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Minolta X-700 with the box for a roll of Rollei Retro 400S

23 July, 2025

Rollei Retro 400S in Paris, with a Minolta X700

By James Billings

23 July, 2025

/ Minolta X-700, Rollei Retro 400, travel photography, /

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31 May, 2013

Fuji Klasse W – Comments on Exposure and Focusing

By Hamish Gill

I have posted my initial impressions of the Fuji Klasse W here, this is a follow up to that. One film in, and I would be lying if I didn’t slight have concerns. Not signif...

27 May, 2013

Real Photographers Forum – A highly biased opinion.

By Hamish Gill

I started RPF in June 2010, in my naivety I think I had aspirations of it being the next DPR. The reality is that I don’t have the time, effort, money, staff, knowledge, s...

26 May, 2013

Japan Camera Hunter – Notes on a positive experience.

By Hamish Gill

As soon as you stumble across the name Bellamy Hunt his name starts to pop up everywhere! I originally discovered him, his website and services after I watched a digital rev vid...

23 May, 2013

Scale/Zone Focusing – A Tutorial

By Hamish Gill

After publishing this, I was asked to write a more detailed version of this post for the Ilford Photo website – you can find it here Scale/Zone focusing is a very simple m...

23 May, 2013

Trip 35 and some very cheap film… and Connie.

By Hamish Gill

I ran a roll of Agfa vista plus 200 film through the trip recently. It was a roll of film I had been given and was told at the time that it was a poundshop £1 a roll film. A bit...

22 May, 2013

Olympus Trip 35 – Through the Viewfinder

By Hamish Gill

I’m going to take photos through the viewfinder of some cameras as I take a photo with the camera … I’m not mad, there have just been a few occasions where I w...

18 May, 2013

Voigtlander Vito B Review – A Beautiful Camera

By Hamish Gill

It’s reasonable to say that this camera changed my life. Certainly my photography life… I’d managed to last quite a few years taking photos on automated modes....

17 May, 2013

First Shots from the Fuji Klasse W

By Hamish Gill

With one thing and another of been run off my feet lately, I’ve managed to finish the first roll of shots from the Fuji Klasse W… All be it mostly of Connie.

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