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Many years ago I bought a second hand Olympus OM-10 and started photographing my family, friends and the things around me. I've been interested in cameras and photography ever since...

The electronics on the OM-10 eventually failed and I purchased a brand new Fuji STX-2 from 'Boots the Chemist'. I later upgraded to a Minolta X-700 that was on Special Offer in 'Dixons'. I still occasionally use the Fuji and the Minolta.

More recently I have aquired many more cameras - mostly bought from charity shops, jumble sales, car boot sales etc. I've also been given several old film cameras by generous people that no longer shoot film. My favourite cameras are manual focus, 35mm compacts from the 70s and early 80s (just before auto-focus really became popular). I'm also currently enjoying some classic SLRs - 'Pentax Super A', 'Konica Autoreflex T2' and 'Canon T70' and I've started experimenting with Instant photography using a couple of Dr Land's excellent packfilm rangefinder models.

I usually buy film in bulk and I love to use the cameras in my collection as often as possible. I always have at least one roll of film on-the-go.

I use both Film and Digital but I find Film more fun, interesting and rewarding.



My current Favourite cameras:-


35mm Ultra Compact:
Chinon Bellami
Olympus XA


35mm Compact Rangefinder/Zone Focus:
Minolta Hi-Matic S
Prinz 35ER


35mm SLR
Konica Autoreflex T2
Minolta X-700
Olympus OM2n
Pentax Super A


Larger Formats
Polaroid Land Camera Model 180
Polaroid Automatic Land Camera 340
Yashica-Mat


Digital
Canon Powershot G3
Fuji F47fd

If you're interested in Film Photography or Film Cameras, the following links may be of interest:-
www.photoethnography.com/equipment.html
www.kyphoto.com/classics/cameras.html
35mm-compact.com/
www.silvermoon.idv.tw/photo.html
my.reset.jp/~inu/ProductsDataBase/index2.htm