Compact Cameras Archives

5 September, 2015

By Hamish Gill

It’s got a good reputation the Petri Color 35. It seems to be relatively unknown, but from those who do know the camera, it seems to garner high praise – Dan who too...

23 August, 2015

Olympus mju-iii wide 100 review

By Hamish Gill

This little Olympus mju-iii wide 100 became a deviation from a path. If I’d followed the results of a little poll I did, I’d be reviewing the Petri Color 35 now. But...

7 August, 2015

Konica AiBORG Review – Big/ugly/horrible… Good lens

By Hamish Gill

In accordance with my recent poll - which I later found out was rigged by a mate of mine with a "sense of humour" - Here is my review of the Konica AiBORG...

13 July, 2015

Fuji DL-500 review – Tiara’s older brother – by Benn Murhaaya (NSFW)

By Benn Murhaaya

You may remember my review of Fuji DL Super Mini from a while back, that was something like a crown jewel at the top of the DL line. Now, let’s delve into not-so-top (but also n...

10 July, 2015

Konica Mermaid – One roll mini-review

By Hamish Gill

The Konica Mermaid is also known as the Waterproof Konica Big Mini, the Konica big mini is a camera I wanted to like but ultimately found quite annoying to use, it just felt unr...

17 June, 2015

Contax T3 Review – A regular companion

By Hamish Gill

The Contax T3 is a camera I thought about buying many times before I put my money down. It's the camera I thought about buying after I felt I achieved so much with the Yashica T...

24 May, 2015

Chinon Auto 3001 Multifocus review – by Sigurður J. Haraldsson

By Sigurður Haraldsson

Well this is my Chinon Auto 3001. A fellow film camera enthusiast was selling a part of his film camera collection few months ago on facebook and this camera was there. I liked ...

26 April, 2015

Canon Prima BF-80 Date Review (Snappy QT Date) – By Benn Murhaaya

By Benn Murhaaya

During my winter shopping spree, I was spending laughably small amounts of money on various P&Ss and fix focus 35mm plastic cameras. I saw this camera for 1 CZK (about 4 us ...

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David Hume on One By Four – A One Shot Story Told by Four Photographers
Hi Eagle - thanks; you may well be right about that. Looking back, I may well have assumed the Japanese…
David Hume on Fuji X-Pro3 – 5 years on – Extended Thoughts and my Dream Lens
Thanks Eagle for your thoughtful and very kind observations!
Marco Andrés on Assignment of Exposures using Ansel Adams’ Zone System
Excellent discussion of the Zone System When encountering the Zone System years ago, formed the opinion that it was unnecessarily…

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