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Advanced Compact

Advanced compact film cameras – like the point & shoots – are mostly quite small. They have more advanced features such as the option to change the aperture manually or switch to manual focus.

In recent years, these cameras have become very much more expensive. They aren’t getting any younger either, and therefore come with something of a health warning. It is quite possible that if you buy one of these cameras it might irreparably fail. That said, it is hard to deny the enjoyment that can be found in shooting them.

As with all the content on this website, if you find something of interest, you can find more similar products by clicking on the tags you will find at the bottom of the reviews.

27 June, 2025

Contax TVS I, TVS II, TVS III and T2 Kung Fu mash up – who wins? Which should you choose?

By Ibraar Hussain

A comparison of the Photographs taken with each of these four cameras and any differences between the results. Should you get yourself a cheap (ish) lowly TVS or go all in and b...
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21 July, 2023

Contax G2 – The Finest Camera Ever to See my Minds Eye

By Ibraar Hussain

Back in 2005 I had just started getting back into shooting Film and had bought a Minolta Dynax 5 to accompany my Konica Minolta 7D DSLR. What I then wanted was a Leica – almost ...
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5 December, 2022

Nikon 35 Ti – Long Term Impressions – By Lennart Klein

By Lennart Klein

A typical Bremisch January day is over, and depressing rain is hammering against my living room window. I'm lying on the couch staring at my camera collection, thinking about my...
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13 October, 2022

Alfie Tych Preview – An Eccentric Camera that Fits in the Palm of Your Hand

By Hamish Gill

The Alfie Tych launched on Kickstarter a few weeks ago, and has just a few days left. It’s a brand new, extremely compact, half frame film camera with, I hope, a bright future a...
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10 October, 2022

CONTAX T – The 1st One – A Compact, Manually-Focused Rangefinder

By grain_frame

The Contax T is a compact rangefinder introduced in 1984. It was the first in what would become a line of premium point-and-shoot cameras, a segment pioneered by Contax. It was ...
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19 July, 2022

Olympus XA – And the Nobel Laureate who used to own it – By Eric Huynh

By Eric Huynh

For me, there are two parts to this hobby of ours. The first is shooting these old cameras. The second is finding them. Which is how I found myself lining up at a dead stranger’...
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10 September, 2021

Minolta TC-1 – On Loan and in Love – By Robert

By Robert_

A little while ago during the summer I organised a Beers and Cameras Photowalk through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford. It was a really nice walk with a beautiful ...
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4 July, 2019

Contax TVS – Mini Review – By Lukas Walter

By Lukaswalter

When my girlfriend and I made the decision to visit Japan a year ago, I had just got back into film photography after a long hiatus and I knew I had to find the perfect travel c...
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