Five Masters of Light from Japan’s Shōwa Era
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The Best Beach Cameras Just in Time for Summer – Updated
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5 Best Japanese 35mm Film SLR Cameras
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Five Reasons Vintage Zoom Lenses Aren’t Terrible
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Five Tips for Shooting Concerts on Film
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Remember the ’90s – Camera Edition
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5 Best Medium Format Cameras for Beginners
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Five Best Cameras for Photography Students
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Five Amazing Film Cameras for Travel – Part 2
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An American Dream – Pictures and Words from a Cross Country Train Ride
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Ugly Lens, Beautiful Photos – My Experience With Cheap Gear
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Konishiroku ( Konica ) Pearl IV – The Last, Best 645 Folder
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Parents and Portraits with Film Photographer Han Phan
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The Contax TVS on the Streets of Bangkok
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Ihagee Exa Camera Review
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The Curse of the Hasselblad XPan
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Nikon 28Ti Point and Shoot Film Camera Review
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Dungeness Architecture Shot with a Yashica Mat and Ilford Ortho Plus
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read moreA Year with the Leitz Summicron R 50mm F/2 Lens
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An Unscientific Review of the Nikon D700
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Fujifilm X-E4 Review – Rekindling my Relationship with Digital Photography
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Leica M8 Review – Like Shooting an Unending Roll of Kodachrome
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Ricoh GRD IV Digital Point and Shoot Camera Review
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Choosing a DSLR in the Era of the Mirrorless Camera
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I Don’t Have a Headline for This One
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Why the Zeiss ZX1 Has Got Me All Jazzed Up
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In Defense of the Micro Four Thirds Camera
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These Failed Camera Designs Were (and still are) Pretty Terrible
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Searching for Heimat with Kodak Film and a Nikon N60
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Agfa Vista Was More Than Just Another Color Film, and Its Death is Troubling – Opinion
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Quarantined? Here Are Five Photography Projects You Can Do From Home!
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