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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.

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6 February, 2023

Canon EF Camera review – The F-1’s Little Sibling – By Thomas

By Thomas

The Canon EF is a special film camera. Because of its name, if you type Canon EF in any search bar, you'll find all the existing Canon EF lenses before you find anything about t...
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28 December, 2022

Nikon FM2 Camera Review – Joy in Simplicity – By Ted Ayre

By Ted Ayre

Like many millennials I grew up in the 90’s with family point-and-shoots, quickly watching them disappear for digital compacts in the 00’s, and then those being ditched for the ...
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27 December, 2022

Nikon F801 (N8008) Review – A Numbers Game – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

I sold my last film SLR in the late 1990s before my flirtation with digital, which quite quickly lost its appeal and I drifted back to film, continuing with digital mainly as a ...
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12 December, 2022

Praktica BX20 – End of the line for Pentacon – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

I’ve recently been shooting with a Praktica BX20, which was one of the last Praktica models produced by Pentacon before they were wound up in the wake of German unification. Th...
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24 October, 2022

Canon 1Ds Review – Happy 20th Birthday to One of the First Full Frame DSLRs – By Brian M Cox

By brian m cox

Canon released the Canon 1Ds on September 24th 2002. It was one of worlds the first full frame DSLRs. It was also in sept of 2002 the US got its first Camera phone. Brittany Spe...
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17 October, 2022

Pentax 50mm f/1.2 SMC lens on Film with a Pentax LX – by Aivaras

By Aivaras

This wouldn’t be review of camera body or lens, there are plenty written. What I’ll share is my personal story of how I come to this set. One more aspect why I’m writing this is...
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7 October, 2022

Nikon Pronea 6i – Retired & Expired: Experimenting with APS film – By Isaac D. Pacheco

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For as long as I can remember, I have loved receiving packages through the mail. The mystery and surprise of unwrapping a stamp-covered parcel is truly one of life’s simple plea...
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26 September, 2022

Nikon F2AS Review – The Camera That Filled The Void – By Chris Barrett

By Chris Barrett

On a sticky early morning lines of cars crawling up the small highway give way to vendors for miles on either side of the small country highway. It’s the first weekend of August...
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