27 November, 2025
The Legendary Zeiss Super Ikonta 530/15
The featured image shows a Zeiss Ikonta family gathering. Left to right: Super Ikonta 530/16, Super Ikonta 530/15, Moscow 4 (the dodgy East European cousin), and a baby, the Iko...
15 September, 2025
Ansco Titan – A Stylish 6×6 120 Folder
Meet the Ansco Titan – a sleek 120 folder dressed for a formal Art-Deco ball! I don’t think it’s been reviewed on 35mmc, so here goes… Born in 1948 (abou...
18 August, 2025
Voigtländer Bessa 46 – It’s Quite Good Actually.
I bought this Voigtländer Bessa 46 in a job lot of 4 cameras, it wasn’t the one I bought the lot for and to be honest it looked the least promising of them all and I had taken n...
The story begins with a visit to a flea fair, where I succumbed to a Zeiss Nettar for what I hoped was a reasonable price. The paintwork was very chipped but the aperture was wo...
I have long been interested in trying a camera with larger negatives, but because the Fuji GW690 is rather expensive for something that might turn out to be of no more than nove...
25 November, 2024
Konica Pearl III Medium Format Folder – Review and Street Shots from NYC
As much as I love film, I’ve always had a love / hate relationship with medium format. Spoiled by the speed of 35mm’s fast lenses and the liberal largesse of 4×5 and 5×...
9 November, 2024
Kodak Tourist – The Most “Transformable” MF Folder?
It’s possible that Kodak’s last medium-format folding cameras – the Tourist line – may also be the most transformable MF “pocket folders” ever made by anybody. Since...
9 April, 2024
Krauss Rolette Luxus – an old timer’s story
The Krauss Rolette Luxus got my attention twofold: it’s an exceedingly beautiful piece of machinery from the days of yore, and because it is related to the photographic past of ...