Compact Camera Quest (Part 1)
“The best camera in your collection is the one you have with you when you need it.” I don’t know who originally said that, but they were right. The fanciest gear and finest lenses in the world won’t do...
View ArticleCompact Camera Quest (Part 2)
In Part 1 of my quest, I started to identify what I was looking for in a classic compact film camera: small, not-too-heavy, full-frame 35mm, classic (as in, not a point-and-shoot), but also convenient...
View ArticleCompact Camera Quest (Part 3)
In Part 1 of my quest, I started to identify what I was looking for in a classic compact film camera. In Part 2, I found a camera that was very easy to love – except that you can’t get film for it any...
View ArticleCamera Quest – Intermission
After the first three parts of my “Compact Camera Quest”, I have temporarily run out of words. I have three more parts outlined but the words stopped flowing for a while. So in lieu of part four,...
View ArticleCompact Camera Quest (Part 4)
Some time after acquiring the Minox, my interest in photography waned for a while. (Actually my interest in everything waned, it’s part of the deal with depression.) Then a couple months ago, it all...
View ArticleCompact Camera Quest (Part 5)
In the last installment, I mentioned that my search had led me into two different directions. Today it’s all about the other direction my quest has led me. One of the cameras that kept popping up on...
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