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  • Films,  Reviews,  Technique

    Lomochrome – Feeling the purple and turquoise

    December 7, 2017 /

    Lomochrome films Purple and Turquoise are specialty films designed for creative results. I shot both in medium format in the Fuji GS645S.

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    Combinations – Fuji GSW690iii and Kodak Ektar

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    August 24, 2016

    Polaroid Sun 660 Autofocus Land Camera – Instant gratification

    January 12, 2018
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

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

    November 18, 2017 /

    There is a saying that a camera is just a light tight box to capture the image.  Box cameras are the best example of this, only one step more technologically advanced from a pinhole camera.  In the early 1900s Kodak was introducing box cameras in all shapes and sizes for a range of different film sizes.  The Kodak No. 2 Brownie thankfully uses one of the more common film formats, and in-fact introduced 120 film to the world, which is still the standard size for medium format photography. Every so often, after using a variety of cameras, it is cathartic to get back to basics and box cameras are perfect…

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    Pigeonflex – Bird of a feather

    September 15, 2017

    Olympus XA3 – Red cameras go faster

    November 5, 2017
    Mamiya 7

    Mamiya 7 – The titanium standard

    May 1, 2023
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews,  TLR Reviews

    Pigeonflex – Bird of a feather

    September 15, 2017 /

    The Pigeonflex, a 1950s TLR camera, with vintage aesthetics, delivers quality 6x6 frames. Read about my experience with it.

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    Polaroid Sun 660 Autofocus Land Camera – Instant gratification

    January 12, 2018
    Kiev 30 - Spy the grain

    Kiev 30 – Spy the grain

    November 16, 2018
    Nikon F4s

    Nikon F4 – Evolution of the legend

    April 1, 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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    Canon Sure Shot 70 Zoom

    Canon Sure Shot 70 Zoom – Compact Zooming

    May 4, 2019
    Voigtlander Vitessa L

    Voigtländer Vitessa L – Plunging Forward

    November 11, 2024

    Polaroid Sun 660 Autofocus Land Camera – Instant gratification

    January 12, 2018
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Kodak No. 1 Pocket Autographic – The Original with EXIF Data

    May 27, 2017 /

    It’s 1926, you want to record details about your photo and don’t want to carry a notebook, enter the Kodak No. 1 Pocket Autographic.  It might not be automatically recorded, but considering this was 91 years ago, that is quite progressive. Kodak folding cameras had been introduced just over 30 years earlier in 1895 and had slowly been progressing during that period.  The other major line of cameras from Kodak at the time was the box cameras which were very basic.  You can read more about one of them here. We owe a lot to both cameras, especially the folding Pocket cameras, which introduced the real concept of not only…

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    Miranda Automex III

    Miranda Automex III – Auto grille

    January 17, 2023

    Polaroid Spectra – Almost Instant

    May 11, 2018

    Polaroid Sun 660 Autofocus Land Camera – Instant gratification

    January 12, 2018
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Rangefinder Reviews,  Reviews

    Fuji GS645S – Camera with a Roo Bar

    March 2, 2017 /

    The Fuji GS645S is a medium format fixed lens rangefinder camera shooting in 6x4.5 format. With a great exposure meter and lightweight, ticks all the boxes.

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    Kiev 4 – The Non-Clone

    October 26, 2018
    Canon PowerShot S95

    Canon PowerShot S95 – Pocket Power

    July 22, 2024
    Nikkenflex

    Nikkenflex – Twin focus

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

    Fuji GSW690III Professional – The Texas Leica

    October 11, 2016 /

    There is a saying that “everything in Texas is bigger”.  So, let’s take the svelte Leica M camera, and visualise what it would look like if it came from Texas, but to add a twist, has the build from Japan.  We have just described the Fuji GSW690III Professional camera.  This is a camera capable of some amazing results, has an extremely sharp lens and is quite mobile.  It also shoots big 6×9 negatives with so much detail that suck you into the picture.  Not a street shooter, but a great companion for travel photography. Specifically, the GSW690III, is the third generation of a successful line for Fuji, and as per…

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    Voigtländer Perkeo I

    August 17, 2016

    Polaroid Spectra – Almost Instant

    May 11, 2018

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

    July 9, 2017
  • Cameras,  Medium Format Reviews,  Reviews

    Kodak No. 0 Brownie Model A – Shooting at over 100 years strong

    September 7, 2016 /

    Sometimes there is a real sense of clarity by stripping back to basics.  There are of-course basics and then there are real basics.  That is what using a camera that is one-hundred years old and is effectively designed as a box brings us.  The Kodak No. 0 Brownie Model A is a camera which helped introduce photography to the people, but how is it to use in the modern age? History Kodak has a long and very focused history, of which is well known and too long to include in this article.  The Brownie history is also a very long one, starting in 1900 until the final model being produced…

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    Rolleicord Va Type 1 – The middle twin

    March 16, 2018
    FED Mikron

    FED Mikron – Half or double fun

    July 19, 2023

    Agfa Jsolette 4.5 – When J is not a J

    September 5, 2017
  • 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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    Voigtlander Vitessa L

    Voigtländer Vitessa L – Plunging Forward

    November 11, 2024
    Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2

    Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2 – Early Ikonic

    December 9, 2023
    Lomography Fisheye 2

    Lomography Fisheye 2 – Fishbowl world

    October 8, 2020

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