Following a reasonably painful wrist injury in early 2024, compounded by three of my film Leica M’s being away for repair, I have been using a Contax G2 as my primary came...
I can be a sucker for gimmicks, and the Minolta Talker is as gimmicky as they come. The Talker, also branded as the AF-Sv, is a variant of the AF-S with the same lens and featur...
Automation of cameras. Pentax Zoom 60 and Fujifilm 200 film.
My foray into film photography began in an unusual way during the Covid lockdown. While many start small, I dove straight into the deep end with a medium format Bronica SQ-B. To...
Using a late 20th century point and shoot. Considering how photography has transitioned from film to digital.
As I write this, I have just finished sending the latest in a long stream of emails to Mint/Rollei support about my new Rollei 35AF. I was one of the first to order the camera w...
Years ago (40 years) I moved to the east coast for a couple years. I was loaned a small compact camera. I decided to carry it instead of my heavy bulky Minolta. At first glance ...
I’d like to talk about one of my favourite cameras, the Petri Color 35. Now sure you might be thinking that this is an odd choice. And to a certain extent you’d be r...