I'm late to the party today, but good to see it's in the safe and capable hands of our Zenographer. A 20 minute stroll through the recent past of film photography is a cracking way to spend the Sunday before Christmas. With that I'd like to wish Nigel and his family a Merry Christmas, and extend it to all his viewers.

Thank you for this archive of vintage camera and lens reviews!!

Thanks for the vid. Wish you a Great New Year with many more! Just came from a walk with my Olympus OM-2 N to say bye to this Year.

The highlight of any Sunday

I'm really enjoying your quiet passion for these jewels from the past. Looking forward to more videos.

Enjoy your show as always. A great review of some classic cameras. I particularly like your review of the Olympus OM series - and the reason I bought a couple myself! Happy Holidays.

I'm a little late to your Christmas Camera party, but I've been saving this up for some relief from the grind. Thank you so much for a great year of content. Here's to 2021 🍻

It's always a good day when I come across new content from your channel, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you

Really nice video, super informative, I'm well into my film cameras but it was really nice to listen to you talk about old rangefinder. I have a 1954 iiif and I absolutely love it. I wish you a great Christmas, Barney.

Just a heads up, some of the Pentax stuff can be a little underrated. The earlier K series stuff almost never gets talked about-it's always the K1000. The MX is notable as it is fully manual, and the smallest SLR made. Just some thoughts.

Just got my grand father praktika, great piece of gear. Thanks for this channel

Enjoyed this video, full of nostalgia + practical advice! Your enthusiasm knows no bounds! Highly recommend those Olympus slr's + Zorki rangefinders! Happy Xmas Derek

Really Love your reviews of classic cameras ,all done from your home sofa ,you have definitely made me decide to invest in two or three cameras ,and shoot a few rolls of film again .

Just love your enthusiasm and knowledge, so watchable many thanks for sharing. Regards Fred

Thank you for uploading this interesting video. Merry christmas and happy new year ....

Great channel…. One of the best!

Awesome channel, very informative with no flannel. A+ .

Nice selection of cameras Thanks for sharing them with us Regards

There are so many cameras I liked the look of in the past, that are now available at low prices, I have to sit on my hands.

Thank you for another great video!

Thank you to you, Zenography

Lovely relaxed presentation and your enthusiasm shining through! Many of those cameras are familiar, the Rollei A110 was a joy to use, if only they made film for it! You certainly made me want to get my Nikon’s out of the loft and shot film again. It also shows how using manual cameras enabled you to understand the relationship between f stop, shutter speed and ASA, how many photographers with a digital camera put it on Automatic? The other thing I liked was having depth of field markers on the lenses.

Love your channel Nigel. Your voice is calming and reminiscent of the parody of late night Jazz radio presenter, I think Harry Enfield used to do. LOL. (Meant in the nicest possible way).

Great channel and always very interesting videos. Got a Zorki 4K and Pentax 50mm f4 Macro lens on your recommendation. Both lovely film-era products and still relevant today. All the best for 2021. Locked down from Christmas (in Ireland) so time to scan a few 35mm negs ;-)

This is a magnificent video.

Your channel got me into vintage lenses, and I think you now also got me into vintage cameras. I've got the Zenit 11 and a Super Pentor because they came with the lenses I bought. I will probably buy some film and start experimenting this weekend.

Merry Christmas Mr Z.🎄

I had a Nikon FM (original model) from age 18 to 55, mainly for hillwalking and travel, but all my lenses were burgled 2 years ago, so just have the body now. For some reason the body was stored separately. I think it’s my favourite camera ever, probably. Added an FA body later, but loved the simplicity of the FM. Other fave camera was the Hasselblad Xpan, which I got for a trip to Greenland and Spitsbergen. Sold it a year ago, with all the lenses, as it was a pain to have all the slides scanned, but those slides were incredible. I’m about to go digital, looking at the Fujifilm XT4, it reminds me of the old Nikon SLR’s. Love your review, cheers dude.

