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SLRs

SLR Camera Reviews – SLR (Single Lens Reflex) film cameras are arguably the most versatile. They also range from very simple purely mechanical manual cameras, all the way through to highly complex and technologically advanced cameras with lots of automatic features many of which are discussed in the reviews below.

As with most the types of cameras listed on this website you can find a little more about the pros and cons of the different types of SLR film cameras here.

As with all the content on this website, if you find something of interest, you can find more similar products by clicking on the tags you will find at the bottom of the reviews.

3 October, 2018

Leica M5 and R8 – In defence of the Forgotten Divas – by Markus Maurer

By The_Mason

My name is Markus. I come from a small town in the south of Germany and from my early twenties, I have been seriously into photography. I shoot mostly people, mostly nudes, and ...
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1 September, 2018

Canon EOS 300 Review – Not a great camera, but a great camera! – By Malcolm Myers

By Malcolm Myers

“Hi, they’ve got a Canon EOS 300 with a 28-105 lens and they want £5 for it. Do you want it?” Yet another phone call from my wife from the local charity shop (or Charlie shop a...
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4 August, 2018

Zenit E Review – My Father’s old camera – Johann Wahlmüller

By theframecounter

This post is about the unlikely camera that accidentally got me into film photography – my dad’s old Zenit E. My father bought his Zenit E in the early 70s and mostly used it o...
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23 May, 2018

Minolta X-700 and 45mm f2 Lens – A love story with an uncertain ending – By Torsten Kathke

By Torsten Kathke

Love stories come in more dramatic varieties. But they're never more true. The 45mm f2 Minolta MD lens was attached to an SR-T 100x I bought in a now-defunct thrift store in Mun...
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31 March, 2018

Canon EOS 33 Review – An overlooked treasure – By Benn Murhaaya

By Benn Murhaaya

Hamish’s recent foray into the world of SLRs with his project involving a Nikon F75 struck a chord with me. While I am big on compact cameras, I have quite a few of them that I’...
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28 March, 2018

Leicaflex Standard Review – by Jason S. Ganz

By Jason Ganz

The word Leica and film often brings up precision, manual operation, best-in-the-world optics, and ideations that shooting a Leica automatically makes one a professional – if no...
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10 March, 2018

Nikon FM3a Review – My desert Island camera – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

Last year I wrote a short piece for 35mmc as part of the “5 frames with” series. The camera I used was my Nikon Fm3a with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS lens- a combination that I jus...
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4 March, 2018

Nikon F75 Project – Part 6 – preferences & ideologies

By Hamish Gill

Having “upgraded” from my Nikon F75 to a Nikon F80, this little project has definitely come to an end. In fact, with the F75 being deposited on a particular shelf at work that u...
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