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My Favorite Camera is Not My Best Camera, Nor is it My Favorite Camera

I remember the little Italian-made camera my father gave me when I was seven or eight years old. I didn’t know it was Italian at the time. I’m not sure…

Five More Affordable Rangefinder Film Cameras

To help the cash strapped photo geek of today, we’ve compiled a new list of five additional rangefinders that still offer an excellent shooting experience on a shoestring budget.

A History of the Xenon Lens

In the pantheon of fast Double-Gauss lenses from the 20th century, the Sonnar, Biotar, and Planar, are well known. But there’s also a lesser-known lens that is their equal; the…

Carl Zeiss Jena Werra 1 Review – Function Following Form

One of the pitfalls of brand loyalty is that it urges us to embrace the bad with the good. For instance, I think Guns N’ Roses made the last epic…

Which Contax T Series Camera Should You Buy?

In 1984, Zeiss’ Contax brand partnered with Yashica to make the Contax T cameras, a series of luxury compact cameras aimed at moneyed enthusiasts. The cameras were small jewels of…

Five High Quality 35mm Rangefinders You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Leica too trendy for you? Sick of hearing about the Nikon SP? First, what’s wrong with you? And second, what’s wrong with me? Because I’m sick of them too! Looking…

2018 in Reviews – Every Camera We Shot This Year

2018 has been a great year for the site. My amazing team of writers and I have worked hard to put out worthwhile camera culture content, and in the past…

Pentax UC-1 (Espio Mini) Point and Shoot Film Camera Review – The Little Lens that Could

Brand loyalty can be a beautiful thing. Take an old friend of mine for example – she was head-over-heels in love with her Pentax K-5. She loved taking photos, even if…

The Fujifilm Natura Black F1.9 is an Ultra Wide and Super Fast Point and Shoot Film Camera

With a 24mm ultra wide-angle lens and a super fast maximum aperture of F/1.9 the Fujifilm Natura Black is a unique point-and-shoot camera!

Praktica MTL 5B SLR Camera Review

No one wants to be the person with the obvious schtick. But after volunteering to review a rangefinder, an SLR, and then a medium format and even half-frame cameras from…

Some Alternatives to Those Over-Priced Compact Point and Shoots

The Mju II, Contax T series, and Yashica T4 and T5s are some of the priciest (we might say over-priced) point and shoots. Here are some alternatives.

Ilford Delta 400 Film Profile – a Vintage Look with Modern Quality

Mention the name “Ilford” to any film photographer and chances are high they’ll be able to name at least one film in the brand’s lineup. While many shooters know and love HP5…

These Failed Camera Designs Were (and still are) Pretty Terrible

Reading the pages of CP, it would be easy to assume that every camera made before the digital age was a masterpiece of design and function. But that’s so, so…

A Week Away with the Contax T – a Perfect Travel and Street Rangefinder Camera

Three film cameras; ten rolls of film. That’s what I packed for a recent week away. Among these cameras was the Contax T, an unbelievably compact 35mm film rangefinder that…