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6 February, 2025

Finding the Best 126 Cartridge Camera – Part I

By Chris Davenport

6 February, 2025

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24 February, 2016

Nightcap Pro – An iPhone camera app review

By Hamish Gill

You're probably wondering what on earth a blog post about a camera app is doing on a website about 35mm compact cameras? Well it's quite simple, a lot of the photos I take of th...

22 February, 2016

Minolta Riva Panorama – A Fun Intermezzo – by Aukje

By Aukje

My first year of shooting film Part 6 (Read Part 5 here) I have a confession to make. I am starting to feel a bit like I am cheating, and slowly it is making me feel more uncomf...

21 February, 2016

35mm Compact Photographer #15 – Frank Lehnen

By Frank Lehnen

I’m Frank Lehnen from Luxembourg, 52 years old, married with 4 big kids and working as a civil servant here in Luxembourg (not necessarily meaning that I have a...

18 February, 2016

Olympus 35RC – 3 Days in Hong Kong – by Jay Meador

By Jay Meador

I found an Olympus 35RC at a thrift store in the US for $15 during the summer of 2015. At that point, I already had a Canonet QL17 GIII and an Olympus 35SP, but this ...

14 February, 2016

Leica M8 – With or without a infrared cut filter comparison …

By Hamish Gill

When I posted the first few shots from the Leica M8, I made comment about the colour being a bit whacky inside my living room almost forcing me to shoot black and white. This wa...

12 February, 2016

Ricoh R1 Review (Rollei Prego Micron) – An overlooked achiever – by Benn

By Benn Murhaaya

While I was visiting San Francisco in September last year, my friend Arachide presented me with handful of cameras. Those were his thrift store finds. I am still amazed by what ...

10 February, 2016

Three simple, non-invasive things to try to repair dead or erratic Nikon L35AF – Guest post by Eddy

By Eddy

Hamish had a frustrating experience with a Nikon L35-AF. His excellent review spurred me to write a few notes on some simple but sometimes effective things to try if you f...

7 February, 2016

Discovering the professional scan – Guest post by Frank Lehnen

By Frank Lehnen

First let me get something out of my system: Film should be wet printed! Yeah, and I should be really rich and the whole world should be at peace. Problem is, I don’t have the s...

Bob Janes on Finding the Best 126 Cartridge Camera – Part I
Strangely I was recently looking to experiment with a 126 - while nostalgia would have led me towards an Ilford…
Kodachromeguy on Argus C44R – The American Rangefinder
Tony, I often thought many American cameras had no industrial design. The Germans made beautiful Leica, Voigtlander, and Rolleiflex cameras.…
Gary Smith on Pentax Zoom 60 Auto – Thoughts from a 3rd roll
My bid on a Graflex 45 Crown was rejected so it's probably best to sleep on this itch anyway.

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