28 March, 2015
Nikon AF3 – One roll review
The Nikon AF3 has a total of two buttons, two switches and two LEDs. To say it is a basic camera would be an understatement. But adorning the front of this more-than-basic camer...
In the spring 2014, while preparing for my two week trip to Japan, I was on the lookout for a new compact camera. I was thinking (I still am) about buying a Contax T3, maybe eve...
8 March, 2015
Minolta AF101R review – by Maulana Randa
Wide angle lens is something very common on cheap point and shoot 35mm film camera back then. That’s because short focal length combined with small aperture can create eno...
25 February, 2015
Konica Hexar AF Mini Review – by Rob MacKillop
I hesitate writing a review of a camera, mainly because I do not intuitively understand technical processes or jargon – which is what a lot of reviews concern themselves w...
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...
30 December, 2014
Pentax Espio Mini (UC-1)
The Pentax Espio Mini (or UC-1 as it is otherwise known) doesn’t seem to demand quite the outspoken praise that some of its contemporaries do. There isn’t much info ...
18 November, 2014
Minolta Riva Panorama Review – A simple joy!
If I pick up a camera with a panorama switch on it – a switch that blacks out the top and bottom of the viewfinder and flaps in some plastic panels to partially block the ...
27 September, 2014
Minolta TC-1 Review – An Eccentric Beauty
The Minolta TC-1 always struck me as an odd looking little camera with a few feature and design choices that just didn’t sit well with me. But over that last 6 months R...