As we wrap up 2023, a year that featured a ton of incredible photography gear that will undoubtedly feature in many a photographer's kits for years to come, we began to wonder, "What popular photography gear from years past is much less common now?" [Read More]
Godox's new Lux Cadet Retro Camera Flash embraces old-school style, following up on last year's Lux Junior and Senior on-camera flashes. [Read More]
Relegated to hard disks, USB drives, and the lately often unseen CD ROMs, digital photos aren't as lovingly stored as their predecessors. This wasn't the case with negatives and photo prints, which had a tactile experience when viewed.
As Gen Z snatches up 20-year-old point-and-shoots to get crappy photos without the distraction of a smartphone, an Australia-based start-up has a different approach. The Flashback ONE35 is a cheap digital point-and-shoot with the soul of a disposable film camera.
Fotodiox has released the first commercially available lens adapter for Fujica GL69 bayonet lenses for just about every current mirrorless camera mount on the market. [Read More]
It's insanely rare for someone to go to school for something and then come out of school actually doing that job. It's very rare for photographers, but James A. Ridley has basically done just that.
"Sometimes, when I shoot. . . the result is due to chance; I wait for a special effect in a specific place in burst mode and fingers crossed," says Thibault Maestracci about how he captures his best concert photography.
Australia is at a loss with the recent closure of Michaels Camera Video Digital. It was made world-famous for its dedication to the photographic community and extraordinary camera museum. [Read More]
Godox has announced the Lux Senior on-camera flash, a retro-inspired strobe for Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus, and Sony Cameras.
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"But new gear isn't going to make you a better photographer," is something that I've heard in many different ways. In some ways, it's got some merit. But in other ways, it discounts what good lighting, light modifiers, computers, and lenses can do for you and your photography.
If you clicked this story, then this was probably said to you a few times. Photographers will let out a sigh of exasperation. Non-photographers will not have any idea as to why someone would be bothered by this.
Virtual reality, or VR, is not a new thing. The idea that our left eye and right eye see the same thing from slightly different angles and that our brains combine these two distinct images in such a way that we can see in three dimensions has existed since at least the early 19th century.
The Leitz Phographica Auction House is about to celebrate a historic milestone at the upcoming the 20th anniversary auction event with the estimated $3. 2 million dollar sale of an extremely rare Leica 0-Series camera (No.
"They argued, with considerable evidence, for the healing power of sun and air for the body and mind," explains Dr. Annebella Pollen about some of the Nudist Clubs featured in her book Nudism in a Cold Climate.
The traditional photography world can totally be a bit boring. It's easy to get into a creative rut. When that happens, I typically go for long exposures or look at lo-fi imagery. And trying something new makes all the difference.
Anson Brothers Studio, Fern Tree Gully, Hobart Town, Tasmania, 1887. Albumen print. Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Colonial history overflows with commodities. From the early 1800s, wool generated extraordinary wealth for squatters and pastoralists and substantial investment in the Australian colonies.
“Growth is everything. And as long as you’re open to learning, you’ll continue to grow,” clarifies Alabama native Lance Keeth, when queried about his personal improvements as a photographer. He doesn’t feel an emotional connection with the instant images that digital photography produces.
When you think of some of the most iconic images of the greatest personalities of the twentieth century, like powerful politicians, charming actors and actresses, artists, and so on, you'd be surprised that they were taken by a select few photographers.
I don't know a single photographer wouldn't go crazy for an 85mm f1. 2 lens. But some just seem really, incredibly expensive. And that's what's making us scratch our heads about this Canon 85mm f1.
According to the stories of fellow villagers, a kind old farmer who once lived in this house shared his best grain seeds with all the peasants in the neighborhood. The post I Explored An Old Abandoned House, And It Was Left Relatively Untouched (9 Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
Next to being a professional photographer, I also might be a bit of a castlephile. If that is even a thing. Over the years, I developed a soft spot for old castles in stunning places. The post I Capture The Most Beautiful Castles Around The World (35 Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
Next to being a professional photographer, I also might be a bit of a castlephile. If that is even a thing. Over the years, I developed a soft spot for old castles in stunning places. The post Timeless Castles: I Capture The Most Beautiful Castles Around The World (36 Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
Today, we're excited to show you a collector's camera. Lucky for you, it's not as pricey as most. And if you choose to actually use it, you'll have a totally unique experiece. The camera is the Kodak B Orindary.
The awesome thing about certain vintage cameras is that they can be refurbished. And often when they're refurbished, they can come in some pretty awesome colors. But these four over at Blue Moon Camera are pretty exceptional! There's a fully mechanical Rose Gold Minolta SRT 303B.
If you've heard of the legendary Contax 645, then you've probably wondered about a 35mm format version. The true variant would be the Contax N1, but the Contax NX is almost the same camera. We'd know; we reviewed it! We all know that film camera prices are going up because they're so in demand.
If you've been in love with photography for the past decade, then you'd understand the appeal of the Nikon F. In many ways, this is the SLR camera by which many others are measured. It's made of metal.
There’s a lot of misinformation about radioactive lenses – from scare stories about growing an extra arm and getting cancer, all the way to saying that radioactive lenses are entirely harmless. The truth is somewhere between the two extremes and requires careful consideration.
