28 September, 2026
Minolta Dynax 7000i review – Cards on the table
The subject of this review was released in 1988 as a replacement for the Original ‘7000’. With that camera Minolta had shaken up the photographic market. It was the ...
21 August, 2026
Olympus Pen F – Third Time Lucky? My Olympus Pen Saga
When I returned to film, it began with sub-miniature. First a Minox B, then a Pentax Auto 110, before the collection grew to include other sub-miniature and full frame 35mm came...
8 August, 2026
Voigtlander Bessamatic and supplementaries at The Gasworks
Using auxilliary lenses on a Bessqamatic at Dunedin Gasworks museum.
30 July, 2026
Pentax Pair – Two ME Supers – Do they still work?
One camera was mine, bought new around 1985/6 and with a near final serial number according to the net. It was used by my wife for some years then she said the back was coming o...
27 July, 2026
Nikon F3 review – A love story with a red flag
Let me start by saying that I have never written a camera review before. So go easy on me. If you have any questions, let me know. I am going to keep this quite subjective and p...
My small collection of high quality precision made West German cameras grows. Thanks to 35mmc author, my friend Tony Warren I have been enlightened into really appreciating and ...
29 June, 2026
Zeiss Ikon Icarex – Roll over Nikon
My Instagram Voigtländer first came into being in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria in 1756 (270 years ago) before moving permanently to Brunswick in what was then the Duchy of the s...
my Instagram I’ve been a long time user of Japanese Contax cameras, hence I also have a fondness for related West German cameras with the Zeiss Ikon name. I wrote a review of th...