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Minolta Rokkor MC-X 50mm f1.7 PF

Minolta MC-X Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 Lens Repair

A step by step repair and servicing guide for Minolta Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 MC-X Series lens. The MC-X Rokkor PF is actually part of a series of lenses loosely known as the MC-X series. These were a kind of halfway house between the earlier MC Series and what would be the last Manual Focus […]
Olympus OM-1

How to clean a focus screen…

How to clean a focus screen: – One of those things that comes up endlessly on forums for classic cameras is ‘How do I clean a focus screen?’ to save my fingers and to try and antidote a lot of bad advice out there I am creating a handy article that I can now link […]
The price of film

Film is expensive, or is it?

Film is expensive: – The increasing cost of film is often much complained about on film photography forums with people endlessly binding on about how it’s daft to keep shooting when film costs are so exorbitant. Devotees of the art (craft, science, technology – pic your preferred nomenclature) seem to be constantly complaining about the […]
Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2

Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2 Lens Repair Guide

A step by step repair and servicing guide for the much loved Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2. The MD Rokkor 45mm f2 lens was, believe it or not, a low cost budget lens that Minolta primarily fitted to the budget XG series of cameras. The lens has now become something of a hyped up item […]
New Pentax Film Camera?

New Pentax Film Camera Project – In through the out door

Pentax Film Camera Project :- Over the past 12 months there has been a flurry of speculation that Pentax would soon bring to market a new 35mm film camera. Much of this has been provoked by some interviews with people at Pentax who are working on their film project. There are tons of speculative reports […]

Minolta MC-X Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 Lens…

MelJun 1, 202416 min read
Minolta Rokkor MC-X 50mm f1.7 PF
A step by step repair and servicing guide for Minolta Rokkor PF 50mm f1.7 MC-X Series lens. The MC-X Rokkor PF is actually part of a series of lenses loosely known as the MC-X series. These were a kind of halfway house between the earlier MC Series and what would be the last Manual Focus […]

How to clean a focus screen…

MelApr 4, 202412 min read
Olympus OM-1
How to clean a focus screen: – One of those things that comes up endlessly on forums for classic cameras is ‘How do I clean a focus screen?’ to save my fingers and to try and antidote a lot of bad advice out there I am creating a handy article that I can now link […]

Film is expensive, or is it?

MelMar 4, 202412 min read
The price of film
Film is expensive: – The increasing cost of film is often much complained about on film photography forums with people endlessly binding on about how it’s daft to keep shooting when film costs are so exorbitant. Devotees of the art (craft, science, technology – pic your preferred nomenclature) seem to be constantly complaining about the […]

Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2 Lens Repair…

MelFeb 4, 202417 min read
Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2
A step by step repair and servicing guide for the much loved Minolta MD Rokkor 45mm f2. The MD Rokkor 45mm f2 lens was, believe it or not, a low cost budget lens that Minolta primarily fitted to the budget XG series of cameras. The lens has now become something of a hyped up item […]

New Pentax Film Camera Project – In…

MelDec 23, 202320 min read
New Pentax Film Camera?
Pentax Film Camera Project :- Over the past 12 months there has been a flurry of speculation that Pentax would soon bring to market a new 35mm film camera. Much of this has been provoked by some interviews with people at Pentax who are working on their film project. There are tons of speculative reports […]

Being There……Picture This

MelNov 21, 20238 min read
Global Warming Protestor
One of the things that drives me mad with many photographers online, and in the flesh very often, is their push for ever more expensive gear but a complete lack of actually GOING somewhere or DOING something with it.  Now I can’t say I am completely devoid of ‘gearhead’ syndrome (also known as Collectivitis and Gear […]