I have mentioned in a previous post, here, my visit to Bempton Cliffs and the RSPB site located on the north east coast of England in search of Puffins. There is something about this place, aside from the puffins, that makes me want to keep coming back. The only impediment is the 500+ miles round … More Bempton Cliffs and a Nikon FE
With some film cameras I pick up, I know from the start that I’m going to have a good time. I’m not quite sure why, but it happens. However with the Yashica J3, I didn’t get that feeling. It’s quite a plain looking camera. Top shutter speed of 1/500th of a second. A light meter … More Yashica J3
Building on the success of the Minolta 7000, in the late 80’s Minolta produced the 7000i. One could be forgiven for thinking “not much of an upgrade.” But it is almost a totally different camera. Here are some links to articles appearing in Popular Photography. Here is a test of the autofocus and Here a … More Out and About with the Minolta 7000i
This camera, produced in the early 1970’s, has a lot in common with others produced at the same time. What I call 1,2,3 photography. It really is that simple. As a consequence there are very few frills about the Chinon CX. Although having said that, you do get a maximum shutter speed of 1000th of … More 1, 2, 3 Photography with the Chinon CX
I like this camera a lot. There I’ve said it. But why? To answer that let me take you through some of it’s features. It is an aperture priority interchangeable lens film camera. You choose the aperture on the lens and the camera will select the correct shutter speed to get a correctly exposed shot. … More Canon AL-1 Quite Frankly Perfect?
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