Taking a good or great picture with a single use is really all about composition. Other parameters, like light or contrasts, are in the hands of the lab. Motion blur is often in...
29 April, 2017
Yashica T3 Review – by Alex Redman
The Yashica T3 features an F2.8 35mm lens, the only compact Yashica in the T series to do so. This was one of the reasons I wanted one as I always try and avoid using flash wher...
22 April, 2017
Halina Panorama – full frame “Canny” Shooting
Alan Duncan of Canny Cameras is a man with a sense of humour. I'm sure he must still be chuckling at the moment I agreed to be sent a mystery camera with the promise of sending ...
15 April, 2017
Konica WaiWai – The disposable camera experience
A few months ago now I paid a fair few quid for a used and reloaded disposable camera. "Why?" You might ask? Well the answer is also 'Wai', or more accurately 'WaiWai'... (sorry...
18 March, 2017
Ricoh Shotmaster Tru-Zoom Date Review – A Mystery Camera in the Mail – by Frank Lehnen
Is it a Leica, a Nikon F... no! I didn't get my expectations too high and I was not disappointed, at least size-wise. In the parcel, I found a... ... ok, I take a deep breath to...
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’...
28 January, 2017
Minolta TC-1 Review – A Worthy Companion – by Benn Murhaaya
If I think about it, every other camera required me to do something on top of what I really wanted. Constantly switch modes, turn off flash or scan the film almost one frame at ...
11 December, 2016
Ricoh GR1 – will it dethrone my Olympus XA2? – by Frank Lehnen
Since this morning, I'm the proud owner of a Ricoh GR1. I've really longed to try this camera out, so I thought I would try to give a day by day report or review of my early exp...