Konica produced Sakura film (later simply rebranded to ‘Konica’). They were the second-largest film producer in Japan after Fujifilm. As well as their own films, they produced f...
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28 April, 2023
Konica TC and T4 SLRs – The Last of the Steam Powered Trains
Back in the 1970s competition in the SLR camera market was fierce. Most companies needed to innovate regularly to maintain their profile and market share. Konica had been buildi...
23 April, 2023
5 Frames with the Spinner 360°
I've had a thing about panoramas for some time and have experimented with rotation points and stitching software quite a bit over the years. Analogue panoramas are something els...
Dedicated panoramic cameras tend to be a bit pricey. This Lomography Spinner 360° is refreshingly affordable. It retails new for £89 on the Lomography website. I bought a shop-s...
15 January, 2023
Travelling from Pittsburgh to West Hollywood : Canonet 28 roll #5
You can read about the Travelling Canonet project here. We have over 50 photographers on 4 continents waiting to take part. Two Canonets are involved, each travelling in a diffe...
12 December, 2022
Praktica BX20 – End of the line for Pentacon – By Bob Janes
I’ve recently been shooting with a Praktica BX20, which was one of the last Praktica models produced by Pentacon before they were wound up in the wake of German unification.
Th...
28 November, 2022
Super Ikonta 532/16 Review – An Ikon – By Bob Janes
The Ikonta range of folding medium format cameras complemented Zeiss Ikon's Contax ‘system’ camera. They combined quality optics with leaf shutters in sophisticated bodies. The ...
The first camera I owned and used extensively was a Konica Autoreflex T3; a real brick of a camera. I was always a big advocate for the T3, and used it extensively for 20 years....