Hi, fellow photography (and camera) nerds! Gaston W. here, reminiscing about a time when 'zoom' meant something on a camera, not an awkward work meeting. Today I’ll be recountin...
Here's a story down memory lane, triggered by a camera acquisition. The Fuji Discovery 875 Zoom Plus is pretty forgotten today, but it relates to a moment in my former life.
It...
The first draft of this review was about the Fujifilm Zoom Date 1000 and the 1300. They're basically the same camera except for their zoom range. Then, I received a Xmas present...
The Fujifilm Klasse (also branded as the Rollei RFM 35) was a premium compact made in 2001, well after the premium compact craze of the early 90's. With a f/2.6 38mm lens it was...
Like all good stories, this one begins under the cloak of darkness... Having been photographing friends, mostly in nightclubs and gig venues with 35mm compacts (and the odd rang...
Like many of you, I have a bad habit of cruising auction sites looking at cameras I shouldn’t be buying. I also have a habit of dropping low-ball bids on cameras und...
It's been 5 months and 20 rolls of film through two highly acclaimed compact film cameras – the Contax T2 and Fuji Klasse S. Through this process I’ve come to the point where I’...
I get quite a few emails from people asking me what camera they should buy. Quite often these questions get asked within the sphere of one or another type of camera, and probabl...