James muses over his search for the perfect camera, what he calls the “Leica M of SLRs.”
read moreSave money, save time, and improve your photography shooting one of these unpopular, ugly and amazingly capable autofocus film SLR cameras.
read moreJosh, Casual Photophile’s resident photo nerd and pro musician, explores the personally inspirational work of jazz bassist and photographer Milt Hinton.
read moreIf you’re a parent and a photo geek, you should buy your kid a camera. Here are some of the best cameras for kids of various age groups as chosen by our writers.
read moreJames takes a tour of the Kodak campus in Rochester, New York, and shoots it with the brand new Nikon Z7 and an ancient Kodak Ektra film camera.
read moreAn obituary for Jeb’s dead Nikon L35AF, and musings on the importance of memories and having a decent camera to make them.
read moreHigh quality film cameras feel great. Digital cameras don’t always feel so good. Here are five digital cameras that feel as good as the good old days.
read moreA brief history of 127 film, an overview of the cameras that shoot it, and whether or not shooting them is worth the trouble today.
read moreCraig Sinclair considers photography and the lies it tells, the lies we accept, and why he wouldn’t have it any other way.
read moreThe German language is many things. It can be stubborn, demanding, exacting and rigid. It can also be strangely elegant and beautiful. Easy, it is not. It’s spoken in three countries, and its dozens of…
read moreI bought a typewriter not long ago. If you look at Craigslist on a regular basis you’ll probably find one for cheap. When you find out the ink ribbon is old and dry you’ll discover…
read moreThe Ritual It’s late Sunday night and the wife and dog are asleep. A light snow is falling as I start a pot of coffee and pull from the bookshelf a binder of negatives. I…
read moreAnsel Adams might have been the best photographer that ever was or ever will be. But he wasn’t an artist. A bold statement, and one that’s gotten me into trouble in the past. As argument, I offer…
read moreFor my thirteenth birthday I was given a Canon Sureshot 105 Zoom camera and a booklet explaining, among other things, how to load the film, frame a photo correctly, and shoot without getting your fingers…
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