If you don’t have time to read this review of the Voigtländer Superb, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Voigtländer Superb A few cameras come to mind when you use the word striking.  The Voigtländer Superb is one of them.  This 1930s Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) gives off a steampunk vibe, but at the same time you can see and feel the quality.  Functionally it is even different from the standard TLR formula.  It’s almost as if Voigtländer were trying to capture market share from an ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this review of the Nikon FE, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Nikon FE Nikon FE-fi-fo-fum, I smell the acetate of camera fun, Be it colour, or be it black and white, I’ll load it all, And shoot it day and night. So now that we have established that I cannot write a rhyme to save myself, let’s talk about the Nikon FE.  This compact Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera can produce very polarising opinions. Nikon must have done something right though, as the basic same body design ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this review of the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C, Model 530/2, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C 530/2 When considering iconic folding cameras, a few come to mind.  One that invariably makes that list is the Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta C.  What’s there not to love in this camera?  A folding camera which travels easily, uses readily available 120 film, produces 6×9 frames and is a rangefinder to ensure precision focusing and sharp results ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this review of the Rollei 35, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Rollei 35 Small!  Or more correctly, “Klein!”.  That must have been the word Heinz Waaske would have had rolling around in his mind when he designed the Rollei 35 in the 1960s.  After all, not many cameras come to mind where you know the primary, and above else, key design element.   Not much larger than the film cassette that is inserted into it, the Rollei 35 is a remarkable feat ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this article of Nikkor 35mm PC Lens Panoramic, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Nikkor 35mm PC lens Panoramic I have recently been on a bit of a panoramic kick.  Whether with the 35mm panoramic kit in the Mamiya 7, or previously with the Hasselblad xPan, it is a format which really excites me.  Both those options are fantastic for film shooting, but what about digital?   In the past I have cropped and relied on the Nikon D800 resolution to be adequate.&n ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this review of the FED Mikron, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. FED Mikron The FED Mikron is a little half-frame camera I have been shooting for a bit of fun recently.  The general feeling is that half-frame takes a little bit of commitment, as you need to shoot seventy-two frames to finish a standard roll of 35mm.  Personally, I feel it does require a change of approach and that it should really release you.  I find I start to shoot more freely, not wor ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this review of the Mamiya 7, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Mamiya 7 In the world of luxury items, the camera industry is as guilty as any other of creating brands and items which become either sought after, aspired to, or just wanted.  The pinnacle of that for Mamiya in the medium format film world was the Mamiya 7.  It is even in a titanium-coloured finish just to add bling! I love to travel, and I love to travel light.  The Mamiya 7 fits the bill fo ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this review of the Minolta RD-175, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here.   Minolta RD-175 Imagine this.  It is October 3rd 1995, and O.J. Simpson was just acquitted of murdering his wife.  You are in a local café and noticed he is sitting there, seemingly having got away from the limelight.  Luckily you have your new Minolta RD-175 with you.  You snap away to make sure you are first with the scoop.  Afterwards, you rush home, fir ..read more

If you don’t have time to read this review of the Miranda Automex III, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Miranda Automex III Ever wondered what a camera would look like with the grille of a 1962 Chrysler SV1 Valiant, the Miranda Automex III is a great example.  It has one of the most impressive pentaprism designs in early 35mm SLRs.  In fact, the whole camera looks impressive.   The Automex series comes from a period where camera designers had a bit of freedom to experiment, and the lo ..read more

Sydney Opera House | Voigtländer Superb | Kodak Portra 400 If you don’t have time to read this article on Three Cameras of 2022 for 2023, I can read this to you with the Photo Thinking Blogcast! You can find it on most podcast platforms or here. Voigtländer Superb, Mamiya 7, Nikon Coolpix 995 By chance you may have noticed that a few vintage camera bloggers, and now including myself, are writing about three cameras used in 2022 but have not been reviewed.  We agreed between ourselves to give everyone a taste of what might be coming on our collective sites in 2023 or even just so ..read more