28 September, 2026
Minolta Dynax 7000i review – Cards on the table
The subject of this review was released in 1988 as a replacement for the Original ‘7000’. With that camera Minolta had shaken up the photographic market. It was the ...
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14 September, 2026
Braun Paxette IIM and Super Paxette I review
The Paxette range of viewfinder cameras were produced in Germany after the Second World War by Braun in Nuremberg. There is another well-known German company (currently a wholy-...
It isn’t pretty and, (despite what it says on the front of the camera) it’s not compact either. But the series of cameras known variously as the Konica Wide 28, Off-road W...
17 April, 2026
3D-Printed accessories for 110 (and 16mm) from Ausgeknipst
At the beginning of February, a representative of Ausgeknipst got in contact with me through the comments section of my ‘Perfecting the 110 re-load article’. Ausgekn...
They say you should never meet your heroes. That has gone through my mind a few times when dealing with a particular Minolta SRT 303 I encountered recently.. I’ve long been a fa...
30 March, 2026
Minolta Dynax 9 and 7 – A Comparison
Although these cameras were known in eastern markets as Alpha and in American markets as Maxxum, the copies I’m dealing with are the European Dynax versions – so I w...
16 February, 2026
Minolta Dynax 9 (Maxxum 9/Alpha 9) – Three Steps to Heaven
This is a review of the Minolta Dynax 9. It was Minolta’s third (and last) ‘professional’ Autofocus system SLR. At the time, Minolta used different brandings in Asia (Alpha), Eu...
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 ...