By the early 70's compact fixed lens rangefinders were pretty much top dog in the compact pool. Particular successful were auto-exposure cameras personified by the Legendary Kon...
19 March, 2016
Zeiss Ikon ZM Review – The Ultimate AE M-mount Rangefinder…?
It's an interesting camera the Zeiss Ikon ZM. They seem to garner a level of approval that's often vocalised in broad sweeping terms such as "better than a Leica". Yet despite t...
18 February, 2016
Olympus 35RC – 3 Days in Hong Kong – by Jay Meador
I found an Olympus 35RC at a thrift store in the US for $15 during the summer of 2015. At that point, I already had a Canonet QL17 GIII and an Olympus 35SP, but this one was a ...
Quite recently, Hamish published an article about Barnack Leica’s giving 7 reasons to own one. Well, he mentioned all the advantages of these cameras, but he didn’t ...
2 January, 2016
7 Reasons you should own a Thread Mount Leica
7 reasons and a whole load of waffle about why I (and some reader of 35mmc) think all photographers should own, or at least try, a thread mount Leica
21 November, 2015
Leica M-A – From Digital, Back to Film (part 2) – by Anthony Killeen
It’s been a couple of months since I obtained my Leica M-A film camera and wrote about my initial experience with returning to film after many years of using digital cameras. I ...
15 October, 2015
Leica M5 Review – The Odd One Out
The Leica M5 is the odd one out in the Leica M family line. It’s the camera that nearly put an end to the Leica rangefinder after it was balked at by Leica users of its da...
6 October, 2015
Leica M-A – From digital, back to film – by Anthony Killeen
The Leica M-A is a fully mechanical rangefinder camera that is the latest in the long line of Leica M film cameras. Leica manufactures three film M cameras today, the M7, the MP...