A Sunday morning. A tabletop sale. An Olympus camera case catches my eye. It’s about the right size and shape. I sidle over, pick it up. Act casual, act casual. I open it and…it...
The Olympus XA, what can I say about this legendary little camera that hasn’t been said before? The XA is like a pebble that just sits perfectly in your hand, it just feels righ...
This story begins with my beloved Canon A1. Shock, horror and snorts of derision echoing off your computer screen, ‘this is a trap, that’s not a rangefinder or a compact’ I hear...
6 May, 2016
Olympus XA4 Review – by Patrick Kuhl
Hi there fellow compact camera lovers. My name is Patrick Kuhl and I'd like to share my thoughts on the Olympus XA4
This is a story about love! Untainted love, a love so strong and pure….. oh man, I’ve got to stop this gushing. Just concentrate and get down to the basics about why...
23 August, 2015
Olympus mju-iii wide 100 review
This little Olympus mju-iii wide 100 became a deviation from a path. If I’d followed the results of a little poll I did, I’d be reviewing the Petri Color 35 now. But...
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...
31 October, 2013
Olympus XA Review – Another Classic Oly – 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 ...