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    Minox 35 GT – Little Big Camera

    February 16, 2018 /

    The Minox 35 GT, a review of one of the smallest 35mm cameras ever made. This camera packs a big punch for such a small package.

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    October 12, 2018
  • Cameras,  Films,  Reviews

    Polaroid Sun 660 Autofocus Land Camera – Instant gratification

    January 12, 2018 /

    The Polaroid 600 series of instant cameras were widely distributed for easy way of everyone to have instant photos. Review of Sun 660 model.

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  • Cameras,  Reviews

    Olympus XA3 – Red cameras go faster

    November 5, 2017 /

    The Olympus XA3 is a compact semi automated camera known for quality out of such a small camera. Perfect for the pocket, I use mine as much as I can.

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  • Cameras,  Reviews

    Olympus Pen S – The never-ending story

    October 22, 2017 /

    The Olympus Pen S is a tiny little half frame camera, that started popularised the smaller is better concept. I shot everything I could with mine.

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    Canon VT de luxe – Deluxe and rapid

    May 27, 2022
    Rank Mamiya

    Rank Mamiya – What’s in a name?

    March 30, 2019
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Agfa Jsolette 4.5 – When J is not a J

    September 5, 2017 /

    The Agfa Isolette range of cameras have a cult following.  That includes me as I own both Isolette and Jsolette labelled cameras.  The ability to shoot medium format, especially 6×6, with a camera that is small and at a stretch pocketable, is very enticing.  Throw in the fact that they look lovely, and you can understand the popularity.  I personally like quite a few different “folders” as you can see by another review of the Voigtlander Perkeo I. This model is the Agfa Jsolette 4.5.  Agfa has used the names Jsolette and Isolette interchangeably, as the letter J referred to an I in German.  There is a misconception that the…

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    Polaroid Spectra – Almost Instant

    May 11, 2018

    Polaroid Sun 660 Autofocus Land Camera – Instant gratification

    January 12, 2018

    Kiev 4 – The Non-Clone

    October 26, 2018
  • Accessories,  Rangefinder Reviews,  Reviews

    Watameter – What the?

    August 22, 2017 /

    Scale focus cameras can be fun.  There is no precise focusing, you pre-set focus points in advance, allowing a quick “draw” approach, and the viewfinder is very uncluttered.  They are also generally cheap, so a very easy way to get into film photography.  There is occasion though, where some precise focusing would be helpful, which is where accessories like the Watameter come in. The Watameter is an accessory rangefinder giving you the ability to determine the distance to your subject, which you then apply to your scale focus camera and in theory gives you precise focusing ability. I enjoy using old folding cameras (folders), like the great range of Agfa…

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    Film DX Coding – A photographer’s life hack

    February 3, 2018
    Kiev 30 - Spy Camera film loading

    Loading a subminiature spy camera – the Kiev 30

    November 9, 2018
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Kodak No. 1 Pocket Autographic – The Original with EXIF Data

    May 27, 2017 /

    It’s 1926, you want to record details about your photo and don’t want to carry a notebook, enter the Kodak No. 1 Pocket Autographic.  It might not be automatically recorded, but considering this was 91 years ago, that is quite progressive. Kodak folding cameras had been introduced just over 30 years earlier in 1895 and had slowly been progressing during that period.  The other major line of cameras from Kodak at the time was the box cameras which were very basic.  You can read more about one of them here. We owe a lot to both cameras, especially the folding Pocket cameras, which introduced the real concept of not only…

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    Voigtländer Bessa I

    Voigtländer Bessa I – Folding it big

    January 30, 2021
    Nikon F3

    Nikon F3 – Legend with a red stripe

    March 7, 2020

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