Rangefinder Cameras Archives

11 September, 2024

Barnack to Barnack – my Thread Mount Leica Journey so far

By John Greene

On my journey trying out many different film cameras I went through a Leica M phase, spending time with an M4-P, M3, M2 and M7. When using the M3 which was only a year younger t...

9 August, 2024

Retina IIc and the Kodak Retina system

By Tony Warren

A few years ago my cousin passed her father’s Retina IIc on to me including a lens hood, a couple of filters and a 1958 copy of The Retina Way by O. R. Croy. This informative bo...

5 August, 2024

Leica CL – A Vindication

By Gustavo Toris

Born from a collaboration between Leitz and Minolta, the Leica CL was introduced in 1973 as a premium compact rangefinder camera with a 40mm Summicron lens as well as a 90mm f4,...

31 July, 2024

Voigtlander Vito CLR – Early Experiences with little Stips

By Miguel ángel Mendez

It all starts in the city of Portland, USA where my friend Claus Junker lives, someone who knows my passion for photography and cameras. In one of our regular calls, Claus told ...

21 July, 2024

The Cost of the Mamiya 7

By Andrew

In the early days of the pandemic I purchased a Mamiya 7 kit from an old timer at a reasonable price. This had long been a dream camera of mine and I had been searching for one ...

18 July, 2024

Minolta AL-F – Getting to know ALF

By Paul Quellin

Minolta; you might love the brand, or take the view their products were inferior. I know camera branding can elicit these responses. It was a long time ago, but in my late teens...

Black and white photograph of a Certo Dollina camera.

6 July, 2024

Certo Dollina 2 – Otherwise Unwanted Cameras № 5

By Richard Becker

I bought this on Ebay having never heard of a Certo Dollina before, but a 1930’s 35mm camera with a Zeiss Tessar lens seemed interesting. As it turned out nobody else could mana...

28 June, 2024

Olympus 35SP – A 5 Frame Mini-Review

By Edward Stitt

I have always liked cameras. About 18 months after getting back into shooting film cameras, I have found that I keep returning to the Olympus 35SP. After reading an excellent ar...

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Thomas Wolstenholme on Pushing Color – A Survey of Popular Color Films Pushed By Two Stops
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