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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Nikon F2 Camera Review – Nikon’s Pro SLR Evolves
From its inception, the Nikon F2 has enjoyed a reputation rivaled by few and envied by many. The camera was designed to be nothing less than the perfect expression of…
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The Essentials – A Guide to the Best of Olympus Camera Systems
Lusting after rare Nikons and Contaxes keeps me in occasional blinders. But every now and then, one of the writers here sends me a wakeup call. This happened the other…
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Olympus Mju II Review – a Skeptical Look at a Cult Favorite
We review the Olympus Mju II (Infinity Stylus Epic), one of the most popular point and shoot 35mm film cameras firing today.
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Voigtländer Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Leica Thread Mount Lens Review
My foray into the world of Voigtländer started off as a lark, and I can blame this Voigtländer Ultron 35mm f/1.7 LTM lens for that. I wanted a 35mm lens…
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Nikon F4 Camera Review – Thirty Years Old This Month
The Nikon F4 is the perfect camera for me, but it took a while to get there. Like most photo geeks, I long suffered from Gear Acquisition Syndrome, a disease…
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Voigtländer Bessa R 35mm Film Camera Review – a Value Proposition
The Voigtländer Bessa R is an oddity in my camera collection, which mostly consists of heavy Canons. As someone who values lightness and simplicity, it makes sense. By the same token…
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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…
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Konica Autoreflex TC and the Hexanon 40mm – Shooting Bare Bones
In most conversations about classic SLR producers, Konica is always left out. The 1970s hosted a tug of war between camera brands vying for supremacy in the SLR market. One…
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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,…
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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…
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