Having happily used a Nikon FE for 25+ years, last year I tried an Olympus OM2N and was utterly bewitched by it, resulting in buying one and some Zuiko lenses. No reflection on the Nikon, but sometimes you come across something that feels just right. Praktica cameras are without doubt the most underrated cameras and are so cheap, and you're right about the shutter position. I learnt photography on a MTL3 30+ years ago, I still have it and it still works without fault. I have a selection on M42 lenses which were also dirt cheap, and bought a M42 to Fuji X dumb adapter to use them on my XT 20. The other month I came across the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex and I'm so tempted, what a beautifully built system. These are great times for photography enthusiasts.

A wonderful video once again Nigel thank you so much! You may have already done this....how about reviewing a mixed bag of L39 lenses all different focal lenses etc.. thank you again.....

Happy holidays!

That was very enjoyable. All good choices. I used Olympus OM cameras though school and beyond, and had a lot of fun with them. Its true that I was the only student that used one, but I never thought that the controls were so unusual. I also like Nikkormats, maybe that's why. I just received a really nice FED-3a similar to your FED-4, that I think would be a good first film camera.

Thank you for your work. I'm from Czechia, and really interested in these eastern bloc cameras. So thank you very much.

Love your videos and your enthusiasm for old film cameras. Learned so much about these nice cameras from you. I was wondering if you have used a Nikon Nikkormat, another excellent built full manual SLR that can be found for very little money and uses all the great classic Nikkor lenses.

Great still use my o m 1

So good. I hope you get more subscribers. Greetings from Mexico.

Well done. Best wishes.

Glad to see the Chinon. I have several CP-5s that I still love. With a Pentax 50mm 1.4 lens it was fantastic. Love that you can use any Pentax K lens with them.

one thing to mention about the Olympus trip is the that the focus range symbol can be seen in the viewfinder, which is handy

Actually the Praktica to get would be the MTL5B, basically the same as all the others like yours, main decerning factor: works with a lr/sr44 and has the nice diagonal triple split focusing screen.

I wish you merry christmas and stay healthy. Greetings from Peter , Germany.

I have a zorki 6 and its a lovely camera in looks and feel, also have a praktica mtl5 and zenit et both decent and well priced too.

Hello Nigel, thanks a lot for the presentation of these cameras! Once, back in 1982 I had a little Agfa Tele Pocket point and shoot camera prior to my Minolta XG-M I got on Christmas 1983. The images weren’t that sharp compared to my father‘s Agfa Rapid camera with its 35mm Rapid cartridge film from the 1960s. I think your Rollei is much better in that respect. Recently I purchased a Minolta 110, which gives much sharper results, at least when I’m digitalizing the negatives myself. I intend to sell this little camera for a bargain, if you are interested, please give me a hint. Best wishes and have a nice day, Ralf

When I got back into film photography, it was a toss up between Minolta and Olympus as to which system I wanted to get into. I ended up going the way of Minolta, but I would buy an Olympus OM camera in a heartbeat. Both systems are great and with the choice of lenses that you have, you can't beat them. However, Pentax, Canon, Nikon and many other cameras are just as good and if you went with any of them, you'd be well pleased with what you had.

Your videos are costing me money. I have the Nikon F, F2, and FG now you got me thinking again about the FM. The OM-2 would compliment my EM1 Mark II. There's also the Zorki 3M and Kiev 4A I bought on your recommendations. That gets me thinking about a Leica, any particular recommendation there ? It's a good thing I'm still working.

Hi . If I want to mount a m42 lens, which camera will be good ? Will a spotmatic or Fujica have problem , or better a get a Practice ? Thx !

Great Video! And when you need cheap 35mm film developing with scanning and Cloud drive service. I highly recommend Andrew's Analog Service Center. (They develop 120 too)

Olympus Af1 with the really sharp 35mm 2.8 lens. Pentax 110, an Slr with interchangeable lenses. Agreement with your choice of the Zorki 4k. Nikon FE would be my top choice as it can mount any Nikon F lens right back to 1959

This is why i love sundays

What are your views on a Contax D? Would you recommend it? Thanks

Definitely not a starter camera, but have you considered taking a look at the Leicaflex SL? I think they're a great and unique way to get into Leica; they're beautifully made cameras, without the typical Leica "M" pricing. Thanks for the great video!

