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31 October, 2013

Olympus XA Review – Another Classic Oly – by Daniel VanDurmen

By Daniel VanDurmen

Ok, the Olympus XA isn’t perfect, but Yoshihisa Miatani’s design is still impressive, even 34 years on. A small, affordable, pocketable, 35mm f2.8 lens camera, with ...

30 August, 2013

Olympus mju-ii Review – Is It the Ultimate Point & Shoot? – By Hamish Gill

By Hamish Gill

The Olympus mju-ii feels like a bit of a mountain to climb in terms of giving it a review. Not for it’s feature set or for how complex it is use. It is in fact a very simp...

1 August, 2013

Ricoh FF90 Review – The camera that got in a fight with 80’s style, and lost!

By Hamish Gill

The instant you see the Ricoh ff90 you know it was made in the 1980’s. it looks like it got in a fight with 80’s style and lost! Just look at those angles! I am fort...

8 July, 2013

Konica Big Mini Review – Yeah, it’s not bad …

By Hamish Gill

I bought the Konica big mini from a charity shop, I was so excited to have found a camera that I had read such positive reviews about in a charity shop. It was maybe all this ex...

9 June, 2013

Nikon ‘Lite Touch’ AF600 Review – A Forgotten Fling

By Hamish Gill

There is a camera out of my recent timeline had skipped my mind. It’s not because it’s a bad camera, it’s just not that great either. It has cons where it has ...

7 June, 2013

Petri Color 35 – Through the Viewfinder

By Hamish Gill

I don’t actually own this camera, but my interest in it is certainly increasing! A chap named Dan K (@ZDP189) on twitter has a top down view of an Minolta 7SII and Olympus...

5 June, 2013

Yashica T5 Review – The Path to Enlightenment

By Hamish Gill

I suppose it is a little odd to write a ‘part 1’ after a ‘part 2’? But that’s just the way it’s happened … The second part of this stor...

31 May, 2013

Fuji Klasse W – Comments on Exposure and Focusing

By Hamish Gill

I have posted my initial impressions of the Fuji Klasse W here, this is a follow up to that. One film in, and I would be lying if I didn’t slight have concerns. Not signif...

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