rangefinder camera Archives

19 December, 2025

Leidolf Lordomat & C35 – Hidden gems from Wetzlar

By Alex Peter

The Leidolf Lordomat is the most important camera in my collection because it belonged to my father. My father bought the camera around 1954. As an enthusiastic athlete, he also...

9 December, 2025

Leica M3 – Becoming an Owner in 2025: Romance, Reality, and a Very Shiny Viewfinder

By Tony Page

In 2025, it feels like everyone has an opinion on film photography. For some, it is nostalgia, for others it is a TikTok trend, for a few it is a fully fledged cult. Somewhere b...

20 November, 2025

5 Frames with a Braun Super Paxette using Dragon No.1 film

By Alastair Bell

I love old film cameras. It’s led me to build a small collection including a Kodak Retina IIIc (which I’m not a massive fan of), Voigtlander Vitomatic IIa (which I l...

10 November, 2025

Agima – AGI’s follow-up to the Agimatic

By Bob Janes

Previously on Cameras of Croydon… This is my third review of a camera model from Aeronautical General Instruments of Croydon, South London, under their AGILUX brand. The A...

17 October, 2025

Voigtlander VF 135 – A Very Small Review

By Sorin Lazarescu

I must confess, right from the beginning, that for the last 40 years or so, if not even longer, I have been a rangefinder user only; I stopped using SLR cameras, and quite an ex...

10 October, 2025

Leica iiig – a Filmfurbish Edition / Rose Tinted Review

By Hamish Gill

The Leica iiig is a camera that I have previously been uncertain I would like – I saw it as almost a worst of two worlds option from its era. It’s a camera from a period w...

26 September, 2025

Super-Frankarette LRII – a German Rangefinder camera from 1959

By Bob Janes

They don’t make cameras like the Super-Frankarette any more. Franka-Kamerawerk (Franka being a German region and nothing to do with Franke & Heidecke) was based in Beyreuth,...

19 September, 2025

Kodak 35RF coupled rangefinder from 1949.

By Tony Warren

Kodak 35RF.

Eric on The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone – My 2025 picture of the year
Amen brother! Welcome to Perfection Anonymous. I love your shot, it has all the elements of an expressive image. On…
Eric on Bad Luck at Heian Jingu Shrine – One Shot Story
The universe has so many comical ways to let us know we just are not in control. What a lovely…
Jonathan Murray on The Carousel Bar at Hotel Monteleone – My 2025 picture of the year
Art, Many thanks. I love your allusion to the child like vision. Spot on! This is a special place and…

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