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  1. Alfie TYCH review: a brand new half-frame 35mm camera worth taking seriously The Alfie TYCH is a half-frame 35mm with four lens options including a pinhole and a zone plate. Genuinely new design. Mine earned its keep on holiday.
  2. Bronica ETRS review: the 645 camera I am keeping The Bronica ETRS converted me to 645. Sharp lenses, sensible electronics, solidly built, comfortable to carry. A keeper for me.
  3. Fuji GSW690iii review: a camera that might be too good The Fuji GSW690iii makes immaculate 6x9 negatives from a fixed 65mm super-wide lens. It is bulletproof and flawless. So what do I actually do with it?
  4. Fuji GX680 review: a £40 beast with insane image quality The Fuji GX680 is the biggest medium format SLR I have owned, and it makes the sharpest images I have got from film. Dead batteries make these dirt cheap.
  5. GB Kershaw 110 review: a £5 1950s folder from Leeds that punches well above its weight GB Kershaw 110 review: a basic 1954 folder from Leeds with a meniscus lens, two apertures and a genuinely interesting history behind the GB Equipments name.
  6. Intrepid 4x5 Mk IV review: a £250 field camera for portable large format Intrepid 4x5 Mk IV review: a £250 plywood field camera at a quarter of the weight of a monorail, with the trade-offs that come with that price.
  7. Kiev 60 review: not a Pentacon Six copy, and arguably the better camera The Kiev 60 is dismissed as a Soviet Pentacon Six copy. It is neither a copy nor a worse camera. With Carl Zeiss Jena glass it is genuinely excellent.
  8. Kowa Six review: a great camera, until I broke it The Kowa Six is a Japanese 6x6 SLR from the late 60s. Lovely portraits in the right hands. Mine gummed up after two rolls. Know this before you buy.
  9. Lomo LC-A 120 review: a medium format point-and-shoot The Lomo LC-A 120 is an auto-exposure point-and-shoot shooting 6x6 on 120. I took it across Botswana and Namibia, loved the lens, and wanted one anyway.
  10. Mamiya C330 Pro F review: a genuinely capable TLR I sold without regret Mamiya C330 Pro F review: the 1972 medium format TLR with interchangeable lenses and bellows focusing, shot on FP4 in a Bristol field with an honest verdict.
  11. Pentacon Six TL review: cheap, capable, and only as good as the lens you put on it Pentacon Six TLs are everywhere and they're cheap, which is the bit that matters. The body is fine. The Carl Zeiss lenses are the reason to buy in.
  12. Rolleiflex SLX review: the auto-winding 6x6 I decided to keep Review of the Rolleiflex SLX, a 1976 auto-winding electronic 6x6 SLR with shutter priority auto exposure, leaf shutter lens and a notable battery problem.
  13. Voigtländer Bessa I review: a 1951 6x9 folder with the Vaskar 105mm Review of the Voigtländer Bessa I, a 1951 6x9 medium format folder with the Vaskar 105mm f/4.5 lens, shot around Chepstow Castle on FP4 after a deep clean.
  14. Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 520: a 90-year-old 645 folder for £20 The Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 520 dates from 1932. Fully mechanical and pocketable, with a 70mm f3.5 Tessar. About £20 on eBay, and the results are extraordinary.