While sorting though a bin of cameras labeled “Broken” at a camera shop in Costa Mesa I found an Olympus XA, a pocket rangefinder camera from the late 1970’s. I had never owned one before…
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Pentax IQ ZOOM 115M | Big Bear Lake
I got a cheap-o Pentax IQ zoom series camera for 3 USD plus shipping with a bunch of expired film on eBay. With a background in film (cinema) I was fond of the idea of a panoramic ratio - even though…
Read MorePentax LX | New York | Fuji Superia 1600 | Samyang 85mm 1.4
Of the hundred cameras or so I’ve owned, used, and sold, letting go of my Pentax LX may the biggest…
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Rollei AFM 35: the Good, the Bad, and the Klasse.
Unless you are an avid point and shoot film camera collector, it's likely you have never heard of the Rollei AFM 35. First of all its a marvelous little camera, but the misconception that it lacks...
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