There are two types of film cameras for me that hold a really special experience, Rangefinders, and Twin-Lens Reflex’. I find that especially the latter offers me a very unique ...
15 December, 2020
Voigtlander Superb – My New Favorite TLR – By Dan Cuny
Being in photography for more than 50 years, I've had the pleasure of using many cameras. For years, whenever I wanted to shoot with a twin-lens reflex camera, my camera of choi...
1 December, 2020
Microcord & Rolleiflex – A Comparison of two TLRs – By Bob Janes
I have a Microcord & Rolleiflex; two fully functioning Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) cameras, with one of them being 'influenced' rather heavily by the other. I'd like to introduce you...
10 November, 2020
Minolta Autocord CDS – History & Review – By Dan Cuny
I had purchased my Minolta Autocord CDS cameras about three months ago. The previous owner didn't know if it was working, even after giving them some tips to check. However, I t...
Like many of you, I’m in the habit of scanning Facebook Marketplace for interesting old cameras, with an eye towards a lose list I keep in my head. On this day, I saw one of tho...
Gear acquisition syndrome got the best of me during this quarantine, and I found myself as the new owner of a Yashica Mat-124G on first week of May. It was pretty easy to convin...
The Mamiya C330 is one of those cameras that ‘got away’ for me. TLRs are a bit of a love hate relationship. When I was starting to shoot medium format, I spent many nights trawl...
31 August, 2019
Voigtlander Bessa & Brilliant V6 Two Classic 1938 Medium Format Cameras – By Phil Harrison
The Voigtlander’s in question are a 1938 Brilliant V6 TLR and a 1938 Bessa folder. My Grandfather had this model of Bessa, I found his camera in our attic and learnt how to use ...