1975 saw the introduction of the KX as the advanced-amateur model in the Pentax K series lineup, seen as one step up from the […]
Pentax MV1
Surprisingly, given it’s decidedly amateur auto-only positioning, this MV1 was “rode hard and put away wet”. It’s one of the most used models in […]
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Pentax MX
Introduced in 1977, and produced until 1985, the MX represented the flagship of Pentax’s 35mm line. Unlike the ME and derivatives, it features a […]
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Yashicaflex A-II
I believe this to be an A-II model, first introduced in 1954. The Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) had gained popularity between the wars due […]
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Pentax MG
Pentax introduced the MG in 1981, as the successor to the MV1 and in the line of simpler, automated, bodies going back through MV […]
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Weston Master II
I have to admit it was a particularly stubborn streak in me that lead to buying and using this meter. I’d been reading lots […]
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Pentacon Six TL
Produced in Communist East Germany by a company sometimes known as Practica, this is a clunky beast of a camera.
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Eastman Kodak Vest Pocket Model B
These were churned out by the hundreds of thousands, especially the cheap and cheerful version I have here.
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Pentax Spotmatic SP
This was quite a find, body and lens serial numbers match to the original documentation from Pentax!
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Pentax K-1000
The camera that launched a million hobbies. If you studied photography in School from the mid ’70s onwards, you probably used a K1000.
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