Compact Cameras Archives

19 July, 2018

Rollei Prego 70 Review: The Trouble With Names – Pedro Trevino’s P&S Journal #3

By Pedro Trevino

The Rollei Prego 70 came to me in a box of Olympus cameras; with its aluminum chassis that's the size of a mju-ii, it stands out from the Trip-branded black plastic affairs. I s...

7 July, 2018

Yashica Ninja Star II AF-J2 Review – Thoughts on Salvage (NSFW) – Pedro Trevino’s P&S Journal #2

By Pedro Trevino

The The Yashica Ninja Star II AF-J2 isn’t my first Yashica. Early last year I found an odd plastic camera I hadn’t heard of: a Kyocera P. Mini 2. At the time, I was unawar...

27 June, 2018

Olympus Mju II Zoom 80 Panorama Review – by Ken Hindle-May

By Ken Hindle-May

A Sunday morning. A tabletop sale. An Olympus camera case catches my eye. It’s about the right size and shape. I sidle over, pick it up. Act casual, act casual. I open it and…it...

23 June, 2018

Pentax Zoom 105 Super Review – By Pedro Trevino

By Pedro Trevino

Some context: I started negotiating yard sales, thrift stores, Craigslist, and auctions for point-and-shoot cameras in March 2017, a month after Ren Hang’s death. The idea was t...

10 June, 2018

Solarcan Review – Solography; it does exactly what it says on the tin!

By Hamish Gill

Solography is a photographic technique that allows for extremely long exposures that trace the path of the sun in the sky over the course of months, or even a whole year. A Sol...

25 May, 2018

Ricoh FF-90 Super Review – A Landscape Photographer’s New Companion – By Adam Smith

By AdamKendall

A couple of months ago I found myself heading to Wilson’s, a local antiques shop. Overlooking the aqua- marine waters of Lake Michigan, this shop is a popular destination for an...

12 May, 2018

Fuji Natura S Review – Wide and Fast – By Andrew

By Andrew

Like many of you, I have a bad habit of cruising auction sites looking at cameras I shouldn’t be buying. I also have a habit of dropping low-ball bids on cameras under th...

5 May, 2018

Olympus Trip 35 Review – Learning to be More Spontaneous – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

In the past, I always used manual cameras. I measured the light, set the exposure, and focussed myself . Even in a car, I like to be in control and only drive manual transmissio...

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Gerard on Ausgeknipst Reels – Developing 16mm (or 110) in the Paterson tank
you are really head over heels into the mini camera world. The Voigtländer I have is very small, and with…
JA on Ausgeknipst Reels – Developing 16mm (or 110) in the Paterson tank
yeah, good idea. I once spent a frustrating ten minutes trying to thread a 120 backing paper onto a reel.…
Louis A. Sousa on Fujifilm X100VI – One Camera and 1½ Lenses for Travel – with a Pocket of Light
Sorry to post again but a correction from my mistake. I use the Nisi UV filter (not the Nisi lens…

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