My first foray into the world of TLR cameras was back in the early 1980’s, courtesy of a brand new Lubitel. I bought it from an old fashioned camera shop on Oldham Street ...
22 July, 2024
Rollei B35 – the German Cousin from Singapore
Back in the early 90s, when I became acquainted to Minox 8×11 cameras, I also started to get an interest in 16mm / 110 film photography. To this day, I still believe they belong...
21 July, 2024
The Cost of the Mamiya 7
In the early days of the pandemic I purchased a Mamiya 7 kit from an old timer at a reasonable price. This had long been a dream camera of mine and I had been searching for one ...
In part 1, I talked about the Sony R1, this part is about a camera that represents another key moment in Sony’s APS-C camera history, the Sony a700. In July 2005 Sony anno...
18 July, 2024
Minolta AL-F – Getting to know ALF
Minolta; you might love the brand, or take the view their products were inferior. I know camera branding can elicit these responses. It was a long time ago, but in my late teens...
15 July, 2024
Chinon CE-4 and Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 – Think Different
This is a review of the Chinon CE4, but first a little background. After Pentax revealed their plan to design and manufacture new Film cameras I had a sudden urge to use a Penta...
This is the first of three reviews I’m preparing, looking at Sony’s APS-C camera range spanning 6 years and showing the three separate approaches they took in that time. Two yea...
6 July, 2024
Certo Dollina 2 – Otherwise Unwanted Cameras № 5
I bought this on Ebay having never heard of a Certo Dollina before, but a 1930’s 35mm camera with a Zeiss Tessar lens seemed interesting. As it turned out nobody else could mana...
