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LaRose Rapitake

This is the La Rose Rapitake, a neat vertical oriented viewfinder camera that takes 35mm film in special “rapid” cassettes.…

6Oct 20206 Oct 2020

A.C.Kemper Kombi

This is the Kemper Kombi Camera and Graphoscope, an interesting combination box camera and viewer from 1892 manufactured by Alfred…

5Oct 20205 Oct 2020

Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer

This is the Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer, on loan from Adam Paul, a fun P&S with “panoramic” mode and date…

Vintage Digital: Pentax Optio W90

28 Jul 20205 Aug 2020

As much as I tell myself I’m not going down the wormhole of collecting vintage digital cameras, the evidence is undeniable. Exhibit A, this Pentax Optio W90 circa 2010. The…

Mamiya 35 Crown

This is the Mamiya 35 Crown. It was also known as the Mamiya 35 Executive in some markets with a different color scheme (grey). This camera was labelled as a…

Voigtländer Bessa R2A

8 Jun 202028 Jul 2020

This is Voigtländer R2A, a wonderful modern rangefinder camera that I have been lucky enough to acquire on the cheap. In addition to this camera I have the Voigtländer Bessa-L,…

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Found Film: 90’s Edition

8 Jun 20208 Jun 2020

You never know what you're going to find cleaning out a storage unit, and that is how I came across a number of slides taken by me or at least…

Pentax Zoom 105-R

30 May 202030 May 2020

This is the Pentax Zoom 105-R, picked up on a recommendation from Adam Paul since the default ISO is 25 for any non-DX film which makes it ideal for testing…

Home C-41 Developing (take 2)

4 May 20205 May 2020

This is my second attempt at developing color negatives at home. The last attempt was almost a year and a half ago and decided home quarantine would be a great…

Canon VT De luxe

15 Apr 202015 Apr 2020

Canon VT De Luxe engraved name Part of my ever expanding Canon rangefinder mini-collection, this Canon VT De luxe is the latest acquisition though it has taken me some months…

Oh Miranda!

12 Apr 202012 Apr 2020

This is the Miranda Sensomat, an SLR of dubious build quality released in 1969. It looks nice enough and is reasonably pleasant to hold in the hands but appears to…

Found Film: At Home Edition

Like most of you, I have been practicing social distancing and working at home for the last couple of weeks. Spending this much time at home, rummaging through boxes of…

Digilog #1: Soligor C/D Mirror Lens f8 500mm

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020

This is the first in an occasional series pairing old glass with new(ish) digital cameras, mainly Fujifilm X-mount series. Before you get too bent out of shape over crop factor,…