In my never ending quest of looking for new cameras to try out I tend to mostly look for overlooked “hidden gems”, models that for one reason or another are not the focus of any attention today. One of the cameras I encountered in that search was the Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor, which Hamish reviewed here before.
In the modern day, the Mamiya name is pretty much synonymous with medium format cameras. Some film photography enthusiasts might not even know that the company also produced many 35mm cameras back in the day. From what I read the Mamiya 35mm SLRs sold quite well, yet they seem largely forgotten today. Our community likes …
The Voigtlander VSL 1 is a camera with an interesting and somewhat complicated history. It was originally launched in 1971 as Zeiss Ikon SL706, the last camera of that famous company before its demise just a year later. Zeiss Ikon assets were sold to various buyers, among them Rollei which acquired the SL706 design and the rights to another famed German name – Voigtlander.
I bought the Praktica FX3 for one reason – to try an SLR with a waist-level viewfinder without spending a lot of money. I didn’t need one with a lens since I already had some M42 ones and so mere 15 euro got me a body with the original case in a very nice condition.
Despite shooting film for almost nine years now, until recently I have never taken a picture on black and white film. It just wasn’t my thing. But when I got two rolls of Ilford XP2 Super included in a random film assortment, I knew I wasn’t gonna get a better opportunity to finally try it.
