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Vintage & Classic Lens Index
This is the classic lens Index page for the different lenses I own and have reviewed. Follow the links for reviews and sample pictures.
Evaluation of ON1 Photo Raw as a Lightroom user
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been evaluating a copy of ON1 Photo Raw with the thought of switching to it from Lightroom and…
Kowa SE strip down – part one.
Last week I received a Kowa SE 35mm fixed lens slr which had a few problems. Basically, when the film advance was wound the mirror…
Vintage photography – processing
This will be unusual because it’s not a photo post, it’s a brief walk back in time to a point before digital cameras and HD…
Kowa SE lens re-greasing
This is the final post in the series about the repairs I carried out on my Kowa SE fixed lens SLR. In the last part…
Developing medium format film
Last week I wrote a post about my Ensign Selfix 1620 folding camera and mentioned in that post how I’d loaded it with some FP4+…
Agfa Karat viewfinder camera with strap lugs
This is a very short pictorial review of the model of Agfa Karat viewfinder camera which has strap lugs fitted to the top cover. In…
Yashica 635 shutter removal
This post shows the procedure for removing the Copal MXV shutter from the Yashica 635 medium format film camera which you may need to do…
Voigtlander Vito B viewfinder camera
This post looks at the Voigtlander Vito B 35mm, viewfinder camera which was made in 1959.
Olympus OM-2 sample pictures
Yesterday I loaded up my Olympus OM-2 with a reel of Kodak colourplus 200 colour film and headed off to the sailing lake in Stevenage…
Kowa SE 35mm SLR
A look at the Kowa SE, a fixed lens 35mm slr with leaf shutter which was made in about 1964.
Pentax K1000 35mm slr camera
A look at the Pentax K1000 probably Pentax’s most well known camera after the spotmatic.
Iconic Pentax Spotmatic SP 35mm SLR Review
This is my review of a classic 35mm manual camera – the Pentax Spotmatic which was the forerunner to many of the best Pentax cameras.
Camdiox Canon EOS to Sony Nex focal reducer review
In this post I’m going to review my reasons for purchasing a focal reducer and give my assessment of the performance of the Camdiox unit.…
Waltax Junior folding camera from 1952
The Waltax Junior is a 120 format, folding camera which was produced by Waltax in the early 1950s.
Praktica B200 electronic camera review
A look at the Praktica B200 which were rather a radical departure from the traditional Praktica range which preceded it.
Beamish village in wide-angle
I’ve added a few pictures from our recent holiday in the North East of England, some of which were taken at the Beamish Museum. This…
Pentax Spotmatic ES 35mm slr review
This is a review of one of the later Pentax Spotmatic models and one of the first cameras to offer aperture priority auto exposure -…
