2008
- December
- Leicaflex SL
The year is 1964, and the photographic world has pretty much been weaned off rangefinder cameras, due to the ever increasing ease of using SLR’s. Up to the date models featured instant return mirrors and Topcon h...
- November
- The Hasselblad 500C
Moving on from the simplicity of last month’s camera, I go to a much more advanced creation from Sweden, the venerable 500C.Sometimes it is hard to view the 500 series ‘Blads as classic cameras, because so m...
- October
- No. 2 Kodak Brownies
This month I revisit an old friend in the Kodak Brownies. Specifically I concentrate on those Brownies that take 120 size film, making them more suitable for everyday use. As you no doubt know, most of the venerable Brow...
- September
- Bessamatic and Zoomar
This month I revisit the Voigtlander Bessamatic because it’s such a nice camera and I have a couple of different lenses to try.As many of you probably already know, the lenses for the Bessamatic and the Retina Refl...
- August
- The Rolleicords
This months camera is in fact two cameras, but both are Rolleicords, one from it's inception, to the (almost) final model.Often touted as the poor mans Rolleiflex, and probably the most copied camera apart from the ...
- July
- The Rollei SL35
Of course we all know and love the Rollei TLR’s that this company is famous for, but there is a lot more to Franke and Heidecke than sweet handling twin lens reflexes. Over the years Rollei have pretty much d...
- June
- Voigtlander Superb
This months’ camera is the Voigtlander Superb.I must confess to a weakness for TLR’s of all sorts, and if that TLR happens to be a Voigtlander, then that’s the icing on the cake.The Superb a...
- May
- Canon F1
This month it is the CanonF1.These days photographers are usually divided into two camps or “tribes”, the clan Nikon or clan Canon.These two are fiercely loyal to their own kind and would never consider...
- April
- Fujica 35EE
This month’s offering is from that well respected film manufacturer, Fujifilm.The Fujica 35-EE was one of the first of their coupled rangefinder 35mm cameras, preceded by the 35-M from 1957 and the 35SE from 1959.M...
- March
- The Nikon F
Where were you in 1959?I was 8 years old and had just moved from the Victorian Mallee desert to the N.S.W. south coast, a bit nicer!On the music front, Motown records was founded and Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash.Fo...
- February
- Diax 1b
Now I must confess to being somewhat ignorant to the products of Walter Voss even though I had some first hand experience with a Diax in my very early years, even though I didn’t realize it!You see, my dad took man...
- January
- Olympus Wide
On the wide side with Olympus.This month I get to grips with one of Olympus Kogaku’s earlier offerings, the Olympus Wide from 1955. This camera was based on the popular 35S series of cameras from that period, but f...