Kodak Retina
1934: Kodak invent modern 35mm photography.
film photography
Canon Pellix
1965: The unique mirror of this camera solved viewfinder blackout during exposure.
Konica FP
1963: Konishiroku's investment in shutter technology pays off.
Ricoh Auto 35
1960: Ricoh bring the Space Age to camera design.
Fujica ST901
1974: Baby steps towards the digital age for film SLRs.
Praktica LLC
1969: World first cutting edge metering in a mediocre body.
Asahi Pentax ME
1976: SLRs simply don’t get any smaller than this one.
Olympus Pen EE
1961: Simplicity is beautiful with the mother of all point and shoot cameras.
Yashica TL Electro-X
1968: Yashica lights up the viewfinder and steps up shutter technology.
A half baked idea with a half frame camera
Back in 2017 I acquired an Olympus PEN EE half-frame camera. I took it to Durham City with the idea of recording little street scenes unfolding over three frames. I…