The Film Retriever

 Since the beginning of my photographic journey, I always considered myself to be a Canon-ian. My first " real " camera was the EOS 5 which I still own and works perfectly fine after 17 years of moderate use. Then, when I started writing this blog, more and more cameras landed on my hands. I loved the Minoltas, the 9xi and XD-7 have been some of my favourites; and as the journey continued, the Pentax-es came along. The MX is just a magnificent camera; I would definitely include it within the TOP-10 best cameras ever made. Then there was the Olympus OM-1n, a camera that became instantly my main camera to use and love. But there were no Nikons. The only SLR's I used was the (below) average EM and my brother's F-801s. A half a year ago, a friend from rangefinderforum.com started a thread on the forum, seeking a camera aficionado who would like to give to a Nikon F4s a new home. After a few seconds of hesitation, I sent an email stating that ...

  This is an in-depth review of the Yashica FX-D Quartz. I based this review on various resources on the Internet and my personal experience of using this camera for the last two months. As it is usually the case, this camera is a car-boot sale find. The lady who sold it to me told me that I can have it for a pound since it was not working. Actually all it needed were new batteries. With the acquisition of Contax by the Kyocera Group back in the early 70's, Yashica and Contax started the production of very similar products for two very different client groups. Yashica focused in the production of cameras for the amateurs / enthusiasts while Contax focused in the production of hi-end cameras for the Pros. In line with this policy, both companies produced cameras that bear a big amount of similarities to the point of being named sister cameras, if not twin sisters. Think of the Contax RTS and the Yashica FR (reviewed on this blog). Both Contaxes and Yashicas bear...