Compact Cameras
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Overview The Ricoh FF-9 is a 35mm moderate wide angle ultra compact camera which was released in 1988. It was also released as FF-7. It is a basic camera with some extra features. Features and Operation Its main features are: 35mm F3.5 Ricoh lens, 4 elements in 4 groups, autofocus with focus lock, min. focus […]
Overview The Olympus AF10 Super (Infinity Junior in the US) was released in 1987, a fully automatic 35mm film camera. It inherited the sliding cover design from the XA. Small and lightweight, with an integrated flash, it’s smaller than the XA with flash attached. Features and Operation The camera’s main features are: 35mm F3.5 lens, […]
The Robots are a world apart. They are ultra-small, spring-wound 35mm film cameras with interchangeable lenses. To keep the cameras small, they chose the 24x24mm picture format. They are completely mechanical. They are designed for discreet, hyperfocal use, colour-points on the distance scale of each lens indicate the depth of the field according to the […]
If you look at the Voigtländer Vito C, you are certainly reminded of the Minox 35 series. There is a very similar Minox model, the Minox 35 ML. And there is a Balda CA 35, which is technically the same camera as the Vito C. There is a reason for this. Karl-Heinz Lange, chief camera […]
Overview The Canon Dial 35 was first released in 1963. It already has a CDS meter and film is advanced via a spring motor. It’s a horizontally orientated semi automatic camera, you choose the speed and it sets the aperture. In 1968 a second version was released, the 35-2, which has major improvements: a much […]
Overview When the Rollei 35 was first released in 1966, it was the smallest 35mm film full frame camera, a title it held for quite some time. The camera was designed in the early 1960s in his spare time by Heinz Waaske, chief engineer of German camera maker Wirgin. He had also engineered and designed […]
Overview The Yashica AW mini is a fully automatic and weatherproof 35mm film camera. It was first released in 1990 before the digital market was a market at all. It has a moderate wide-angle lens in a standard body. Features and Operation Its main features are: 32mm F3.5 lens, 4 elements in 3 groups, autofocus with focus […]
Overview The Olympus mju or mju I (Stylus in the US) was released in 1991, a fully automatic 35mm film camera. It was a new design by Yoshihisa Maitani, the chief camera designer of Olympus since the 1950s, who developed a number of legendary cameras like the Pen, the OM series and the XA. It […]
After buying and using my 1964 Olympus Pen EE and purchasing two other cameras (yet to be used), I decided to buy a lovely Olympus LT Zoom 105. I did some careful research on Olympus compacts and saw the high prices some were attracting high prices including the Olympus mju series (see Olympus mju III […]
Overview The Olympus mju II is probably the smallest fully automatic and water protected 35mm film camera ever built. It’s designed around the film cartridge, small and lightweight. It has even an integrated flash. Its form, round and flatter to one end, makes it easy to slide it into a small pocket. Features and Operation […]
Overview The Olympus XA is one of the two smallest 35mm film rangefinder camera ever built (the other being the Contax T). Unlike other ultra-compacts, the lens unit does not fold or extend. Focusing is done by moving one of the 5 groups inside the lens via a lever, coupled to a real rangefinder. You […]
Overview The Pentax Espio 738 is a 35mm film camera of the mid-range series. It was first released in 1995 when the digital market was not yet a consumer market. It has a moderate zoom that covers 38-70mm in a relatively small body. There was a black version, a date version and later a 738G and a 738S. […]
