Yashica J-P 35mm slr camera
The Yashica J-P is a basic 35mm slr camera of typical design for the time it was made in the early 1960s. It’s a fully mechanical, fully manual camera with no exposure meter, auto aperture, split level focusing aid etc.

The Yashica J-P is a basic 35mm slr camera of typical design for the time it was made in the early 1960s. It’s a fully mechanical, fully manual camera with no exposure meter, auto aperture, split level focusing aid etc.

A review of one of the seemingly endless number of Praktica cameras made in the 1980s, this on the MTL 5B

Some sample photos from a Zeiss Ikon Contaflex III which shows that I have a light leak in my camera.

A post showing the pictures that can be obtained whten a vintage Tokina RMC 75 – 260 f/4.5 zoom lens is used with a Pentax K5 DSLR

The Ricoh Singlex TLS is a 35mm single lens reflex camera made by Ricoh in about 1967 and also re-badged for a number of other manufacturers.

The Contaflex series was made by Zeiss for a long time and encompassed many model variations.

A short post showing how to remove the slow speed escapement from the Franka Super Franarette camera for cleaning.

A look at the Kodak Retina IIa folding rangefinder camera from the 1950s

A Review of the Petri Penta V6 35mm SLR camera from 1965.

My experiences of using the Kodak Brownie reflex camera and some of the exposures I found on the film inside it.

This repair article shows how I stripped down a Petri Flex V camera in order to learn the technique.

In this post I explain how I repaired the aperture blades in a vintage Petri 55mm f/2 CC lens.