28 September, 2024
Balda Super Matic – Quirky but fun
Many years ago, a neighbour offered me a camera he had acquired “from a mate” for £10. I had never seen a Balda or even heard of one but it looked interesting a...
27 September, 2024
Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 Pancake Lens Review and Indigogo Launch
This is the Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 Pancake Lens, it is soon to be launched on Indigogo, but I’ve been playing with the copy I have here for the last week or so. I am, I admit...
24 September, 2024
Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine Film Review
Long story short, this is a high quality film at a fantastic price. Many aspects of analogue photography can feel like a compromise, from actual decisions while photographing to...
23 September, 2024
Sony F828 Review – More than Meets the Eye
$995 in 2003 would probably buy a fair amount of Transformers toys, or one brand new Sony F828. It might be easy to mistake the two. Both bend and twist around in unexpected way...
19 September, 2024
Kodak 66 II – a refreshingly simple 6×6 folding camera
Back in 2000, when I was making some feeble attempts to return to medium format, I had a few choices regarding cameras suitable for me. Obviously, one of the best was the Rollei...
18 September, 2024
Chinon Auto 3501 – Ugly, Noisy and Quite Capable
A Lucky Find in a Antiques Shop It is rare for us to be able to get away for a few days break, but we managed to escape to Moffat in South West Scotland and to record the occasi...
16 September, 2024
Jagglé – Introducing my Daylight Enlarger
First, let me introduce myself; I am a mechanical design engineer and amateur photographer living in Potsdam, Germany. I’m 32 years old and have grown up around cameras, ...
16 September, 2024
Nikon 500mm Mirror Lens – The short fat cheap deal!
I bought a used 500mm mirror lens in 1975 when I was shooting for United Press International. It was the longest focal length in the smallest form factor available at the time. ...
