Compact Cameras Archives

30 September, 2023

Canon Sure Shot 130u II Date: One of Canon’s Last Film Cameras

By Azriel Knight

The Sure Shot 130u II Date was one of three point and shoot cameras released in March 2005 and represents the last film camera release of any kind from Canon. The other two, the...

18 September, 2023

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

By Iain Paterson

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 leas...

2 August, 2023

Minolta Pocket Autopak 460 Tx 110 – A Shooting Experience

By Tony Warren

Reading several excellent articles, here and elsewhere, introduced me to an area of photography I had only considered as snap-shooter territory, the 110 Pocket Instamatics. This...

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 ...

10 July, 2023

Rollei 35S “Art Machine” – My Early Experiences

By John Feole

The Rollei 35 may be the best secret of all. Introduced in 1966, this miniature 35mm film viewfinder camera is more than the sum of its beautifully engineered parts. With a litt...

29 May, 2023

Fuji Zoomdate 1300 – Is that a telephoto in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

By Gaston

Hi, fellow photography (and camera) nerds! Gaston W. here, reminiscing about a time when 'zoom' meant something on a camera, not an awkward work meeting. Today I’ll be recountin...

19 May, 2023

Durst Automatica – Overcoming Scale Focus Fears with an Italian Beauty

By Ibraar Hussain

My photographic journey took a new route recently. I had been scared of scale focus and viewfinder cameras for years - I mean how would one shoot people and portraits with a sha...

27 April, 2023

Canon Multi Tele – The Long Half-Life of a Canon Half-Frame Camera

By David Kassnoff

The Kodak Ektar H35 half-frame camera captivated photographers in 2022 with its retro simplicity. The little plastic film camera is sourced from an overseas manufacturer, Reto, ...

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Charles Young on Preserving your Photographs – My journey through Self-Publishing ‘BLACK and LIGHT’ books
I hope you treat yourself to a modern computer. Also backup SSD drives are quite reasonably priced.
Charles Young on Preserving your Photographs – My journey through Self-Publishing ‘BLACK and LIGHT’ books
Thanks for sharing your stunning photos and thanks for the tips on self-publishing.
Andrew Moore on Preserving your Photographs – My journey through Self-Publishing ‘BLACK and LIGHT’ books
Wow! A quarter-of-a-million images suggests decades of taking pictures; how come so few have apparently ever been printed?

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