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13 September, 2018

Minolta AF 35R QD Review – A Brief Encounter – by Taylor Ervin

By tervin1121

Earlier this year I decided to start taking analog photography more seriously. I work in Television (for money), and independently, I produce documentaries and short films. I wa...

3 September, 2018

Olympus AF10 Twin Review – Two Lenses For The Price Of One – By Rick Davy

By rd

What does £3 of your hard earned cash get you these days? Well, if you look hard enough you might be able to grab yourself a Olympus AF10 Twin. Car boot sale and charity shops a...

26 August, 2018

Contax TVSii – a review with a few comparisons to the T2

By Hamish Gill

The Contax TVSii is the 2nd of 3 zoom lens cameras in the Contax T range - the TVS came before, and the TVSiii followed. Though quite similar in appearance to the fixed focal le...

3 August, 2018

Canon AF35M Review – Making Mere Adequacy Intriguing – by Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

Canon is the one photography brand that has continually had the distinction of inspiring me the least. There's nothing wrong with Canon. Canon makes great cameras that make grea...

19 July, 2018

Rollei Prego 70 Review: The Trouble With Names – Pedro Trevino’s P&S Journal #3

By Pedro Trevino

The Rollei Prego 70 came to me in a box of Olympus cameras; with its aluminum chassis that's the size of a mju-ii, it stands out from the Trip-branded black plastic affairs. I s...

7 July, 2018

Yashica Ninja Star II AF-J2 Review – Thoughts on Salvage (NSFW) – Pedro Trevino’s P&S Journal #2

By Pedro Trevino

The The Yashica Ninja Star II AF-J2 isn’t my first Yashica. Early last year I found an odd plastic camera I hadn’t heard of: a Kyocera P. Mini 2. At the time, I was unawar...

27 June, 2018

Olympus Mju II Zoom 80 Panorama Review – by Ken Hindle-May

By Ken Hindle-May

A Sunday morning. A tabletop sale. An Olympus camera case catches my eye. It’s about the right size and shape. I sidle over, pick it up. Act casual, act casual. I open it and…it...

23 June, 2018

Pentax Zoom 105 Super Review – By Pedro Trevino

By Pedro Trevino

Some context: I started negotiating yard sales, thrift stores, Craigslist, and auctions for point-and-shoot cameras in March 2017, a month after Ren Hang’s death. The idea was t...

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Tony Warren on High Risk, High Reward (or, Against Spray and Pray)
Which is why you do what you do so well and capture such telling images Andrea. Always a treat.
Tony Warren on Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini & Zoom with Kodak Colorplus 200.
Looking forward to reading those. The leaf shutter reflexes have long interested me but I have never managed to try…
Alastair Bell on High Risk, High Reward (or, Against Spray and Pray)
A great article Andrea and one which in the most part I concur with. I have tried sports photography, weddings,…

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