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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...

28 April, 2018

Canon Sure Shot Supreme Review – By Dean Dent

By Deandent1

I do like ambition from a camera manufacturer. And when you're one of the top players in the game you can afford to be confident. But when you call your camera the 'Sure Shot Su...

21 April, 2018

Chinon 35 FS-II Review – Birth of a Review – By Ian

By Ian

This is a camera review and a birth story. Yes, you read that right. Chinon was a camera and movie camera lens manufacturer famous from its long line of film SLRs that uses eit...

14 April, 2018

Konica AA-35 Reporter Review – By John Furlong

By John Furlong

I’ve always been attracted to the half-frame format and have examples of the Russian variants and the Canon and Olympus models. I was particularly interested in the Konica AA-35...

3 February, 2018

Yashica T2 Review: A Noisy Companion – by John Lee

By John Lee

In my pursuit of a point and shoot film camera, I found myself drawn to the Yashica T series because of (A) the high-quality Zeiss lenses and (B) Contax Ts are way out of my bud...

9 December, 2017

Yashica T4 Zoom – user review by Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin

By Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin

The Yashica T4 Zoom is a camera that is often only reviewed in comparison to it’s legendary namesake. Most of the reviews compare the lens quality unfavourably, but where the le...

25 November, 2017

Rollei 35 Review- A brace of rolleis – by Malcolm Myers

By Malcolm Myers

Last year, my wife rang me from a boot sale and asked if I was interested in a camera called a Rollei 35. I did a quick bit of Googling and, seeing this glorious collection of l...

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Adrien Grelet on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
Nice pictures ! I really like the diagonal compositions you've made with towers and chimeys.
Alexandre Kreisman on A Heavy Visit – An Acount of Shooting an Emotive Subject – By Alex Kreisman
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Bob Janes on A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200
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