These Failed Camera Designs Were (and still are) Pretty Terrible
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5 Best Medium Format Cameras for Beginners
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The Ten Best Electronic 35mm SLR’s Ever Made
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Five Great Soviet Cameras – Guest Post by Colonel Troskovoynicovsky
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5 Reasons to Shoot Film When Traveling
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Five Inexpensive Accessories to Get More Out of Your Photography
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Our Five Favorite Cameras Not Made in Japan or Germany
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5 Best Japanese 35mm Film SLR Cameras
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Five Lessons I’ve Learned in Five Years of Shooting a Different Camera Every Week
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A Cheap Lens and a Rabbit
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Olympus XA2 – Point and Shoot 35mm Film Camera Review
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I Shot Wolfen NC500, a New Color Film from ORWO
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Interview with Film Photographer Taylor
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Baby’s First Photo – One of the Last Surprises
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let My Kindergartner Use My DSLR
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The Dubious Origin and Uncertain Future of the “Standard” 50mm Lens
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Shooting a 100-Year-Old Camera – the Contessa Nettel / Zeiss Piccolette
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Opinion – What is going on with Ferrania’s new film Orto?
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read moreCarl Zeiss G Mount 28mm F/2.8 Biogon Lens Review
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Fujifilm X-E4 and the Paradox of Minimalism
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The Photographs That Wouldn’t Exist – Travels with a Digicam
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Leica CL Mirrorless Digital Camera Review
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Mountains, Dreams, and Reflections – In Norway with a Nikon
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Fujifilm Announces the Instax Mini Evo, a New Digital Instant Film Camera
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5 Best Travel Cameras – Digital Edition
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The Nikon Z5 is the Best Value Full Frame Mirror-less Camera Available Today
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Why the Zeiss ZX1 Has Got Me All Jazzed Up
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On the Relationship Between Music and Photography
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Not Everyone Needs a Leica
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4 Reasons Why the Leica M2 is Better Than the M3
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We Pick Our Desert Island Film with Special Guest Mike Padua of Shoot Film Co.
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