15 January, 2015
Voigtlander VC Meter II Light Meter Review
I’ve decided I should review some of the collection of compact camera and rangefinder accessories I seem to have been collecting recently. I was trying to decide where to ...
14 January, 2015
MR-9 Battery Adapter
I have previously written about adapting a 675 hearing aid battery for use in cameras that require a 1.35 volt PX625. I was pretty confident at the time that since hearing aid b...
8 January, 2015
Olympus AF-10 Super Review, or: Pushing the functional limits of a crap point & shoot.
There isn’t a great deal to say about the Olympus AF-10 Super. It’s about as basic a camera as they come. Yet as I’ve expressed in a previous post, there is so...
30 December, 2014
Pentax Espio Mini (UC-1)
The Pentax Espio Mini (or UC-1 as it is otherwise known) doesn’t seem to demand quite the outspoken praise that some of its contemporaries do. There isn’t much info ...
29 December, 2014
Voigtlander R2A & R3A Review
I’ve mentioned numerous times on this blog that I’ve previously owned and extensively shot with a Voigtlander R2A, a camera that I had previously kept when I sold my...
6 December, 2014
Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton Review
I find the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton a fascinating piece of kit, and that’s not just since I have bought it! I’ve been intrigued by it since the day it was relea...
18 November, 2014
Minolta Riva Panorama Review – A simple joy!
If I pick up a camera with a panorama switch on it – a switch that blacks out the top and bottom of the viewfinder and flaps in some plastic panels to partially block the ...
1 November, 2014
Leica 50mm f/2 Summar Review – A lens with a good deal of character.
I very nearly didn’t keep my Leica Summar, in fact I’d almost decided to sell it before I’d even shot with it. First off, it’s an ugly little thing. Mine...
