In case you don’t have a Lomography Simple Use Film Camera yet, here’s a great chance for you to pick one up. The reloadable camera is now available loaded with the popular LomoChrome Metropolis film so you can give both a go for your next photo walk or epic adventure.
Check out this camera and film combo if you’re looking for something lightweight, easy, and fun to shoot. . thephoblographer.com
Leica made history this week by selling a camera at auction for the highest price ever. Why is this particular camera so special? Chris and Jordan went to Germany to check the camera out themselves, and talk to Leica about why it's an important piece of photography history. dpreview.com »
2022-06-18 17:00
Do you have $650 burning a hole in your pocket and a desire to have one of the more unique 35mm point-and-shoot cameras we’ve ever seen? If so, this Ricoh Mycrystal being sold by Japan Camera Hunter is just the camera you’ve been looking for. dpreview.com »
2022-04-22 16:00
LensFayre, a small online film camera store, has launched what it describes as an entry-level film camera that has all the hallmarks of popular disposable cameras, but is sustainably focused and made of reusable materials. petapixel.com »
2021-11-12 20:04
LensFayre, a small online film camera store, has launched what it describes as an entry-level film camera that has all the hallmarks of popular disposable cameras, but is sustainably focused and made of reusable materials. petapixel.com »
2021-11-12 20:04
Stephen Dowling, founder of Kosmo Foto, has published the its inaugural camera overview video to its YouTube channel. And to kick things off, the Kosmo Foto team has gone with a rather quirky camera—the KMZ Start. dpreview.com »
2021-09-03 16:00
If you have an old analog camera that you don't mind modifying, you can turn it into a digital camera for less than $50. YouTuber befinitiv converted an old Cosina Hi-Lite film camera into a digital camera using a 3D printed film cartridge equipped with a Raspberry Pi Zero camera module (with the lens removed since befinitiv used a lens attached to the Cosina). dpreview.com »
2021-07-19 21:05
Iranian photographer and camera tinkerer Alireza Rostami has created a new homemade wrist camera that operates in a neat way: two 35mm film cassettes are attached to the strap under the wrist, and 35mm film travels through the camera inside the straps. petapixel.com »
2021-06-28 21:08
The Linhof 617 S III Technorama is a panoramic film camera that captures four giant 6x17cm panoramas per roll of 120 film (hence the name 617). Camera West TV made this 4-minute video that offers a look at this special camera and the results it can produce. The massive camera is beautiful and ruggedly built, […] petapixel.com »
2020-11-14 20:45
Visiting Peru, specifically Manchu Picchu, was something I wanted to experience ever since I wrote a school report on it in the fourth grade. The idea that there was a civilization of Incans living in the mountains hundreds of years ago, having such a thriving existence was extremely mind-boggling for a young boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago. dpreview.com »
2020-09-25 16:00
12 Things Not To Do When Buying Your First Film Camera You’ve got your flannel and your beanie and you’re ready to buy your first film camera. So… now what? I can’t tell you exactly what to do, because then you’d risk turning into me, which means drowning in an ever-deepening lake of 35mm SLRs, but I can tell you a few things to avoid. dpreview.com »
2020-05-29 17:00
North Carolina-based filmmaker Jeff Hartman of Rapid Motion Camera has put together a funny, oddly touching little short film that stars… his automotive camera crane. It’s the story of how this expensive bit of technology is trying to ‘reinvent’ itself so it doesn’t get sold during these tough times. Hartman posted the short film to […] petapixel.com »
2020-05-05 20:43
The Fragment 8 camera is the latest entry in the nostalgia-driven “retro” craze: a Super 8-inspired digital camera that trades 8mm film for 720p resolution GIFs or MP4s shot on a tiny CCD image sensor. petapixel.com »
2020-01-23 20:10
I purposely have taken my time reviewing the Yashica Y35 to figure out if it's really as bad an awful of a camera as some folks are making it out to be. For the uninitiated, the Yashica Y35 is a camera that was funded and created off of Kickstarter. thephoblographer.com »
