I’ve written another camera review over here at 35mmc. It’s my take on the Leica C2 Zoom, a bit off an odd duck point & shoot camera from the early 1990s. It’s a fun read, I’ve been told. I hope you agree.
Tag: 35mm
Review on 35mmc – Minolta Hi-Matic AF-2
Another review of mine is up on Hamish Gill’s amazing 35mm compact shooter site, the no-nonsensically titled 35mmc.com. The star: a $9.99 Hi-Matic camera.
I Reviewed the Minolta Riva Mini
It’s my favorite little point and shoot camera, so of course when Hamish Gill of 35mmc.com asked, I jumped at the chance to review it. You can read my post on Hamish’s site, the amazing one stop shop for everything 35mm compact cameras, here.
The Act of Cleaning
Cleaning is how we take ownership of things. I noticed this when I received a beaten up Nikon F801 camera, won on eBay (or “that auction site” as it is so often referred to when people want to avoid brands; making clear that our internet auction needs are pretty much monotheistic) for €11,05 plus shipping.…
Rangefinder Impersonators, or: Using Minolta’s Hi-Matic AF2 as an Analogue Fuji X100s
The Fuji X100s, and its predecessor, the X100 before it, have received both accolades and disparagament from many a commentator during the past three years or so. Though the camera is not everything to everyone, it seems that it is one thing: everybody’s favorite digital rangefinder camera that’s not actually a rangefinder. This is now a camera…
Those Minolta Colors
I’ve found myself shooting more and more with a camera I picked up on a whim this summer, the Minolta X-700. Information is plentiful online about this camera. It was introduced in 1981, and could be bought new still in 1999. In essence, it was produced from a time when you could still buy all-metal all-manual SLRs new…
Through a Rollei 35
Through a Rollei 35, ein Album auf Flickr. I’ll talk about the arsenal soon. What camera do you use for what kind of picture? Digital, figital, analog? Small, big, or in between? But that’s for another day. For now, though, suffice it to say that the one that’s proven itself indispensable in the short time…