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21 June, 2016

Samsung ECX1 Review – The bargain “Dad Cam” of Yore

By Hamish Gill

There is a good reason this sort of camera isn't widely popular these days. Quite simply, it was designed to appeal to a marketplace that just doesn't exist in film photography ...

15 June, 2016

Olympus AF-1 Twin Review – A travel camera of (no) choice – by Douglas Pulman

By Douglas Pulman

This story begins with my beloved Canon A1. Shock, horror and snorts of derision echoing off your computer screen, ‘this is a trap, that’s not a rangefinder or a compact’ I hear...

11 June, 2016

Canon Sure Shot AF-7/8 Review – Simplicity is fun – by Christos Theofilogiannakos

By Christos Theofilogiannakos

Well, after shooting with nearly 50 different P&S compacts during these past 4 years, I have come to the conclusion that you should never write a camera off before actually test...

8 June, 2016

Samsung Vega 140S Review – “Millennium Compact” – by Charles Higham

By Charles Higham

I’ve had a Samsung Vega 140S loaded with Kodak Porta 400 tucked away in the car glove box for a few months and have I’ve taken the occasional photo with. I hadn’t processed a fi...

5 June, 2016

Konica C35 EFP Review – by Dexter Robinson

By dexter_yo

With nothing to do apart from load and wind the film, focus, press the shutter & possibly add in some flash the Konica C35 EFP is a shining example of a point and shoot and was ...

4 June, 2016

Samsung AF Slim – one roll review

By Hamish Gill

The Samsung AF Slim is quite an uncommon camera. I'd been keeping an eye out for them on ebay for one for quite some time when I eventually bought mine. £14 I paid for it, which...

1 June, 2016

Plaubel Makina 670 Review – How it Killed my love of 35mm – by Ray Larose

By Ray Larose

The Plaubel Makina 670, in my opinion, is the perfect medium format rangefinder camera. Hell, I'll go one step further and say it's the perfect camera. So much so, that it ruine...

1 June, 2016

Leica M2-R review – by Alex Hakimi

By Alex Hakimi

I love 35mm film photography. I also love the 35mm focal length. Strangely enough, I’ve devised a social test involving these two facts. The purpose of this test is to identify ...

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