The Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim 35mm film camera (sometimes shortened to VUWS or UWS) was made in China and sold for not much money as a truly basic point and shoot with an unus...
22 February, 2016
Minolta Riva Panorama – A Fun Intermezzo – 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...
12 February, 2016
Ricoh R1 Review (Rollei Prego Micron) – An overlooked achiever – by Benn
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 ...
The Nikon L35AF is a bit of a cult classic in certain circles it seems. I've written about the Nikon AF3, the 3rd iteration of this camera, but when I was writing about it I cou...
20 January, 2016
Canon AF35ML Review – A Curious incident – by Torsten Kathke
Pray, listen! I give unto you another review of mine. It is, as per the challenge of Hamish Gill, Esquire, Lord of Range, purveyor of most excellent essays and sundry for her Ma...
Earlier this year, while I was visiting San Francisco, my photographer friend Arachide presented me with a bulky yet interesting looking compact camera – A Minolta Explore...
Look at that, my second review for this site: the Minolta Hi-Matic AF2. It is not the most compact of compacts, and it’s a bit off an odd beast, having autofocus but manua...
9 October, 2015
The 35mmc (growing) Guide to the 35mm Advanced Compact Camera
I get quite a few emails from people asking me what camera they should buy. Quite often these questions get asked within the sphere of one or another type of camera, and probabl...