Gear Reviews & Experiences

Minolta Dynax 9 SLR perched on a wall outside Tintern Abbey

Minolta Dynax 9 – The 24 Year Wait for a Camera I had Put to the Back of my Mind

This is perhaps a familiar story to photographers over the age of 40. I started taking pictures in the pre-digital era. The first camera that was my own was a Canon Snappy 20* – a delight of 1980s industrial design in bright red and grey plastic. I loved that camera, I took it everywhere. Later …

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Minolta AF50 Big Finder and film container

Minolta AF50 Big Finder Review – a Wide Angle Compact to Use Close-up

It has a 27mm lens, is truly pocketable and has been recommended by a 35mmc contributor*; I felt compelled to try out the Minolta AF50 Big Finder. It turns out there are at least two other similarly named cameras – the Minolta AF Big Finder (34 mm focal length, autofocus) and the fixed focus Minolta …

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Praktica MTL3 w/ Pentacon 50mm f1.8

Praktica MTL3 – Back to Film, with a Roll of Expired ‘SupaSnaps’ Film

My first SLR was a Praktica MTL3, obtained from an uncle in 1990, it wasn’t my first camera, that would have been a Kodak Disc camera when I was around 10, but it was my first ‘real’ camera. It lead me on a 30+ year journey with photography that covers film, digital and even a …

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