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 2, 2020Nikon RD2 (One.Touch 100) – Auto in 80s
The Nikon RD2 (One.Touch 100) is a auto-everything compact camera from the 1980s. It is a handy little carry everywhere camera I carried with me for a while.
January 17, 2020AGFA Karat 36 v3 – 36 Carat Camera
The AGFA Karat 36 is small folding rangefinder camera with a few quirks.
September 27, 2019One Hour, One Film
The One Hour Challenge is a method introduced by the Sunny 16 podcast to get creative juices flowing. See how I went with that challenge one evening in Auckland!
September 6, 2019Nikon L35AF – Pikaichi
The Nikon L35AF is an early automatic compact camera, which to this day stands up to more modern options.
August 16, 2019Walzflex – The slow dance
The Walzflex is a Japanese Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) from he 1950s. Aimed at the consumer, it was reviewed against modern emulsions.
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.
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.