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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 […]

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 […]

Nikon F-301 Review – Third Times a…

MelNov 1, 202318 min read
Nikon F-301 35mm SLR Camera
Nikon F-301 Review:- One of the most underrated 35mm film SLRs in todays world has to be the Nikon F-301. I suppose that is to be expected considering it had a very short production life and was generally hated in its day by the Nikonista fraternity. Launched in 1985 and withdrawn around 1987 the Nikon […]

Canon AE-1 Review – Look Out! There’s…

MelJun 25, 202332 min read
Canon AE-1 Review
This Canon AE-1 review was originally titled ‘Why I Hate the Canon AE-1’ – But I decided against it. There are so many reasons I actually do hate the AE-1 it would be hard to know where to start or finish and it might have ended up like one of those horror TV shows that […]