Compact Cameras Archives

23 May, 2019

Chinon Bellami Mini Review – By Dale Willetts

By Dale Willetts

Like many camera hoarders who visit the annual Photography show at the NEC in Birmingham in the UK each year, I find myself irresistibly drawn to the Disabled Photographers Soci...

17 May, 2019

Yashica T3 Super D Review – by Byron Hawes

By byronhawes

Hey there, I'm a long-time 35mmc lurker, and, now, first time poster. A couple of weeks ago, at the tail end of a bottle of Jameson, I ham-fisted an email to Hamish offering my ...

11 May, 2019

Konica Hexar AF – A Love Letter – By Ong Sien Hong

By Sien Hong

Dear Konica Hexar AF, many have penned their thoughts on you, loved and parted with you. I am writing you this letter because I know you deserved more.First came to know you thr...

8 May, 2019

National Panasonic C-500AF – The Little Plastic Camera that Could – by Tom Shappard

By Tom Sheppard

Recently I was gifted an old film camera. Thank you my old friend Rob Smith for your thoughtfulness. It was branded "National" ...... and for those of us who can remember, this ...

2 May, 2019

Yashica Auto Focus Motor Review and Notes – By Michael Raven

By Michael Raven

The Yashica Auto Focus Motor. I'd never heard of it before finding one in a local charity shop, and for a mere £8 including original strap, case and manual, I thought it was wor...

29 April, 2019

Canon MC Review – The Joys, and Woes of Early Autofocus Point & Shoot cameras

By Hamish Gill

There’s two ways to look at the Canon MC. It’s either a more advanced equivalent of the likes of the Olympus XA with autofocus and auto-advance. Or it’s a clunky feeling, primit...

25 April, 2019

Pentax Espio 115M – Mini Review – by Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

Many years ago, well to be precise around 1998, I owned a 115M. I had just taken redundancy after 25 years as a photographer and was fed up with carrying heavy bags of gear. I j...

5 April, 2019

Voigtländer Vito BL Review – Compact Excellence – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Reading 35mmc can be dangerous to the pocketbook and can lead to GAS (no, not flatulence, but gear acquisition syndrome). I read several glowing articles here about Voigtländer ...

Daniel Castelli on Lesson Learned Again – A One Shot Story
I also learned the hard way to pack a spare. My back-up is a Leitz-Minolta CL. I’ve thought about getting…
Jeffery Luhn on A Castle You Say?
Hey Ron, Nice shots! I have a Rolleicord TLR that works well for street shooting. Something quite satisfying about the…
Marco Andrés on Converting Colour and B&W Film Negs – an Evolution
You are welcome. I discovered the manual inversion method quite by chance. Thought I would share it with the 35mmc…

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