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October 30, 2020

Canon Dial 35

Preamble On a bright summer day sometime in the early 1980s, I was negotiating the narrow streets of Salzburg, Austria. Being a medieval city and spread around a hill, streets are winding to boot. As a navigation instrument, I used a large sheet of paper printed in many colours, which, for the benefit of the younger readers, was called a...

35mm half frame/Canon/Japan/Viewfinder Comments: 0

October 8, 2020

Yashica Rapide

Preamble The days are both early autumn and mid-Corona. Being of the at-risk population I stay mostly at home. As the weather changes it is the time to switch from summer shorts to track pants which are my winter at-home staple. However, my girth has shrunk from extra-large to a mere large, so all pants sort of don’t stay put....

Japan/Viewfinder/Yashica Comments: 2

September 3, 2020

Taron Chic

Taron Chic At the heels of the WZFO Alfa comes another odd, vertical camera, the Taron Chic. At the heels is not entirely correct as it refers to the order it is being presented on this site, where the Taron Chic was introduced a year earlier than the WZFO Alfa. The difference is that the Chic is a nicely balanced...

35mm half frame/Japan/Taron/Viewfinder Comments: 0

August 29, 2019

WZFO Alfa

WZFO Alfa To its given luck, the Polish nation is located in between western and eastern Europe. On the face of it, it couldn’t be better, being a commercial and cultural gateway between the two. Regrettably, it was not so as each invading power marching either east or west had passed through this land, in turn imposing rules and forced...

35mm half frame/Poland/Viewfinder Comments: 0

August 5, 2019

Olympus Trip 35

Olympus Trip 35 Lovely little camera, cute to Olympus design tradition. fits well into small and large hands, lightweight and simple to use. Little wonder that they are plenty of them out there. Almost a point and shoot camera. Settings are scant, the distance by estimate, ASA setup and recommended aperture. By the light meter, the camera decides what shutter...

Compact/Japan/Olympus/Viewfinder Comments: 0

March 31, 2019

Olympus Pen Family

Olympus Pen family Pen EE Pen EE-3 Pen EES-2 Pen EM Olympus pen current value Model Year Meter Distance Shoe Flash sync Timer Flash Lens Pen 1959 Selenium 3.5 Pen S 1960 Selenium X X X 2.8 Pen D 1962 Selenium X 1.9 Pen D2 1964 CdS X 3.5 Pen D3 1965 CdS X 3.5...

35mm half frame/Japan/Mini camera/Olympus/Point and shoot/Viewfinder Comments: 0

March 29, 2019

Leica Minilux Zoom

Leica Minilux Zoom This camera, together with a Yashica T4 I have do not really belong here. I picked up an old Soviet camera, where the owner suggested she has another one. It did not fit within my interest range,m but the price was right so I took it. Think it is made by Minolta, so the only halo it...

Leitz/Mini camera/Point and shoot/Viewfinder Comments: 0

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