30 October, 2024
Ilford Advocate Camera – A wonderful street camera
It’s been a year since I first laid eyes on the Ilford Advocate camera, and I’ve been eager to share my experience with it. The journey began in England, where my wi...
13 October, 2024
Minolta Hi-Matic S2 – The One I’ll Never Part With
Grandma was an artist, a painter. Her specialty was dramatic landscapes á la Bob Ross—you remember Bob Ross, the gentle spirit that graced public television while pa...
7 October, 2024
Zeiss Ikon SW – First Impressions of this “blind” camera
When the Zeiss Ikon SW showed up on my doorstep a couple of weeks ago I was already well versed in “blind” M or LTM mount cameras. The “blind” term r...
I have always been fascinated by rangefinder cameras. Their namesake’s original application around the turn of the 19th century in naval gunnery had piqued my interest at...
22 July, 2024
Rollei B35 – the German Cousin from Singapore
Back in the early 90s, when I became acquainted to Minox 8×11 cameras, I also started to get an interest in 16mm / 110 film photography. To this day, I still believe they b...
I’ve been writing about film cameras for a long time now, but the release of a new film camera from a major brand like Pentax feels somehow more significant than most, if...
31 May, 2024
King Dominant or Regula Sprinty BC300
This 35mm camera belongs to my father and was purchased in 1975 for his graduation trip. During the trip, only two people carried cameras: himself and another classmate with a N...
9 May, 2024
Olympus XA4 has a day out in Scarborough
I have previously had an XA, an XA2 and an XA3, all well used and enjoyed, and which all eventually broke in their own special ways. The XA4 is the latest in the series and I al...