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  • Bolseyflex
    Cameras,  Reviews

    Bolseyflex – Not much flex

    February 19, 2021 / 6 Comments

    The Bolseyflex is a medium format 6x6 pseudo-TLR. A very ornate simple camera which I tried out a couple of times.

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  • Voigtländer Bessa I
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    Voigtländer Bessa I – Folding it big

    January 30, 2021 / 8 Comments

    The Voigtländer Bessa I is a folding medium format camera, which shoots 6x9 and 6x4.5. I have used it for shooting during coastal walks.

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  • Lomography Fisheye 2
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    Lomography Fisheye 2 – Fishbowl world

    October 8, 2020 / 2 Comments

    The Lomography Fisheye 2 is a fun toy camera giving you a different view of the world. I pretended to be in a fishbowl for a while with this camera.

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  • Prakti
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    Prakti – Early prakticalities

    June 14, 2019 / 11 Comments

    The Prakti is an East German camera, often referred to as the fist camera with motorised film advance and automatic exposure, released in 1960!

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  • Kiev 30 - Spy the grain
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    Kiev 30 – Spy the grain

    November 16, 2018 / 2 Comments

    The Kiev 30 is a camera that inspires day dreams of cloak and dagger spy games.  It belongs to the subminiature class of cameras, which are specifically designed to be as small as possible.  In reality, if they were ever used for international espionage they had to be small to stay discreet.  You’re not going to get away with breaking into an office, photographing secret documents and escaping a gun fight with a medium or large format camera. To prove the point, there is a version of the Kiev 30 branded the John Player, as in the cigarette brand John Player Special.  This particular and rare version is inserted into…

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    BelOMO Agat 18K – Plastic Fantastic

    October 19, 2018 / 4 Comments

    The BelOMO Agat 18K is a bit of an oddity.  It is a camera that by all intents and purposes sells itself as a toy camera, but has functionality which even some “better” made cameras lack.  When you first pick it up is feels very light and is considered one of, if not, the lightest film cameras that use 35mm ever made.  As it is a Soviet made camera, it continues the theme of Red October this month. The styling is colourful and playful.  The camera does come in different colours to give the impression of fun.  It is also the kind of camera that is ideal for not attracting…

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  • Nikon Lite.Touch 140 Zoom ED AF
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    Nikon Lite.Touch 140 Zoom – A little bit of luxury

    August 10, 2018 / 5 Comments

    Everyone loves a little bit of luxury.  The finer things in life.  Not that surprising we then have a camera with gold trimmings like the Nikon Lite.Touch 140 Zoom ED AF.  A camera that gives the feeling you are using something with leather seats and a top class gold finish.  That is if you ignore the fact the camera body is all plastic, lightweight and all electronic. There is a real surge in the world of compact film cameras at the moment, with some models commanding extraordinary prices.  This is especially true on some models in demand with either known sharp prime lenses (e.g. Olympus mju) or even some zoom…

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    Werra 2 – Oh Carl, Werra art thou?

    June 1, 2018 / 7 Comments

    The Werra 2 is an East German fixed lens camera with a very unique film advance mechanism. I had a go at this camera which embodies minimalism.

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    Canon Sure Shot A1 – Summer Love

    April 6, 2018 / 10 Comments

    The Canon Sure Shot A1, also known as the Autoboy, is a waterproof compact camera. This is a very fun camera which I always take on holidays.

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    Kodak Brownie Six-20 Model D – Beauty is box

    March 2, 2018 / 5 Comments

    Box cameras are without a single doubt the longest line of a particular type of camera ever produced.  It can be argued that they ran for 140 years, possibly longer depending on how loose the interpretation is.  There is even a new one being produced now in 2018! The Kodak Brownie Six-20 Model D is considered one of the more modern box cameras, and as such has been styled to look wonderful, while still aimed at the lower end.  It has minimal controls, but with a promised frame size of 6x9cm, it is intriguing to see what quality a simple contraption like this can produce. Other box cameras have been…

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