I have been playing with cameras for around 45 years. In that time I have used many but tend to always come back to Pentax, Rollei 35mm SLRs - yes I know- Voigtlander and Zeiss M mount rangefinders, Fuji X-pro, MPP 4x5 and Mamiya C330 and 645. I am also very lucky in that I live in France but have mainly worked in Asia in the last 2 decades. Korea, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and currently Cambodia.
Why would you use a rather geriatric camera that even when new was a bit of a dead beat and a little unloved? It’s a question I have been asked a few times in the last 4 ...
I love cameras and this is a little bit of a love story. I always have – ever since I picked up my older brothers much used Halina 35X and put a roll of Tudor – a UK...