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5 May, 2018

Olympus Trip 35 Review – Learning to be More Spontaneous – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

In the past, I always used manual cameras. I measured the light, set the exposure, and focussed myself . Even in a car, I like to be in control and only drive manual transmissio...

28 April, 2018

Canon Sure Shot Supreme Review – By Dean Dent

By Deandent1

I do like ambition from a camera manufacturer. And when you're one of the top players in the game you can afford to be confident. But when you call your camera the 'Sure Shot Su...

21 April, 2018

Chinon 35 FS-II Review – Birth of a Review – By Ian

By Ian

This is a camera review and a birth story. Yes, you read that right. Chinon was a camera and movie camera lens manufacturer famous from its long line of film SLRs that uses eit...

14 April, 2018

Konica AA-35 Reporter Review – By John Furlong

By John Furlong

I’ve always been attracted to the half-frame format and have examples of the Russian variants and the Canon and Olympus models. I was particularly interested in the Konica AA-35...

3 February, 2018

Yashica T2 Review: A Noisy Companion – by John Lee

By John Lee

In my pursuit of a point and shoot film camera, I found myself drawn to the Yashica T series because of (A) the high-quality Zeiss lenses and (B) Contax Ts are way out of my bud...

9 December, 2017

Yashica T4 Zoom – user review by Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin

By Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin

The Yashica T4 Zoom is a camera that is often only reviewed in comparison to it’s legendary namesake. Most of the reviews compare the lens quality unfavourably, but where the le...

25 November, 2017

Rollei 35 Review- A brace of rolleis – by Malcolm Myers

By Malcolm Myers

Last year, my wife rang me from a boot sale and asked if I was interested in a camera called a Rollei 35. I did a quick bit of Googling and, seeing this glorious collection of l...

18 November, 2017

Contax T2 Review – Just a device? – by Adam Laws

By Adam Laws

Camera – Noun: A device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, film, or video signals. Is that all a camera is? A device? A tool for capturing images?

Steviemac on A Grand Day out Discovering a Canon EOS 5, Pal M4 and a Carl Zeiss Jena Panacolar
I didn't realise that the Pancolar was one of the mildly radioactive lenses. I like it, but I suspect the…
Steviemac on A Grand Day out Discovering a Canon EOS 5, Pal M4 and a Carl Zeiss Jena Panacolar
Thank you Gary, I was quite pleased with how the panorama cheat came out. The Agfa Vista film seems to…
Gus on 5 frames exploring the Sporting Gun Culture in Italy
Oh wow, what a cool experience to be at that level! A good friend of mine used to compete in…

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