35mm rangefinder camera with expected quality and a very unique format.
May 4, 2019Canon Sure Shot 70 Zoom – Compact Zooming
The Canon Sure Shot 70 Zoom is a compact from the 90s, when plastic compacts were all the rage.
April 20, 2019Nikon F2 – Ultimate Legend
The Nikon F2 is often considered the ultimate mechanical single lens reflex camera, the photographer’s camera. Read about the camera which cemented photojournalism into popular culture.