3 January, 2018
5 Frames with a Leica M typ 262
I’ve only had this camera for around a week, and haven’t formed any particularly strong opinions about it yet – but did think a 5 Frames post would give me a...
2 January, 2018
5 frames with a Canon Av-1 and a Elicar 28mm f2.8 – A.K.A. “Don’t think, React” – by Gael Berthon
I was looking for a 35mm f2.8 for my Canon A1. After telling a friend about it, he sent me a Wallapop offer from a guy selling a Canon Av-1 with a M42 35mm f2.8 and a FD to M42 ...
28 December, 2017
5 frames with a Leica M2 & 35mm Summicron – by Maximilian Selim
I knew I was in trouble as soon as I saw the Leica M2 and 35mm Summicron in the store window. "Shoot few rolls. If no like bring it back for full refund" the shop owner said wit...
27 December, 2017
5 frames with a Leica M3 & Zeiss 50mm Sonnar
Last year as part of a mini documentary project we were working on at work for Duncan Fearnley, me and my video guy at work James drove 200 miles (each way) to visit a company c...
26 December, 2017
5 frames with a Yashica Minister II – by Malcolm
While on a family holiday in Cornwall in the 1970s, I saw a Yashica Electro 35 rangefinder in a camera shop window. Needless to say, my parents were not persuaded to buy it for ...
25 December, 2017
5 Frames with a Canon F1 with a 55mm f/1.2 – James Greenoff
My Canon F1 came to me just after I’d committed to no more cameras. I have about six or seven good cameras working in a rotation and for the most part I’m an SLR shooter, (I hav...
21 December, 2017
5 frames with a Ferrania Condor II – Francesco Melis
The 1952 Ferrania Condor II rangefinder camera, alongside with some famous and well sought-after postwar productions, is normally considered a Leica copy, although it shows many...
19 December, 2017
5 frames with a Pentax Espio 35-70 AF Zoom – By James Cockroft
Pentax made loads of Espio cameras. You can find different versions all over. The 35-70 AF Zoom is one of the bigger, clunkier ones, and it does all kinds of things, like double...
