Canon’s First SLR – The Canonflex

On the last post we took a look at the Nikon F – a camera that dominated the professional 35mm … More

The Nikon F – Setting the Standard for the next 30 Years

As a company, Nikon – or Nippon Kogaku as it was known then – can trace its roots back to … More

The Nikon N2020 / F-501 – Nikon’s answer to the Minolta Maxxum

To say that Minolta set the photography world on its ear with the release of the Maxxum 7000 is an … More

The Minolta Maxxum 7000 – Photography was never the Same

Today’s post is the first in a series that I’ll be doing on the first wave of 35mm SLRs that … More

Minolta Rokkor-X MC Lenses

If you’ve read many photo-forums over the last decade or so, you’ve undoubtedly seen high praise for Minolta’s Rokkor line … More

The Minolta SRT-series – or, what the Grinch really wanted for Christmas

The Christmas “season” is in full swing these days. And one of the benefits to having satellite TV with 113 … More

Photography is expensive. And it used to cost a lot more.

Add to this the fact that you won’t ever have to pay for film and processing and this hobby of ours is looking more frugal by the minute!

Canon F-1 (Original) Focusing Screens

A description of interchangeable SLR focusing screens and their intended uses.

The Kiev 6C – A Photographic Artifact of the Cold War

Growing up in the USA during the late 70s and early 80s, my mindset regarding the Soviet Union would have … More

Busch Pressman Model “D” – 1952

I began my photographic career in the Spring of 1989 as a darkroom technician at a local newspaper.  And one … More