12 June, 2026
Yashica Electro 35 family
I thought it would be nice to introduce you guys to the Yashica Electro 35 family. I’ll be sharing some of my views and user experience of these cameras, and hopefully, this inf...
20 October, 2025
Prakticas and Their Associated Lenses – Building A Film Camera and Lens System At Reasonable Cost
The post that Matt Reverzani gave us about his work with a Praktica L prompted me to write an article about this range of cameras. Now the Prakticas were always ‘bottom of the p...
30 October, 2024
Don’t be afraid to experiment and test before tossing stuff out
I am a denizen of thrift stores here in the USA. I believe the British refer to them as 2nd hand or charity shops across the pond. I was a bit surprised to see old photo chemica...
I’ve been reviewing and writing about Chinese-manufactured photography kit for a good few years now, and though this doesn’t apply to all brands, I have found that some perform ...
7 February, 2023
Buyers’ Guide – Tips for Buying Camera Gear Online – By Ted Ayre
When I was starting out I borrowed a camera from my Grandad, his plastic auto-focus Minolta Dynax 7000i SLR, with a zoom lens. It wasn’t the coolest looking camera, but it defin...
The op-shop $5 compact is very much an endangered species where I live in Australia but it is not yet extinct. In the twilight of its days it may be instructive to look back at ...
27 December, 2019
Worried about the price of film? Some thoughts on bulk loading (and my process) – By Daniel Sigg
I go through quite a bit of film these days, primarily black and white 35mm and 120. I became interested in loading bulk film onto reloadable 35mm film cassettes. There was an e...