The name Angenieux means a lot for us photographers that have been around for a long time. They've arguably made some of the most beautiful lenses in history. You typically hear about them concerning the cinema industry these days.
Everyone loves talking about how expensive Leica cameras are. But did you know that Leica model 0 is one of the most expensive out there? In fact, it was said to be the most expensive camera sold at one point.
For the past two decades, photographers have asked the industry to engineer the fun out of lenses and software. It would've been one thing if it was just one side of photography doing it, but it was both.
Just over a year ago, Lomography launched the 180th Anniversary Edition of the Petzval 80.5mm f/1.9 MKII Bokeh Control Art Lens which promised a bevy of improvements over its 85mm predecessor. It looked as though it would put a historic lens back in the hands in creatives at an affordable $549 price. So does it? […]
The Hexar AF is one of our favorite film point and shoots of all time. It was designed for street photography from the ground up. There's a lot to love, from the stealthy film advance to the 35mm f2 lens attached.
The Leica M6 is probably one of the most famous cameras the company ever made. Heck, Leica even commissioned us to create a post about some of the best lenses for it. It's quite honestly the perfect Leica film camera in so many ways.
It's sporadic that something like this actually appears. But when it does, it's truly exciting. What we have here is an incredibly rare Nikon F3. Specifically, this is a variant of the Nikon F3 that was made for NASA.
You've made some of the biggest strides forward of any lens manufacturer. Congratulations. You should be proud. In some eyes, you're overshadowed by the swath of products that Sigma has. But you've got loads of fully weather-sealed and small lenses for incredibly affordable prices.
We try to find really, really cool things here on The Phoblographer. Our Vintage series is all about that. And the latest search bore quite a bit of fruit. At the same time, it's also the ultimate paradox.
*Click* The sound of a camera's shutter is so incredibly iconic. I don't believe I know a single photographer that wouldn't agree. Actually, let me rephrase that. I don't think I know a single camera lover that doesn't have a favorite shutter sound.
Fittingly frozen in time like the many stopped clocks that litter its dilapidated rooms, this 19th-century New Jersey cottage was once home to an enigmatic clockmaker and collector of curios, but now lies empty and forlorn.
I don’t miss buying film and paying for processing. I don’t miss fixing crappy, dirty scans. And I certainly don’t miss manually focusing my old Mamiya 645. I love embracing all the advantages of digital photography which give me the freedom to blast 1,000+ frames an hour.
Maximilian Heinrich of Analog Insights recently inherited an 85-year-old Leica camera and handed it off to his friend Jules for repair and restoration. This 15-minute video is about the camera’s journey from nearly being passed on to a camera store to being brought back to form. When visiting his aunt for a weekend, Max was […]
Gray cameras have always been positively stunning to me. And this Leica M4 is no exception. That camera is already experiencing a price boost because of its reliability. But this is just the cherry on top.
I'd like to imagine that this is probably the camera that shot Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King Jr. , and John F. Kennedy. But that's not the case. For under $400, you can own a piece of history, though.
The Olympus XA-2 is totally an object of lust for so many photographers. Like the Lomography LC-A series, they're compact and capable. But the cool factor goes through the roof when we find them in pink.
The South China Morning Post published this 10-minute short film titled “The Camera Guardian. ” It’s about Hong Kong shop owner David Chan, a lover of cameras who has spent over 60 years collecting and selling vintage photographic equipment.
It made total sense when reading that the Mamiya Pistol camera was a half-frame machine. This camera was in use with Japanese Police for a while. It was their primary choice after the Doryu didn't get finished in time.
The Pentax Spotmatic is a camera that I stupidly gave away a long time ago to help someone else discover their analog passion. And this listing made me want it all over again. I adored the Pentax Spotmatic and the lenses that it can use.
I've known about this trick for many years now and always thought everyone else did too. But the truth is that most people do not--especially those who are new to photography. If you shoot with a Leica, Voigtlander, Canon, Zeiss, Zorki, Yashica, or Olympus rangefinder, then you're in luck! Besides doing a CLA (Clean Lube Adjustment), there are better ways to make your rangefinder more visible.
A rare SLR camera from a century ago has been put up for sale. The Goerz Reflex-Jagd-Ango was a camera specifically designed for wildlife and expedition photography over a century ago, and one can now be yours for $3,500.
The Leica M6 Sultan of Brunei edition had only 350 made. Right next to his Rolex watch collection, I could totally see rapper Post Malone owning this rare Leica M6. Currently going for $29.995 on eBay, this isn’t your run of the mill Titanium edition. It’s known as the Leica M6 Sultan of Brunei edition.
I don't know about you, but I'm still being cautious. I don't really want to use my museum memberships amidst COVID-19. But it's been cool to see how the world has adapted. It's opened up a lot of opportunities.
