For me, there are two parts to this hobby of ours. The first is shooting these old cameras. The second is finding them. Which is how…
Advanced Compact• Rangefinders (Fixed Lens)
Rangefinders (Fixed Lens)
Yashica Electro 35 GT – Finding a Rangefinder – By Francois Marlier
July 8, 2022My name is François, and I’m a 30 year old born in Belgium and currently living in Denmark. When I was around 15, my granddad gave…
Rangefinders (Fixed Lens)
Minolta Hi-Matic E – Minolta’s ‘Difficult’ Second Electro Camera – By Bob Janes
May 16, 2022The Hi-Matic E (previously also reviewed by Hamish here) is a Minolta rangefinder with a Rokkor lens. The lens is a 40 mm f/1.7 lens of…
Rangefinders (Changeable Lens)
Contax G1 – Much more in-focus than out-of-focus – By Chantel Wakefield
March 8, 2022“I loved owning one for two weeks until every photo came back out of focus.” This was a comment from a popular YouTuber under another popular…
Rangefinders (Fixed Lens)
Kodak Retina IIIC – Back into Film with a Charity Auction Find – By Stewart Waller
January 31, 2022I recently fell for analog cameras, especially vintage ones. It feels like a rabbit hole much of the time, chasing that elusive, cosmetically beautiful, functionally accurate,…