The Nikkormat cameras are excellent starter cameras, very cost friendly but what makes them great is the Nikkor lenses you can get with them which are super sharp and excellent. I got a Nikkormat FT2 with a Nikkor 50mm 1.4 as my first film camera and it’s an incredible set up for the price.

Rollei 35s have traveled far and wide with me, weathered storms and never a failure. XA circuit boards go bad.

Konica Autoreflex T series and Hexanon lens my favorite

The viewfinder of the Rollei is reflective as a mirror at the front of the camera, when you look at it. Very nostalgic. Was that intended for selfies back in the day?

Very relevant epidose, as always on this channel. Regarding the Zorki 4K, it is disapointing that the speeds on the shutter dial disapear the more you use it. I know some people say that the more you use it, the more you automaticaly know the position of the dial without having to look at it, but still, I wish it would be engraved.

Can do video on best analog clock radios or Rotary phones? So many things I need these days and no time to figure it out. Also interested in 56K dial modems and AOL accounts

Nice video! It’s probably already been said but the “mju” is pronounced “mew” or “myoo” as the Greek letter: μ (mu) 😊

Great video! I'd like to add some notes. The singapore Rollei A110s, have lasted better than the German ones. Don't tell anyone, the German ones are more expensive. The Canon 110e/110ed/110ed20 like the one that was sitting under the Rollei A110 are often broken. The battery check lights, the shutter works, the wind works, but the exposure system is broken. There is a small amount of in date 110 film around, more expired but useable. The K battery used by kodak 110 cameras and unavailable this century is being reproduced, and reloadable 110 cartridges are in progress (not by me, I take no credit). The Zorki S and Zorki 2S cameras, which are Barnack Leica copies are slightly taller because of the added flash sync, and considered ugly, so they are considerably cheaper. From whom you buy, especially on eBay, is far more important than what you buy. Ignore feedback, get recemendations.

OM2n is not all electronic - only the meter requires a battery. You can use it manually without the battery, but beware incorrect light meter readings with weak or incorrect batteries. They are great cameras and lovely underrated lenses

and I would be cruious to know the lens you are using to film this video because there is an off center softness that appears, and a nice bokeh but that does not look as standard

I'm rather late on this, but I'd like to add another rangefinder primarily for the American audience: the Argus C3. It is an iconic design, it's durable, and it's very cheap over here. I got mine in perfect working condition for only $21, including shipping. Only downside is that the action is rather fiddly: the shutter cocking and film advancement mechanisms are completely separate, so it's very easy to forget to advance the film and get an accidental double exposure.

Was the one that you recommended of the zorki four, the h camera?

Picked up all my cameras and lenses from boot fairs for around £ 10 to £ 40 for something special light meters and flashes for £ 1 or less

Great thanks.....do you know a service centre in Manchester?

No love for the tiny pentax mx / me super? :'( I actually think pentax k might be even better than m42 cos they can adapt m42 lenses withe the adapter that goes into the bajonet and in contrast to the old OMs (which are amazing dont get me wrong) they work with modern batteries without any modifications necessary

Any recommendation on half frame camera for beginner?

another one that I can recommend is the canonet ql17 giii

Have you had an opportunity to shoot one of the Sigma Foveon sensor cameras yet?

Hi, did you find 110 film?

No Contax in the mix?

I've never heard it pronounced MJU, the name is μ which is pronounced [mju:] (in IPA not in English)

Please do a video on how to convince your wife you need another camera. Great video, thanks.

No Canon film cameras? Where they just bad? At least any mention of the Canon FTB and Canon 7 or P rangefinders would had been great.

I came back to film in 2017 with a Pentax SP500 and a Helios 44m-4. It's a basic set up but it does the basics very well indeed. I have bought other camera's since, but I always enjoy picking up my SP500 and going for a wander with it around town. There's a massive selection of cheap M42 mount lenses out there, including some hidden gems from the old East German manufacturers that make keeping it simple a real joy.