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Scale Focus

Scale focus film cameras also tend to be quite small, but rather than rely on autofocus, they are manual and require the user to set the focus based on an estimated guess of the subject distance.

Many of these cameras are older, but are also a little more simple than the autofocus cameras found elsewhere on 35mmc. In some cases this can mean they are more reliable, though this is by no means the rule.

As with all the content on this website, if you find something of interest, you can find more similar products by clicking on the tags you will find at the bottom of the reviews.

28 October, 2017

Canon Demi C – Half-frame with a tele lens – Guest review by Tobias Eriksson

By Flashknappen

The following review is of the Demi C - to my knowledge, along with the Olympus Pen F and FT model SLR cameras it's the only half frame with interchangeable lenses. Actually thi...
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2 September, 2017

Olympus Pen EE-2 Review – Adventures in Half Frame Part 1 – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

...The solution? Shoot less, or shoot more for the same amount of money. The former isn’t an option, but the latter? ...hmmm... ...This thought led me down a little side alley ...
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17 June, 2017

Smena 8M Review – Sometimes you just have to play – By Carlos Argott

By C. Argott

In photography, as in life, it is easy to take ourselves too seriously. Once you go beyond being a simple snapshot photographer and move unto the realm of finer craftsmanship, t...
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28 May, 2017

Kodak Retinette 1A Review – A compact piece of Kodak History – by Carlos Argott

By C. Argott

Introduced in 1939, the Retinette was one of these cameras, designed to be a cheaper alternative to the more famous Retina series, it is still a very capable camera and much mor...
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23 April, 2017

Nikonos V – Underwater Film Photography – by Aukje

By Aukje

I can't remember exactly what triggered the idea to shoot underwater with a film camera first: a mention of the Nikonos camera in my twitter feed, or the painterly effect I got ...
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26 November, 2016

Zeiss Ikon Taxona Review – Shooting Square – by Rajmohan Fotograf

By rajmohan fotograf

Being aware of square format only in the context of medium format cameras, I was intrigued by a recent thread in a photography forum in which 35mm square format cameras (such as...
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22 November, 2016

Lomo LC-Wide Review – The Ultra-wide, Point & Shoot

By Hamish Gill

Since the day it was released I've been intrigued by the Lomography Lomo LC-Wide. It's not often these days that new film cameras are brought to market, never mind one that offe...
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20 November, 2016

Minox 35GT Review – Ilford HP5 & the Streets of Berlin – by Jean-Christophe Wiart

By Jean-Christophe WIART

When I think about Berlin, there are tons of things that cross my mind; there's the famed subculture of this city, and places like the Kunsthaus Tacheles, the wall, the wastelan...
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