Point & Shoot camera Archives

3 May, 2022

Olympus iS-300 Bridge Camera Mini Review – 7 frames with a 1990s ‘Grandpa Chic’ Camera – Matthew Bigwood

By Matthew Bigwood

During one of my regular charity shop forays I spotted a boxed Olympus iS-300 bridge camera – a fixed-lens 35mm single lens reflex (SLR) dating from the late 1990s. It’s solidly...

28 March, 2022

Chinon Belami AF Review – Snap Happy with Fomapan Creative 200 – By Iain Paterson

By Iain Paterson

Sometimes an SLR is just a bit too serious. It seems to impose an obligation to take a 'photograph', when sometimes you simply want the ability to take a 'snap'. Enter the Chin...

8 March, 2022

Contax G1 – Much more in-focus than out-of-focus – By Chantel Wakefield

By Chantel Wakefield

“I loved owning one for two weeks until every photo came back out of focus.” This was a comment from a popular YouTuber under another popular YouTuber’s review of the Contax G1 ...

19 November, 2021

Fuji Discovery 875 Zoom Plus: Attention Kmart Shoppers, or a Discount Department Store Photographic History – by Shawn Granton

By shawn granton

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...

22 October, 2021

Samsung Slim Zoom 1150 Review: Good Results, Frustrating Experience – by Shawn Granton

By shawn granton

I haven't given much thought to the idea of Korean film cameras. Electronics, sure. Cars, OK. But cameras? I’m guessing there was some kind of domestic camera industry in South ...

14 October, 2021

Pentax IQZoom 928 Review – My Superzoom of Choice – By Shawn Granton

By shawn granton

When I dove back into film photography in the winter of 2020, I aimed for manual and mechanical cameras. If I was going to embrace this analog medium, I wanted the most analog e...

1 October, 2021

Kodak KE60 (Easy Load 35) Review – Concealed Greatness Among the Compact Craze – Thang Nguyen

By Thang Nguyen

The analog community has always been blessed with the abundance of obsolete film cameras from previous generations. If you were to start your P&S analog journey today, getting a...

3 September, 2021

Texet TX-500 review – Fake Autoexposure Compact ? – by Rock

By Rock

I'm guessing that no-one, or hardly anyone, has heard of the Texet TX-500. From the mid 1980s? What about the Premier PC-500? It's the same camera. It also goes under a Wizen br...

Tony Warren on Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini & Zoom with Kodak Colorplus 200.
Dunedin is an interesting place with plenty of historic interest and other features. Very much my main photographic playground these…
Tony Warren on Panasonic C 2200 ZM Mini & Zoom with Kodak Colorplus 200.
I agree Bill. I have tried out several recently and have been impressed by their lenses in particular but also…
Gary Smith on Amsterdam, with RULES and a Zeiss Sonnar 50mm lens
One of these days I should probably do a similar restricted digital outing. Thanks for the inspiration, Geoff.

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