Last fall, in preparation for a fair for my wedding photography business in Helsinki, I wanted to create something out-of-the-ordinary that would attract attention to my booth. A friend of mine suggested a type of vintage camera that visitors could look through.
Vintage camera with a mini slideshow inside? Sounds like a plan! Step 1: […]. petapixel.com
Photographers love fixed-focal-length cameras since a single lens forces you to think carefully about the composition and move within the scene to capture the shot. There is a simplicity and a meditative experience to be had, wandering the streets with a compact camera on your shoulder.
Miles Myerscough-Harris of Expired Film Club was recently invited to recreate a 100-year-old soccer team photo. His camera of choice? An 1897 No. 4 Cartridge Kodak. [Read More]
A previously unknown prototype of the compact Leica CL 35mm rangefinder camera has surprisingly appeared at an Austrian vintage camera store, Photo Arsenal Worldwide, and is available for purchase. [Read More]
Last August, Gordon Laing of Camera Labs looked at one of his favorite vintage digital cameras, the Sony Cyber-shot F707. Now Laing looks at its successor, 2002's Sony Cyber-shot F717. [Read More]
A photographer is suing American Airlines (AA) following a bomb scare that allegedly began when another passenger mistook the man's vintage camera equipment for an explosive device during a flight. [Read More]
The Leica IIIf is one of the last screw mount Leica cameras produced in the late 50’s alongside the Leica IIIg. The IIIf holds a special place amongst Leica screw mount users because it was, for its time, the most advanced screw mount camera that Leica produced that kept the values and ideas Oskar Barnack […]
Epson released the R-D1s rangefinder in 2006 and sold it for three years before taking it off the market. Recently while organizing a warehouse, the company discovered 30 brand-new ones and rather than throwing them out, wants to offer them to fans.