I picked up my Ricoh 500G rangefinder for $8 at a ‘Vinnies’ charity shop here in Sydney. Manufactured from 1972, I’ve had this for about a year now. It was my…
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As a photographer for about 35 years, I’ve shot everything from 110 to 4x5, including instant. I’ve also shot digital for about 10 of those years, returning to film in…
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Guest Reviews Rangefinders (Fixed Lens)Olympus XA – Mighty Micro Machine – Guest review by Michael Rennie
The Olympus XA, what can I say about this legendary little camera that hasn’t been said before? The XA is like a pebble that just sits perfectly in your hand, it…
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A few months ago I was looking for a small 35mm film rangefinder with a lens featuring a larger than average maximum aperture, ideally with full manual control or at least…
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Guest Reviews Rangefinders (Fixed Lens)Chinon 35EE – The Poundland Rangefinder – Guest review by Alan Duncan
By the early 70's compact fixed lens rangefinders were pretty much top dog in the compact pool. Particular successful were auto-exposure cameras personified by the Legendary Konica C35 series which remains…
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We all love cameras and film. Most of us spend hours searching for detailed reviews of a prospective camera we might be interested in purchasing, searching for a specific need or…
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I’d never heard of a Petri camera before happening on to this Petri 2.8 Color Corrected Super… Which kind of surprised me, since it’s actually a pretty nice camera. I’m not…
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Guest Reviews Rangefinders (Fixed Lens)Canonet QL17 GIII: Affordable, Fine and Reliable – Guest review by Armin Rebihic
It wasn’t until I was sitting on a train, heading downtown, that a stranger across from me told me how the camera I had on me was great. The Canonet QL17 GIII…
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I picked up this Minolta Hi-Matic E from a charity shop in town, it had black sticky stuff all over it and thanks to not having any batteries in it was…
