29 June, 2014
‘Up North 2’ – The lost photozine
Some time ago I wrote a little bit about Paul Schofield’s photozine ‘up north 1’. Then some time later Paul sent me his second photozine mysteriously entitled ...
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15 May, 2014
Pentax PC35AF Review – A camera with a certain charm
The Pentax PC35AF is a camera I have been meaning to review for quite some time now, I’ve just not had the motivation to do so. I’ve had quite a few of its variant m...
22 April, 2014
Modification of Pentax PC35AF to kill the beeping
I’m on the look out for another Pentax PC35af at the moment, as the one featured in this article, along with two others I have has a dicky AF. It seems failing AF is a fai...
19 April, 2014
Minolta Hi-Matic E Review – A point & poke Rangefinder
I picked up this Minolta Hi-Matic E from a charity shop in town, it had black sticky stuff all over it and thanks to not having any batteries in it was obviously not showing muc...
It’s been playing on my mind that I so frequently talk about my Leica M7 on here without it really fitting the 35mm compact camera niche subject I originally intended to a...
4 April, 2014
Leatherman Squirt S4 review (for Photographers)
When I first bought the leatherman Squirt S4 a mate of mine (an action film watching, swears at football on the TV and drinks a lot of lager type mate) told me I had bought a &#...
Until a few weeks ago I hadn’t held a Barnack Leica for a good few years, so long in fact that whilst I knew the name “Leica” when I did hold one, I had no rea...
Firstly, this camera isn’t strictly speaking called a “Prima 120” it’s a “Prima Super 120” or a “Sureshot Classic 120” or an R...