This 1959/1960 camera was made available by the German company Photo Porst who appears to have established a reputation, among other things, for rebranding cameras made by other companies. Apart from that I haven’t been able to establish any other details about the Haponette EB. So let me discuss what I can say about my … More Happy Happenstance with a Haponette EB
This 1990 offering from Olympus certainly has an impressive looking list of features. The camera is incredibly comfortable to hold due to its camcorder styling and thoughtfully placed grip. My forefinger naturally rested on the shutter button. Shame about the deep chocolate colouring of the camera. Looking at the top plate, below, this is where … More Olympus AZ 330 Superzoom – Style over Substance?
I seem to have acquired a number of point and shoot cameras recently more by accident than by design. To be honest I don’t really enjoy the ‘limited’ and ‘compromised’ experience these kind of cameras give or so I thought. Well this may be changing, and I have the Minolta Riva Zoom 135ex to thank … More Minolta Riva Zoom 135EX – Sophisticated and Simple
I would appear to be on a rangefinder roll. This week it is a Voightlander Vito BL. The manual for the Vito BL makes the camera sound like some sentient being from the land of Voight! ” the VITO BL is an optical and mechanical precision instrument which requires gentle and understanding treatment. The camera … More Voightlander Vito BL
Aeronautical and General Instruments, or Agi, was founded in 1915 and over a period of time established a thriving business making a wide range of precision instruments. Then in 1946 founded a subsidiary company, Agilux, which produced commercial cameras. During the latter quarter of the 1950’s they produced the Agimatic, pictured below. As soon as … More Agilux Agimatic
Popular photography magazine in its May 1985 edition, found here, sums up the Canon T80 with the following words: “The Canon T80 is a five-way programmed, auto-exposure, auto-load, motor-drive 35mm SLR with three dedicated autofocusing lenses, for people who want good images but don’t care about f-stops and shutter speeds” What more can I say? … More The Unremarkable… Remarkable Canon T80 and AC 35-70 Zoom Lens?
I nearly overlooked this mediocre looking M42 mount camera that was released in the later half of the 1960’s. Initially the only thing peaking my interest was the camera’s name. After all Mamiya are renown for their high end medium format film cameras. There was no way I was going to own one of them, … More Summer days with a Mamiya/ Sekor 500DTL
Is it a 35mm camera ? Is it a point and shoot? No it’s the future, its the Ricoh Mirai! From the front the 1988 Mirai has a video camcorder look, with it’s sculpted black plastic body. The handle on the left houses the battery compartment. A single CR-P2 or four AAA batteries can be … More The Marvelous Ricoh Mirai
Since my experience with the Yashica 44LM, found here, I have been on the lookout for a ’proper’ 120 film TLR but have been put off by how expensive a decent one is currently. Then a few weeks ago I came across the Flexora, a basic but working TLR. The Flexora was produced by the … More A Flexora, some expired Kodak Verichrome Pan and the Prisoner.
” I’m not sure why this camera is called the “Super,” because “super” usually implies a superabundance of features. This is a basic picture-taking machine that does its job well. And although it’s not adorned with a lot of fancy gizmos, it certainly has features that make it worth noticing.” This is how Popular photography … More Ricoh KR 10 SUPER?
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