The Rolleiflex SL35 E was one of the later 35mm SLR additions to the Rolleiflex range. Rollei has a complicated history but they made some lovely cameras. This one is no exception. Manufactured in Singapore from 1978, it has a twin made by Voigtländer called the VSL 3E. Both use the QBM mount. As soon […]
The Yashica-A. Introduced around 1959. A twin-lens reflex camera that takes 120 medium format film. I found mine in a house clearance sale and it needed a lot of TLC to get it working properly. It still needs some work but at least it takes great pictures and I love it. Perhaps I’ll make another
The Polaroid ProPack is a vintage camera that uses pack film. Unfortunately this is no longer widely available and it means that you are likely to pay a lot of money for expired examples. This in turn means I don’t currently own any way to show you it being used. So to see it being
Before Pentax, there was Asahi Pentax. They produced some great cameras. This is the Asahi Pentax S1a. An entry level 35mm SLR. It was known in the US as the Honeywell Heiland Pentax H1a. It is a simple design, but very well made. With no built-in metering, you will need to either learn to judge
I once made a video on how to load 35mm film in to a camera. It did not occur to me that I should do the same for 120 film. But as a subscriber to my YouTube channel asked about it, here it is. 120 film, just like 35mm, has many varied cameras but on
The Canon AE-1 Program is one of the most popular 35mm SLR’s ever produced and I still use mine nearly every day. First produced in 1981 as a successor to the AE-1, it introduced a Program AE feature. This meant that with the correct lens fitted, the camera could provide fully automatic aperture and shutter
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The 1981 Konica C35 EF3. One of a range of C35 point & shoot 35mm cameras that were made by Konica from 1968 until 1984. They started as rangefinders and later autofocus, but this is one of the zone-focusing models. Mine is black, but they came in various colours and now seem to becoming popular
Another budget film camera in the shape of the 1992 Fuji DL-190 Zoom. A fully automatic 35mm point and shoot camera that can be purchased for around £20. Although I only paid £2 for mine. The “DL” refers to “Drop-In Loading” which is something I have not shown before. A feature that makes loading DX
This is the 1980 Zenit TTL Olympic Edition. It is another Soviet made 35mm SLR. This one was made to commemorate the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Mine is in pretty grim condition but in this video I start the restoration process and hopefully I can improve its condition. I bought it from an antique dealer,
The Kodak Instamatic was a very popular range of cameras. So popular, that the word ‘instamatic’ is still often used as a generic term for any point and shoot camera. Made from 1963 by Kodak in the US, UK and elsewhere, they were a range of inexpensive easy to use small cameras. I remember my
