What does £3 of your hard earned cash get you these days? Well, if you look hard enough you might be able to grab yourself a Olympus AF10 Twin. Car boot sale and charity shops a...
26 August, 2018
Contax TVSii – a review with a few comparisons to the T2
The Contax TVSii is the 2nd of 3 zoom lens cameras in the Contax T range - the TVS came before, and the TVSiii followed. Though quite similar in appearance to the fixed focal le...
The Rollei Prego 70 came to me in a box of Olympus cameras; with its aluminum chassis that's the size of a mju-ii, it stands out from the Trip-branded black plastic affairs. I s...
7 July, 2018
Yashica Ninja Star II AF-J2 Review – Thoughts on Salvage (NSFW) – Pedro Trevino’s P&S Journal #2
The The Yashica Ninja Star II AF-J2 isn’t my first Yashica. Early last year I found an odd plastic camera I hadn’t heard of: a Kyocera P. Mini 2. At the time, I was unawar...
A Sunday morning. A tabletop sale. An Olympus camera case catches my eye. It’s about the right size and shape. I sidle over, pick it up. Act casual, act casual. I open it and…it...
23 June, 2018
Pentax Zoom 105 Super Review – By Pedro Trevino
Some context: I started negotiating yard sales, thrift stores, Craigslist, and auctions for point-and-shoot cameras in March 2017, a month after Ren Hang’s death. The idea was t...
For far too long, I’ve been looking in the wrong place for my ideal resident for my pants pocket. I’ve gone through a Nikon 28Ti, Contax T2, and more recently a Rollei 35SE and ...
A couple of months ago I found myself heading to Wilson’s, a local antiques shop. Overlooking the aqua- marine waters of Lake Michigan, this shop is a popular destination for an...