25 August, 2025
Minolta XG9 review
There was a point in the late 70s when Minolta did something mildly uncharacteristic. They had always produced interesting cameras with cutting-edge features, but occasionally t...
One of my daily routines includes a search in the local classifieds for cameras. Initially fueled by my obsession with finding “that perfect camera” and later to fin...
Here we have the Konica Autorex; the only 35mm SLR that can switch mid-roll between full-frame and half-frame. It’s quite rare (only a handful in the UK) and I was able to...
After I finally retired, my wife and I moved from the hectic, congested, expensive, etc. Washington D.C. area to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. It’s so much calmer, quiet, f...
23 June, 2025
Olympus OM707 – The Autofocus Underdog
The Olympus OM707 (OM77 in North America) is one of a slew of new futuristic autofocus SLRs that burst onto the market in the mid-1980s. It’s a great-looking camera with a...
This is a short review of the Olympus iS-3000 zoom lens SLR (aka iS-1 an L-1), for which I shot an expired roll of Fuji Reala 100. In hindsight I should’ve shot with a new...
This is a review of a camera (or cameras) I once had. As with most of what I had I sold on a knee jerk and regret it ever since. The Rolleiflex SL35 was Franke & Heidecke fi...
17 March, 2025
Sony SLT-A77 – hybrid mirrorless/DSLR with Minolta history
Several years ago, I purchased a Minolta Maxxum 7000 at a garage sale for $15, which came with a Sigma UC 28-70mm zoom. I had wanted to shoot with one for years. Its history is ...