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28 July, 2024

Ihagee Kine Exacta 1936 Round Window – Accidentally Discovering a Camera Brand I’d not heard of

By Morris Bagnall

I shot film back in the 1980’s with my Pentax ME Super. I sold it when I was broke and never really picked up a camera again until 2001 when my son was born. Since then I’ve own...

26 July, 2024

Sony NEX-7 from 2011 Revisited – Sony and APS-C – part 3 of 3

By Bob Janes

In this series, I have previous talked about the Sony R1 and Sony a700, in this review, we look back at the Sony NEX-7 Back in 2010, Sony were still committed to their inherited...

23 July, 2024

Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex II – Falling in love with an ancient TLR.

By Steviemac

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

By Julian Tanase

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

By Andrew

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 ...

19 July, 2024

Sony a700 from 2007 Revisited – Sony and APS-C part 2 of 3

By Bob Janes

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

By Paul Quellin

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

By Ibraar Hussain

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...

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