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  • Nikkenflex
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  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

    Kodak No. 2 Brownie Model E – Photographing outside of the box

    November 18, 2017
    Yashica 44A

    Yashica 44A – Twin in small package

    January 25, 2019
  • Bolseyflex
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  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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    Nikon F2 Photomic

    Nikon F2 – Ultimate Legend

    April 20, 2019

    Agfa Jsolette 4.5 – When J is not a J

    September 5, 2017

    Lomo Smena 8M – The Comrade for the Young Generation

    May 7, 2017
  • Holga 120N
    Cameras,  Reviews

    Holga 120N – The serious toy camera

    April 1, 2020 /

    The Holga 120N is iconic for producing unpredictable results. It has been a lot of fun shooting creatively with it.

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    Rank Mamiya – What’s in a name?

    March 30, 2019
    Topcon RE Super

    Topcon RE Super – Just super

    September 3, 2020

    Kodak Brownie Six-20 Model D – Beauty is box

    March 2, 2018
  • Walzflex
    Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  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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    Kodak No. 2 Brownie Model E – Photographing outside of the box

    November 18, 2017

    Olympus Pen S – The never-ending story

    October 22, 2017
    Nikkenflex

    Nikkenflex – Twin focus

    February 2, 2022
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Rolleicord Va Type 1 – The middle twin

    March 16, 2018 /

    The Rolleicord Va Type 1 is a Twin Lens Reflex medium format camera which shoots a classic 6x6 format. TLRs are fun, especially with the Rollei quality.

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    Nikon F100

    Nikon F100 – The smaller professional

    May 20, 2021
    Nikon Lite.Touch 140 Zoom ED AF

    Nikon Lite.Touch 140 Zoom – A little bit of luxury

    August 10, 2018
    Polaroid SX-70

    Polaroid SX-70 – Instant engineering

    March 16, 2019
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Pigeonflex – Bird of a feather

    September 15, 2017 /

    A camera to allow your photography to take flight?  To release your creativity free as a bird? Probably enough bird puns for now.  So, was the Pigeonflex a camera to set the cat amongst the Pigeons? Ok that was one more. Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) cameras are an interesting type of camera.  They have a history in street photography, especially the Rolleiflex, yet they are designed quite different from the rangefinders which are generally thought of as street cameras.  They shoot in square format, like well-known Hasselblad studio cameras, but are designed to be used mobile.  You look through the viewfinder, with the image reflected by a mirror, like a…

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    Olympus XA3 – Red cameras go faster

    November 5, 2017

    Pinhole 4×5 – Lower than low-tech

    December 20, 2016
    Nikkenflex

    Nikkenflex – Twin focus

    February 2, 2022
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Agfa Jsolette 4.5 – When J is not a J

    September 5, 2017 /

    The Agfa Isolette range of cameras have a cult following.  That includes me as I own both Isolette and Jsolette labelled cameras.  The ability to shoot medium format, especially 6×6, with a camera that is small and at a stretch pocketable, is very enticing.  Throw in the fact that they look lovely, and you can understand the popularity.  I personally like quite a few different “folders” as you can see by another review of the Voigtlander Perkeo I. This model is the Agfa Jsolette 4.5.  Agfa has used the names Jsolette and Isolette interchangeably, as the letter J referred to an I in German.  There is a misconception that the…

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    Combinations – Zorki 4 and Redscaled Film

    October 12, 2018
    Nikon L35AF

    Nikon L35AF – Pikaichi

    September 6, 2019

    Fuji GSW690III Professional – The Texas Leica

    October 11, 2016
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

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

    July 9, 2017 /

      When does a box camera not look like a box camera?  When it is the Ensign Ful-Vue from 1946.  Until then most were basically a box with a lens on the front.  There were a few variants, including box cameras that had better viewing lenses and looked more like Twin Lens Reflex cameras, but still generally had a box shape.  When Ensign released the Ful-Vue they moved to a very modern shape for the period, and I think created one of the most striking looking box cameras ever. I picked this camera up when I was living in London around 1999 and promptly put it on a shelf.  While…

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    Nikon F4s

    Nikon F4 – Evolution of the legend

    April 1, 2022
    Canon Elph 2

    Canon Elph 2 – Tiny advancements

    June 12, 2020
    Nikon FM2n

    Nikon FM2n – Small and tough

    July 26, 2019
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Voigtländer Perkeo I

    August 17, 2016 /

    The Voigtländer Perkeo I is a small folding 6x6 medium format camera. It is as much fun to use as it sounds.

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    Combinations – Zorki 4 and Redscaled Film

    October 12, 2018
    Bolseyflex

    Bolseyflex – Not much flex

    February 19, 2021
    Konica Pearl II

    Konica Pearl II – The queen of gems

    February 23, 2022

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