Japan

Minolta Hi-matic 7sII – 35mm Film Rangefinder Camera Review
2000 1125 Dustin Vaughn-Luma

Beginning in the late 1970s, camera manufacturers began to turn away from fun and discrete rangefinders to bulky, and often boring, SLRs. But before totally abandoning the once-popular rangefinder, each of the major Japanese makers seemed…

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Konica Big Mini BM 201 – Point and Shoot Film Camera Review
2000 1125 Josh Solomon

The hype train for point-and-shoots travels faster than a Japanese Shinkansen, and seems to change tracks more often than a hobo runnin’ from the law. Every few months, it seems, another point-and-shoot camera becomes the talk…

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Why I Choose the Minolta CLE Over Any Leica M
1474 830 James Tocchio

The best 35mm film cameras in the world are Leicas. This is a known fact, right? And the best of the best is surely the M series, yes? I mean, at this point in time the…

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Nikon L35AF – Japan’s Pikaichi Point and Shoot
2400 1350 James Tocchio

Photophiles in the 1980s had it good. The camera industry was surging forward on a wave of prosperity. Cameras featured greater automation, ease of use, and affordable quality. At the head of this surge was Canon, a masterful…

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