Compact Cameras Archives

Front view of an Agfa Agfamatic 901 E Motor camera surrounded my 35mm film cassettes

19 October, 2025

Agfa Agfamatic 901 E Motor — Beautifully Loud

By Benjamin Chan

I didn’t expect to pick up another 110 camera after the Voigtlander Vitoret 110 EL I wrote about earlier, let alone so soon after. But when I saw an unusual Agfa Agfamatic...

10 October, 2025

Minox 35 EL review – The Original Minox 35

By Bob Janes

Forty-one years ago, I borrowed this very Minox 35 EL from my father for a trip to Zaragossa. When I came back and had the film developed, I was quite blown away by the quality ...

7 October, 2025

Up-Tech – A Short Roll of Questionable Photography

By Nicholas Johnson

The Up-Tech is a camera. Mine has a face drawn on it, and I bought it after a very mild evening at a local brewery. I’ve decided to write a post about it. A 5 US$ dollar camera...

6 September, 2025

Voigtlander Vito BL repair fail and GAS-fired workaround

By Simon Foale

Lee Miller could completely strip down her Rolleiflex ‘to the last nut and bolt’ and reassemble it in the dark ‘in some crummy billet’, according to her son, Antony Penrose. Thi...

29 August, 2025

Contax T – The OG one The Kardashians should’ve had

By Ibraar Hussain

The Contax T, the one that started off which is now a cult like series of high end electronic Compact Cameras. I had hitherto owned and photographed with the other T series came...

27 August, 2025

Pentax Espio 140 – The Second Best Zoom Compact Camera I’ve Ever Had

By Keith Drysdale

Buying “Crap Cameras” A year ago I started buying plastic zoom compacts from the 80s and 90s to make a series of Youtube videos entitled “Crap Cameras”. ...

23 August, 2025

Nikon Mini AF600 – Shooting with a Lite Touch

By Art Meripol

These days I use my little Fuji X100V for a ‘walking around’ camera. I like my iPhone camera just fine but usually want something a little ‘better’ than the phone. If I carry th...

15 August, 2025

Kodak Retinette IB Type 037 – Cheap is Not Always Nasty

By Dave Roberts

Apart from the Pentax 17, new film cameras are not exactly hitting the shelves every month. While film continues to be popular its a fact that we have to shoot older and ageing ...

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John Bennett on Robert Frank’s Leica (Well, Close)
I understand, although many (but not all) “Barnack” Leicas can be had for < $500. !!
Stefan Wilde on Planar. Ektar. Fotograflar. Istanbul… In 5 Frames
Hi Omar, Capturing the essence of a city with just five frames is a fantastic challenge! I really like your…
Ibraar Hussain on Mount Cook and the Glaciers, 1893
Great stuff, thanks for sharing. I really like both mountain photography and travel writing of the exploration/mountaineer sort, I've a…

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