1 December, 2025
LC-A 120 Review – A Lomo on steroids
This is a review of the LOMO LC-A 120. I received a loan copy of the camera from Lomography (for which I thank them). This, however, is an independent review to which they have ...
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I’m a big fan of the Color-Minotar lens that graces the tiny body of the Minox 35 cameras. About the only thing that annoys me about the lens itself is the misspelling of ...
10 November, 2025
Agima – AGI’s follow-up to the Agimatic
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...
3 November, 2025
Olympus XA2 and Cosina CX-2 – In the Zone
Miniature cameras have long been a ‘thing’ in photography. The original Leica was designed as a miniature camera, using a comparatively small cinema stock. Subminature formats w...
13 October, 2025
Fujica AZ-1 Review – A Swansong for M42?
Fujica didn’t make a lot of interchangeable mount 35mm SLRs, but they did make some interesting ones. From 1970, with the introduction of the ST701, they produced a series of mo...
10 October, 2025
Minox 35 EL review – The Original Minox 35
Forty-one years ago, I borrowed this very Minox 35 EL from my father for a trip to Zaragossa. When I came back and had the film developed, I was quite blown away by the quality ...
26 September, 2025
Super-Frankarette LRII – a German Rangefinder camera from 1959
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,...
16 September, 2025
A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Pentax Spotmatic F / Kentmere Pan 200 / Fomadon R09 Camera and lenses: The Spotmatic F is a true classic. When I reviewed the camera here, I didn’t fit the lovely little 2...