25 January, 2024
Yashica Mat 124G – First Roll Experiences
The Yashica Mat 124G, an embodiment of mid-20th-century camera engineering. It greeted me with its robust, yet elegant, presence. The utilitarian design, devoid of modern frills...
20 November, 2023
Great Wall DF4 / Export – The beauty of simplicity.
While the wizardry of modern cameras has reduced a once mighty concept to little more than a phone option variance, there’s something to be said about stepping away from ...
10 October, 2023
Mamiya C220 – The TLR Itch
More than a little while ago as a young photographer, I aspired to turn professional, even starting a sort of apprenticeship with a wedding photographer. I had graduated onto a ...
13 January, 2023
Medium Format On A Budget – A Quick Comparison of Three, Low Priced, 120 format, 6cm x 6cm TLR Cameras – By James Hanes
I am a Medium Format guy who can't afford a Hasselblad or a Rolleiflex, so I have several working TLRs which I use regularly. My favorites are a Yashica LM, similar to the Mat12...
9 December, 2022
Mamiya C330F, and How I Turned it into a Swan – By Rene Villaroman
Late last year I was confined to my apartment for a week and that opened an opportunity for me to write about a 6 x 6 format camera that I have been meaning to buy for years. Th...
21 February, 2022
Zeiss Ikoflex III (1939) – Atoning For GAS By Doing A History Project – By Stefan Wilde
When I first bought and tried a Rolleiflex I fell in love with TLRs. They are by no means perfect, but very quirky and eye-catching. I love that. Yes I am that kind of person. I...
24 May, 2021
Minolta Autocord TLR: First Impressions – by Sroyon
I shot a roll with a twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) for the first time this month. But long before I used a TLR in real life, I loved the idea of it – so much so that I thought t...
There are two types of film cameras for me that hold a really special experience, Rangefinders, and Twin-Lens Reflex’. I find that especially the latter offers me a very unique ...