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  • Seagull 4A – A good quality chinese TLR

    Seagull 4A – A good quality chinese TLR

    Last summer I was lucky enough to bid on a lot of five camera’s in an auction and I won! One of the camera’s turned out to be a fully functional Seagull 4A. It resembles a Rolleiflex with its handy winding lever on the right side and its focussing button on the left side. I…

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  • YASHICA A- Solid as a rock

    YASHICA A- Solid as a rock

      The Yashica A is one of the finest and most solid basic Japanese Twin Lens Reflex camera’s out there. It was produced around 1958 as a cheaper alternative to the Yashica D. Therefore, it is not as sophisticated as -let’s say- a Rolleicord. But its performance is like the smell of spring! Using it…

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  • OLYMPUS PEN EE-2 – Another go at this one

    OLYMPUS PEN EE-2 – Another go at this one

    Another go at the Olympus Pen EE-2 for me. Last summer I tried it after all the reviews I read about this fixed focus Halfframe camera. This camera has plenty of advantages comparing it with other cameras that were produced in the late sixties early seventies. One of the major advances of the camera is…

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  • LUBITEL 2 – Russion Roulette Review

    LUBITEL 2 – Russion Roulette Review

    A weekend of Lubitel 2 fun. This performance of Lubitel always seems to be like a Russian Roulette to me. The image quality of the lens can never be predicted. This time the Lubitel I tested was a good one! The lens is contrasty and sharp and all levers are running smoothly. Very convenient and…

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