The story begins with a visit to a flea fair, where I succumbed to a Zeiss Nettar for what I hoped was a reasonable price. The paintwork was very chipped but the aperture was wo...
This camera combines the compactness of a folding camera with the quality and handling of a twin-lens reflex camera. The Zeh Zeca-Flex is just the camera mentioned above, and I&...
Have you ever looked at the Hasselblad SWC and thought to yourself: I love this, but it just looks flimsy and insubstantial. And it’s not even a real SLR? I need to see wh...
I have long been interested in trying a camera with larger negatives, but because the Fuji GW690 is rather expensive for something that might turn out to be of no more than nove...
Back in the 50s Britain was still teetering on the brink of being a Super Power, but then Suez happened and the Banksters pulling the strings abandoned Britain and threw their l...
Years ago, I was enamoured by the Vest Pocket Kodak. The stories of soldiers carrying it during WW1 – what those cameras might have seen – it made my imagination run...
Some cameras look so amazing that you consider them more of a work of art than a mechanical piece of metal and glass that takes photos. That was my thought the first time I saw ...
I love American Kodak cameras. I love the way they look and work. Often quirky and counterintuitive—and sometimes downright goofy—many are objects of beauty and ti...
