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Short & Sweet – 6 Half Frames with the Fujica Half

3 December 20213 December 2021 John6 Comments
Short & Sweet – 6 Half Frames with the Fujica Half

In which I find freedom in having 72 shots to play with, and am ultimately disappointed (but for all the right reasons).

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Updated: 3 December 2021
Categories: Camera ReviewsTags: 35mm, 35mmretrophoto, analogue, camera, film, fujica, half, half frame, photography, review, vintage, yorkshire

A Trip Down Memory Lane (via Devon) with the Voigtländer Vito II

14 November 202114 November 2021 John6 Comments
A Trip Down Memory Lane (via Devon) with the Voigtländer Vito II

In which we visit Devon twice, sixty years apart, with this gem of a folding camera.

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Updated: 14 November 2021
Categories: Camera ReviewsTags: 35mm, analogue, camera, film, folding, Fomapan 100, photography, review, vito, voigtlander

Bargain Box – Capturing Life with a 99p Kodak No.2 Box Brownie

23 July 202023 July 2020 John10 Comments
Bargain Box – Capturing Life with a 99p Kodak No.2 Box Brownie

In which I buy the cheapest box camera I can get my hands on, and set about photographing life on this 90 year old classic.

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Updated: 23 July 2020
Categories: Camera ReviewsTags: Box, box camera, Brownie, fomapan, kodak, No.2, review, Slaithwaite

Canon A1 – The Clinical Picture Maker

16 July 202016 July 2020 John8 Comments
Canon A1 – The Clinical Picture Maker

In which we discuss late 70’s fashions, lazy photography, Edward the Confessor, prisoner of war camps, and oh yeah… the Canon A1.

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Updated: 16 July 2020
Categories: Camera ReviewsTags: 35mm, A1, Canon, Canon A1, review, SLR, vintage

Swirling Dervish – Bokeh Hunting with the Helios 44-2 and Praktica Nova II

23 June 202029 June 2020 John3 Comments
Swirling Dervish – Bokeh Hunting with the Helios 44-2 and Praktica Nova II

In which I take this behemoth of the lens world out bokeh hunting. Just how many bokehs will I catch?

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Updated: 29 June 2020
Categories: Camera Reviews, LensesTags: 35mm, analog, analogue, film, Fomapan 100, Helios 44-2, Lens, photography, Praktica Nova II, review

Getting to Grips with the Ensign Ful-Vue

19 June 202029 June 2020 John12 Comments
Getting to Grips with the Ensign Ful-Vue

Always one for a challenge, I pit my wits against the 1946 Ensign Ful-Vue. Who won? You decide!

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Updated: 29 June 2020
Categories: Camera ReviewsTags: 120, 6x6, analog, analogue, box camera, ensign, film, fomapan, ful-vue, medium format, photography, review, vintage

Paranormal Adventures with a Kodak Retina 1A

12 June 202029 June 2020 John9 Comments
Paranormal Adventures with a Kodak Retina 1A

In which I compare the Kodak Retina 1A to a Zorki, survive a haunted tunnel and mess up film developing.

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Updated: 29 June 2020
Categories: Camera ReviewsTags: 1a, 35mm, analogue, camera, gunthwaite, haunted, kodak, Kodak Retina 1A, photography, retina, review, thurgoland, tunnel, vintage, wentworth

England, Sunshine & The Smena Symbol

3 June 202029 June 2020 John2 Comments
England, Sunshine & The Smena Symbol

The world is beautiful right now, and in a rare moment of madness I dig out some colour film and the Smena Symbol for some adventures in the sunshine.

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Updated: 29 June 2020
Categories: Camera ReviewsTags: 35mm, camera, Cosmic Symbol, experience, film, LOMO, photography, review, smena, Smena Symbol, vintage

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