45 Pentax Spotmatic with 35mm Takumar f3,5 lens and expired Kodak Gold 100. Another reliable SLR which is easy to use and Spotmatics are just tireless.
Kodak Gold 100
Pentax Spotmatic 35mm f3,5 Takumar
46 Konica IIIA with 50mm f1,8 Hexanon lens and Kodak TMax100. This was an unexpected find on an auction site and what a brilliant viewfinder with a quirky shutter cocking and film advance lever in one. A unique rangefinder.
Kodak TMax100 in Rodinal
Konica IIIa 50mmf1,8 Hexanon
47 Pentax Me Super with 50mm Pentax SMC f1,7 lens and Fuji Velvia 1996. Another beautiful Pentax and great SLR from the 80s.
Fuji Velvia
Pentax ME Super 50mm f1,7
48 Nikon F4 with 24-50 zoom lens at 24mm and expired Ilford Delta 100. This F4 was a late entry and it’s a heavy camera with the MB-21 and smooth shutter.
Ilford Delta 100 in Rodinal
Nikon F4 24-50mm Nikkor
49 Canon F1 with 28mm f2,8 and expired Ilford Delta 100. Having never really owned a Canon camera other than the excellent digital compact G11, the F1 which was bought late 2018 with a motor drive was a pleasant surprise and a whole lot of camera.
Ilford Delta 100 in Rodinal
Canon F1 28mmf2,8 Canon FD lens
50 Canon A1 with 50mm f1,8 and Agfa APX 100. This advanced and desirable black SLR from the 80s was another 2018 purchase and though it had very different ergonomics from the Nikon system is still a great performer.
Agfa APX 100 in Rodinal
Canon A1 50mm f1,8 Canon FD lens
51 Nikon F100 with Sigma 50mm f1,4 and expired Ektachrome 200 (2002). I had one of these top notch SLRs when they were introduced and it’s one of the finest Nikon cameras. I managed to track one down in 2018 and the Sigma lens is razor sharp.
Kodak Ektachrome 200
Nikon F100 Sigma 50mm f1,4
52 Nikkormat FT with 400mm f3,5 and Kodak Gold 200. This rough body was hand painted black by its previous owner and with a Nikon extension ring managed to focus close enough with the brilliant but manual telephoto lens.
Kodak Gold 200
Nikkormat FT 400mmf3,5 Nikkor
53 Nikon F60 with 35-80mm lens at 35mm and expired Fuji Velvia. This champagne coloured body was a gift and has worked flawlessly with a great time function.
Fuji Velvia
Nikon F60 28-80 Nikkor
54 Leica M3 with 50mm f3,5 Elmar and expired Ilford Delta 100. Zan’s M3 with so much character and stories to tell. The weight in hand and the simplicity of these masterpieces create such a different feel to film photography.
Ilford Delta 100 in Rodinal
55 Nikonos III with 35mm lens and Kodak Gold 200. This tough underwater camera was a late entry but was perfectly suited to a close water splash. A solid camera with an unusual shutter release and a bulb function too
Kodak Gold 200
Nikonos III 35mmf2,8 Nikkor
Man in the Middle 