6 December, 2024
Rollei 35T – A compact hiking companion
I had been desiring a Rollei 35 for a while, after previously owning a B35 which produced some nice pictures for me but had a tendency to chew the film between sprocket holes an...
29 November, 2024
O.Zone 69 – My Summer with an Open-Source Camera System
I think that what excites me most about film shooters today is the DIY mindset we all have to embody in order to be here. It is the unintended side-effect which comes from many ...
30 October, 2024
Ilford Advocate Camera – A wonderful street camera
It’s been a year since I first laid eyes on the Ilford Advocate camera, and I’ve been eager to share my experience with it. The journey began in England, where my wi...
13 October, 2024
Minolta Hi-Matic S2 – The One I’ll Never Part With
Grandma was an artist, a painter. Her specialty was dramatic landscapes á la Bob Ross—you remember Bob Ross, the gentle spirit that graced public television while painting “happ...
7 October, 2024
Zeiss Ikon SW – First Impressions of this “blind” camera
When the Zeiss Ikon SW showed up on my doorstep a couple of weeks ago I was already well versed in “blind” M or LTM mount cameras. The “blind” term refers to a Leica body withou...
I have always been fascinated by rangefinder cameras. Their namesake’s original application around the turn of the 19th century in naval gunnery had piqued my interest at first ...
22 July, 2024
Rollei B35 – the German Cousin from Singapore
Back in the early 90s, when I became acquainted to Minox 8×11 cameras, I also started to get an interest in 16mm / 110 film photography. To this day, I still believe they belong...
I’ve been writing about film cameras for a long time now, but the release of a new film camera from a major brand like Pentax feels somehow more significant than most, if not al...