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Minolta V2 Review – the Fastest 35mm Rangefinder Camera of 1958

James reviews a unique 35mm film rangefinder camera from Minolta, the Minolta V2, the fastest leaf shutter rangefinder camera of its era.

Monthly Photo Challenge for November 2019 – Shoot Your Best Macro Photo

November 2019’s monthly photo challenge – shoot your best macro photo. In this article, we tell you what you’ll need and how to make a great macro shot.

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…

The Sweetest Taboo – The Unlikely Story of Leitz Minolta

The 1970s were a great time for camera geeks. The decade brought us the apex of professional mechanical 35mm SLRs in the Nikon F2, and the beginning of the amateur…

Leica CL Review – the Smallest M-Mount Rangefinder Defies Comparison

The great thing about the Leica CL, when new, was that it shed the trappings of the brand whose name it wore. It wasn’t trying to be a Leica M.…

Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 400H Film Profile

I’m going to talk about Fujifilm’s Fujicolor Pro 400H, Fuji’s pro-level color negative film. I really am. But I’ve got to get something off my chest first. I really don’t…

Nikon Nikkor 55mm F/1.2 Lens Review – The Fast and the Spurious

After shooting the Nikon Nikkor 55mm f/1.2 fast prime for the past month, I’m reminded of my old, high school jazz instructor. He would always tell our band, ”Speed isn’t…

Minolta XD 35mm Film Camera Review

I started shooting film with Minolta’s SRT-101, a historical camera that decades after its creation remains an outstanding machine capable of withstanding severe conditions. My personal SRT had clearly seen…

The Essentials – A Guide to the Best of Minolta’s Camera Systems

If you’ve chosen Minolta, welcome to The Cause. You’ve done some research and learned about the company that pioneered many of photography’s most important innovations. Autofocus, shutter-priority, in-body image stabilization,…

Shooting Martha’s Vineyard with the Leica R5 and Kodak Ultramax

In five years of shooting film cameras, I’d never shot the Leica R5. When one rolled through the shop an hour before I was set to board a boat to…

Five Tips for Shooting Concerts on Film

As both a longtime gigging musician and film geek, I often end up slipping into the crowd during downtime to take some pictures. And over the years I’ve noticed more…

Minoltina P Camera Review – A Mostly Forgotten Full Frame Compact from Minolta

Editorial discretion at Casual Photophile dictates that we don’t write about every camera ever made, and the cameras that we do write about don’t necessarily need to be “the best.”…

Minolta X-570 and the Maxxum 7000 – The End (and Beginning) of an Era

Minolta’s story is almost Shakespearean; filled with both beauty and tragedy. The company was one of the most innovative and groundbreaking in the photo industry. They consistently invented new technologies…

We Pick Our Favorite Personal Photo of the Year, and We Want to See Yours

A few weeks ago we published an article about the value of critiquing your own photography in order to improve at the craft. We also mentioned the value of a…