17 July, 2023
Canon EOS 3 Review – The Good, The Bad, The Heavy
As with many young New Zealanders, my view on the world beyond our pacific isolation was formed on the images and articles presented in moth-balled National Geographic magazines...
13 July, 2023
Pentax LX – Shooting My Wife’s Camera
The camera had been lying around in a cupboard for a long long time so, since it wasn’t being used, I sold it. “You gave me that camera as an engagement present!!!” said my wife...
Konica produced Sakura film (later simply rebranded to ‘Konica’). They were the second-largest film producer in Japan after Fujifilm. As well as their own films, they produced f...
I stood at the cash register in my favorite camera store, waiting to pay for film. At my feet, in front of the counter was a carboard box containing several old cameras in vario...
22 May, 2023
Exakta VX Review – Through The Past, Brightly
I love playing with old lenses (and interesting color films, too) for their character. Creativity is a form of play, and the Exakta VX is a fun toy for exploring these things (...
28 April, 2023
Konica TC and T4 SLRs – The Last of the Steam Powered Trains
Back in the 1970s competition in the SLR camera market was fierce. Most companies needed to innovate regularly to maintain their profile and market share. Konica had been buildi...
10 April, 2023
Nikon D40 – an Ode to my First “real” Camera
(The idea of an ode to my first "real" and favorite camera is inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Odes to Ordinary Things. I love that we can pay allegiance to those beautiful, ordinary ...
Ah nostalgia, it’s a strange thing and forms a part of every one’s life and the older one gets the more the past seems so rose tinted. My first Digital SLR was a Konica Minolta ...