Camera Reviews Archives - Casual Photophile

July 23, 2020

Leveling Up with a Linhof Technika 4×5 Film Camera

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Drew explores the “level up cuture” of photography through his journey to (and then away from) large format photography with a Linhof 4×5 film camera.

Drew Chambers
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July 17, 2020

Voigtländer Vitessa 1000 SR Review – A Modernist Oddity

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The Voigtlander Vitessa 1000 SR is the least common and least known model in the Vitessa range. Here’s our review of this striking looking camera.

Nicholas Herrmann
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July 15, 2020

I Understand Why the Yashica Samurai Failed

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It’s 1987. Kyocera designers ask one simple question. “Can we fit a camera inside a taco shell?” And the Yashica Samurai was born.

Connor Brustofski
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July 9, 2020

Leica M8 Review – Like Shooting an Unending Roll of Kodachrome

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We review Leica’s first digital rangefinder camera, the Leica M8, and see how this fourteen-year-old camera holds up today.

Nick Clayton
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June 26, 2020

How to Disappear with an Original Yashica-Mat

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The Yashica-mat was Yashica’s original premier twin lens reflex (TLR) camera from the 1950s. It was a great camera, and remains very interesting today.

Stephen Hennessy
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June 15, 2020

Nikon F4 versus Nikon F5 and the Camera as a Tool – Guest Post by Jarrod Hills

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A guest post from a friend of the site pits the Nikon F4 against the Nikon F5, and questions whether cameras are only tools, or something more.

James Tocchio
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June 5, 2020

Agfamatic 2008 Pocket Sensor 110 Camera Review featuring Lomography Film

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Our man in Berlin, Jeb, shoots some Lomography 110 film through the Agfa Agfamatic 2008 Pocket Sensor, a compact 110 film camera.

Jeb Inge
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June 3, 2020

Canon AE-1 Program Camera Review – Beginners’ Best Choice

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The Canon AE-1 Program will make great photos easily, for any level of photographer. But it may be the best choice, specifically, for new photographers.

Aidan Bell
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May 29, 2020

An Unscientific Review of the Nikon D700

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Can a twelve year old DSLR still impress? Jeb’s here to share with us his perspective on this digital Nikon classic from 2008.

Jeb Inge
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May 27, 2020

Ricoh GRD IV Digital Point and Shoot Camera Review

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Ten years after its release, James stumbled onto the Ricoh GRD IV, a premium compact digital that still surprises (in ways good and bad) a decade later.

April 29, 2020

Contax 167MT Camera Review

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Drew reviews the Contax 167MT, a full-featured 35mm film SLR from the glory days of the Japanese-made Contax cameras.

Drew Chambers
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April 18, 2020

Chinon Splash Review – My Sleeper Point and Shoot of the Year

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The weatherproof, sand and dust resistant Chinon Splash is so surprisingly excellent that it may be James’ sleeper point and shoot of the year!

James Tocchio
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April 3, 2020

Canon MC Review – an ’80s Masterpiece that Fails Today

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James reviews the Canon MC, a point and shoot 35mm film camera from 1984 that’s all style and very little substance to today’s shooter.

James Tocchio
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April 1, 2020

The Bolsey Model C – a Unique 35mm Twin Lens Reflex Rangefinder Camera

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Cheyenne reviews the Bolsey Model C, a unique 35mm film camera that’s both a rangefinder camera and a twin lens reflex camera!