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  • Dead Hand image created using Meta AI (extra finger and all!)
    Cameras,  Digital Camera Reviews,  Medium Format Reviews,  Photos,  Rangefinder Reviews,  SLR Reviews,  Technique

    Dead Hand Camera List – Good luck prying them from me!

    May 6, 2024 /

    This is the list of cameras someone would have to literally pry from my cold dead hands.

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    Student Extinction Protest against firefighting cuts, Sydney, 2019 | Nikon F4s | Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 AF D IF | Ilford HP5 Plus

    Extinction Rebellion Protests – with the Nikon F4s

    September 21, 2020
    Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2

    Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2 – Early Ikonic

    December 9, 2023
    Prakti

    Prakti – Early prakticalities

    June 14, 2019
  • Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Rangefinder Reviews,  Reviews

    Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2 – Early Ikonic

    December 9, 2023 /

    The Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 503/2 is an exceptional early 1930s folding rangefinder. This is all about my copy of it.

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    Lomography Fisheye 2 – Fishbowl world

    October 8, 2020

    Polaroid Spectra – Almost Instant

    May 11, 2018
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    Rollei 35 – Not just small

    November 11, 2023
  • Mamiya 7
    Cameras,  Lenses,  Medium Format Reviews,  Rangefinder Reviews,  Reviews

    Mamiya 7 – The titanium standard

    May 1, 2023 /

    The Mamiya 7 is a medium format rangefinder camera which many consider the best ever. After four years of using it, I have written my thoughts.

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    Olympus OM-1n

    Olympus OM-1n – Smaller is bigger

    October 20, 2021

    Kodak Instamatic 133 – Not really instant or automatic

    February 23, 2019

    Ensign Ful-Vue – Is it really the full view?

    July 9, 2017
  • Sydney Opera House | Voigtländer Superb | Kodak Portra 400
    Cameras,  General,  Medium Format Reviews,  Rangefinder Reviews,  Reviews,  Snapshots,  TLR Reviews

    Three Cameras of 2022 for 2023

    December 17, 2022 /

    Voigtlander Superb, Mamiya 7 and Nikon Coolpix 995 are a list of three cameras I have used in 2022 which are destined for more use in 2023.

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    Olympus Trip 35 – The holiday camera

    December 6, 2016
    Nikon F100

    Nikon F100 – The smaller professional

    May 20, 2021

    Kiev 4 – The Non-Clone

    October 26, 2018
  • Konica Pearl II
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Rangefinder Reviews,  Reviews

    Konica Pearl II – The queen of gems

    February 23, 2022 /

    The Konica Pearl II is a 1950s folding 6x4.5 medium format film camera which is pocketable. I tried this gem out to see what it can do.

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    Mamiya 7 – First Impressions

    January 11, 2019
    Bolseyflex

    Bolseyflex – Not much flex

    February 19, 2021
    Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2

    Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2 – Early Ikonic

    December 9, 2023
  • Nikkenflex
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews,  TLR Reviews

    Nikkenflex – Twin focus

    February 2, 2022 /

    The Nikkenflex is a TLR which was available for a short time and is now hard to find. Two models are reviewed.

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    LOMO LC-A

    LOMO LC-A – The lomography machine

    July 5, 2022
    Prakti

    Prakti – Early prakticalities

    June 14, 2019
    Agfa Optima-Parat

    Agfa Optima-Parat – Half Frame Jewel

    December 16, 2020
  • Mamiya Press Super 23
    Cameras,  Lenses,  Medium Format Reviews,  Rangefinder Reviews,  Reviews

    Mamiya Press Super 23 – Frustratingly Good

    July 4, 2021 /

    The Mamiya Press Super 23 is a medium format rangefinder camera designed for the 1960's press. It can be considered an ugly beauty.

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    Yashica Electro 35 GL

    August 31, 2016

    Ensign Ful-Vue – Is it really the full view?

    July 9, 2017
    Walzflex

    Walzflex – The slow dance

    August 16, 2019
  • Bolseyflex
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews,  TLR Reviews

    Bolseyflex – Not much flex

    February 19, 2021 /

    The Bolseyflex is a medium format 6x6 pseudo-TLR. A very ornate simple camera which I tried out a couple of times.

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    Hasselblad XPan

    Hasselblad XPan – Xpand the panoramic

    May 23, 2019

    Voigtländer Perkeo I

    August 17, 2016
    Sydney Opera House | Voigtländer Superb | Kodak Portra 400

    Three Cameras of 2022 for 2023

    December 17, 2022
  • Voigtländer Bessa I
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Voigtländer Bessa I – Folding it big

    January 30, 2021 /

    The Voigtländer Bessa I is a folding medium format camera, which shoots 6x9 and 6x4.5. I have used it for shooting during coastal walks.

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    Voigtlander Vitessa L

    Voigtländer Vitessa L – Plunging Forward

    November 11, 2024
    Canon Elph 2

    Canon Elph 2 – Tiny advancements

    June 12, 2020
    Nikon F3

    Nikon F3 – Legend with a red stripe

    March 7, 2020
  • Walzflex
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews,  TLR Reviews

    Walzflex – The slow dance

    August 16, 2019 /

    The Walzflex is a Japanese Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) from he 1950s. Aimed at the consumer, it was reviewed against modern emulsions.

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    Olympus Pen FT

    Olympus Pen FT – Half yet double

    May 3, 2025

    Nikon F – Start of a Legacy

    March 22, 2017

    Combinations – 2 Leicas, a Fuji and a Nikon in Auckland

    December 15, 2018
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