Tokina 19-35mm AF Lens Review: Ultra Wide on a Budget

2200 1238 Jonathan Ma

We review an old ultra-wide angle lens from Tokina, finding new appreciation for cheap, vintage zooms lenses from the ’90s and 2000s.

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Both Eyes Open – Fujifilm TX-1 Long Term Review

2200 1122 Guest Author

A long term user review of the Fujifilm TX-1 (Hasselblad X-Pan).

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Martha’s Vineyard with The Konica Minolta Dimage X50, a 20-year-old Digital Camera

2000 1125 James Tocchio

Add the Konica Minolta X50 to the growing list of desirable retro point-and-shoot digital cameras. It’s a good one.

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“The Floodgate Was Just Open,” a Conversation with Photographer Dean Hinnant

2000 1333 Lukas Flippo

It’s a late summer night. One of those where the bugs feel like heat-seeking missiles and black clouds…

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Vietnam, Small Motorcycles, and Big Cameras

1970 2000 Guest Author

Martin Misiak uses a Kiev 60 Soviet-era medium format film camera to shoot a trip through Vietnam on the back of a small Honda motorcycle.

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Celebrating Simplicity with a Dead Cheap Film Camera – Minolta Maxxum 5000i Review

2000 1125 Sean McCullough

One of the cheapest 35mm film SLRs you can buy today gets the review treatment.

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Nikon 1 J1 Review: A Retro Digital Camera for the Modern Photographer

2000 1125 James Tocchio

The Nikon 1 was Nikon’s first attempt at a mirror-less digital camera, and went down as something unexpected. James reviews it over a decade later.

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We Review the Final Canon A Series Camera, the Canon AL-1

2000 1125 Jonathan Ma

We review the Canon AL-1, a 35mm film SLR camera made in 1982 and released as the final Canon A series camera.

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Exploring the Edinburgh Fujifilm Photo Trail with a Yashica T4 and Fuji Superia 400

2000 1125 James Tocchio

Guest author Daler Fergani takes us on the Edinburgh phototrail, a Fujifilm-sponsored photo trip from 1993.

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Zeiss 50mm F/1.5 Sonnar versus F/2 Planar – a Film Shooter’s Opinion

2000 1125 Dustin Vaughn-Luma

When it comes to M mount 50mm lenses the choices are plentiful, and quite often the costs are high. Single coat, multi coat, ‘crons, ‘nars – the overwhelming abundance of…

Yes, The Camera Matters

2560 1707 James Tocchio

James gets all introspective in this (admittedly self-indulgent) article about what really matters when we use the camera.

Why I Got Rid of My Camera Collection and Why You Should Too – Maybe

2000 1125 James Tocchio

It took me just over two years of shooting a different camera every week to realize I was ruining myself on cameras. Partly to blame…

Desert Island Cameras No. 04 – Leica Edition with Japan Camera Hunter Bellamy Hunt

1280 783 James Tocchio

We’re back with another edition of Desert Island Cameras, the recurring feature in which we spotlight the best of the best from a given camera…

Four Lessons Learned Through the Photography of Jazz Bassist Milt Hinton

988 1240 Josh Solomon

Josh, Casual Photophile’s resident photo nerd and pro musician, explores the personally inspirational work of jazz bassist and photographer Milt Hinton.