I consider myself an ardent supporter of Ricoh/Pentax products and have always endeavored to review its cameras and lenses when many others have chosen not to. I also think that the Pentax brand has really found its niche as more of a boutique manufacturer, focusing on the classic SLR design -- a move that I think makes a ton of sense in today's waning market. [Read More]
A Massachusetts couple tasked with cleaning out a storage unit was blown away after finding that it contained roughly 2,000 vintage cameras and lenses. [Read More]
In January of 2013, Canon announced a weird compact camera called the PowerShot N. A decade later and with "vintage" point and shoots making a comeback, how well does this strange little camera hold up? [Read More]
The nostalgia-inducing, expansive roadway known as Route 66 has been a pop culture darling in the U.S. for decades. But in photographer Jeff Sonnabend’s latest photo series and upcoming book, The Route 66 Primer, An Uncropped View of the Mother Road, viewers are left with an alternatively more grounded and realistic view of the renowned roadway. [Read More]
Can a simple filter help you make your digital images look more cinematic and film-like? The answer is yes. K&F CONCEPT has a series of Black Diffusion filters (sometimes referred to as “Black Mist”) that has small particles embedded into the glass designed to diffuse light and create a soft, glowing, mist-like effect. [Read More]
I'm a time traveler! Ok, a slight exaggeration. I visit locations captured in postcards from the late 19th century mostly in France and Switzerland, and then repeat the photograph and blend the two images together highlighting how in over 100 years our towns have changed little but society has changed enormously.
I stumbled upon an abandoned dentist's house in Connecticut filled with all kinds of dental equipment, photographs, books, and antiques. The post I Discovered An Abandoned Dentist's House Filled With Antiques (24 Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
I stumbled upon an abandoned dentist's house in Connecticut filled with all kinds of dental equipment, photographs, books, and antiques. The post I Stumbled Upon An Abandoned Dentist's House In Connecticut Filled With Vintage Stuff (24 Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.
I have ADHD, which makes it really tough to focus on something for very long without my brain hopping the tracks and changing the course. But I think this works well with my inner child.
When you think of some of the most iconic images of the greatest personalities of the twentieth century, like powerful politicians, charming actors and actresses, artists, and so on, you'd be surprised that they were taken by a select few photographers.
Browsing through an antique shop, I stumbled upon a Kodak slide projector with a very peculiar attachment: a large lens. This particular lens caught my eye as it was an absolute behemoth. It was heavy and had “ISCO GERMANY” engraved into it.
According to the stories of fellow villagers, a kind old farmer who once lived in this house shared his best grain seeds with all the peasants in the neighborhood. This was not typical for the village inhabitants, so he was often asked why he was doing this.
A Wyoming-based photographer has uncovered a large collection of family photographs taken throughout the 20th century and digitized them to reveal and preserve the everyday lives of past generations.
A while back, I digitalized the photo collection left by my grandpa. He died in 1979, two years before I was born, having lived his entire adult life in the USSR, and most of it in Leningrad. He took the majority of the pictures you'll find in this article.
Camera West recently received an unusual camera through a customer trade-in. In this 3-minute video, the camera shop takes a hands-on look at the Calypso, the first 35mm underwater film camera that didn’t require a bulky housing.
I'm gonna let you in on a dirty little secret of mine: I never liked the original Fujifilm X100. When it first came out, I was -like many others- enamored by the beautiful styling, but the operation of the camera just never gelled with me.
As a photographer, I have been making photographs with my own cameras my entire life. From my first Kodak Instamatic camera as a child, to the Sigma film SLR that I received as a gift in high school, to my first digital camera (a Sony Mavica in 1999 or so) to my current DSLR (a Canon 5D Mark IV) — for me photography has been both a lifelong pursuit and a passion as both a photographer and an artist. [Read More]
Here are our top tips for finding useful vintage or second-hand items in thrift shops for use in your photography studio. The post The photographer’s guide to thrifting appeared first on 500px.
If you’re always searching for new tidbits of information, just take a look at this Instagram account. "Everyday History Facts" is dedicated to making history more interesting one day at a time.
The $449 Petzval 55mm f/1. 7 Mark II Bokeh Control Art Lens from Lomography is the first Petzval lens designed specifically for full-frame mirrorless camera systems like the Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Sony E.
The photographer in the story is out on a miniature adventure in his vintage Citroen. Wandering and capturing the huge leaves and plants in the garden. I have captured him in action and the black and white photographs are from his perspective.
We had a lovely time with Juana in her photoshoot. She enjoys taking photos and creating with me each pose and each picture. In my Instagram, you can find a video of this session.
Experimental photographer and “weird gear” collector Mathieu Stern made this 5. 5-minute video about how he recently found a roll of mystery film inside a 60-year-old medium format camera.
In the 69 years of its existence the Soviet Union, or USSR, became an industrial and technological behemoth. The communist union of republics (many of which were unwilling members that were kept behind the iron curtain by force), sent the first man into space, was the catalyst behind the defeat of the Nazis and had a list of rather impressive achievements in its short history, despite obvious flaws in the makeup of its society.
Before Instagram became a worldwide phenomenon, Hipstamatic was the cool kid on the block that popularized retro photo filters. And while Hipstamatic hasn’t achieved nearly the level of popularity as the now-Facebook-owned app, it’s still innovating: it has just launched a powerful new camera app called TinType that shoots realistic-looking tintype-style portraits. A tintype is […]