2018-12-03 08:00
Amateur photographer Guy Sie of The Netherlands needed a better way of remembering what film speed he has loaded into his camera, so he created custom 3D-printed camera hot shoe covers with ISO numbers on them. petapixel.com »
2018-10-03 17:49
This is one of the moste xicting sotries in years: Alexander Gee contacted me last week to tell me this story: He created a new E-mount film camera! Everything is reported on this website: http://www. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-04-24 14:32
"We signed an agreement with SONY for their full frame and APS-C sensors," is what Raffaello Palandri tells me about the progress of his project. You see, Raf is in the process releasing some very groundbreaking technology. thephoblographer.com »
2017-12-22 14:00
I recently purchased an original Zeiss Ikon 520/2 - a folding medium-format camera - from a second-hand store. To my surprise, it was holding a roll of film with the word "EXPOSÉ" on it. I found out the camera was built around 1929 and the film was produced between the 40's and the 70's. boredpanda.com »
2017-07-15 17:15
Love photography? Love horror films? Maybe this one is for you: Polaroid is a new film — the kind you watch, not the kind you load into a camera — coming out this year that combines voodoo, demons, and photography into one terrifying movie. petapixel.com »
2017-06-30 20:26
The quest to make a ridiculously small, yet still fully-featured camera is not a new one. For historical examples, look no further than the Compass Camera. Made by Swiss watchmaker LeCoultre, it was designed by Englishman Noel Pemberton Billing and sold by Compass Cameras of London starting in 1937. dpreview.com »
2017-01-31 13:00
I am Lithuanian who lives in Singapore for two years. You will never get bored in this little piece of wonderland. boredpanda.com »
2017-01-04 10:43
Photographer Tyson Haslam recently built himself a giant do-it-yourself camera for shooting large format photos on X-Ray film. Haslam started by building a wooden box that’s big enough for him to kneel inside. petapixel.com »
2016-12-07 23:15
If you have approximately one and a half minutes to spare, you could do far worse with your time than watch this delightful speedrun cartoon tour through the history of photographic cameras. Created by Barcelona-based animator/editor Portero Delantero, this extremely short film provides a fluid rundown of every major milestone camera from the Kodak Brownie in 1900, to the iPhone 6 in 2014. digitalrev.com »
2016-11-23 03:00
One of the year's greatest dedications to photography, a short Italian-language film (with English subtitles) entitled The Camera Collector is now available to watch for free online. The film, made by Andrea Casanova of the fine art collective Branco Ottico, is a journey through the memories of an Italian man who has spent a lifetime collecting photographic history. digitalrev.com »
2016-11-09 03:00
We've been waiting for a very, very long time for Fujifilm Instax Mini Monochrome, and it's finally here. The film renders an image that is around the same size as 645 film; but one of the problems that it faces is a lack of solid optics and full manual control on a camera. thephoblographer.com »
2016-10-25 20:16
We've known for a while now that Fujifilm is developing a 1:1 format instant film, which measures 85. 6mm x 72mm and provides a 62 x 62mm image, and an accompanying Instax camera. Unfortunately not much detail is known about the camera but now the Japanese manufacturer has released a teaser video on its Instax Square website that gives us at least a glimpse at some elements of the camera. dpreview.com »
2016-10-19 21:32
3D modeler Amos Dudley has created a 35mm film camera using only 3D-printed parts, including a hand-and-machine polished resin lens. Called SLO, the finished camera is functional and can take photographs, albeit somewhat low in quality, demonstrating the successful construction of a fairly complex device using only 3D-printing technologies. dpreview.com »
2016-09-12 21:57
Canadian filmmaker Scott Portingale has released a new short mixed media film titled “Infinitude. ” Created by hand using an assortment of camera techniques, the film tells the story of the evolution of matter and energy over time. petapixel.com »
2016-08-31 16:35