Trying to Care About Film Photography with a Nikon EM
Josh is in a photographic slump. The Nikon EM is a simple camera. Can this machine help him slug his way out of the rut? Or is it a swing and a miss?
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Fujifilm Klasse – A Hype-free Review
Our hype-free review of the Fujifilm Klasse, a “premium” point and shoot 35mm film camera popular with the Instagram film community.
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The Olympus 35 SP – Ansel Adams’ Point and Shoot?
Our review of the Olympus 35 SP, a spot-meter-equipped 35mm film rangefinder camera.
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Women at War – Three Pioneering Female Combat Photographers
“Don’t read the comments” is usually wise advice for writers of internet content. But on occasion, comment sections can yield something spectacular. In the comments section of our “Five More…
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Robot Royal 24 Review – a Square Format 35mm Film Camera that Runs Like a Clock
We review the Robot Royal 24, an all-mechanical hand-wound rangefinder camera that shoots square images on 35mm film.
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Nikon AF Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 Zoom Lens Review
Jeb examines the performance of one of the best zoom lens values available today.
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Nikon L35AW Underwater Point and Shoot Camera Review
We start this review with a megaton bombshell of investigative journalism. And then talk about Nikon’s L35AW, a wonderful waterproof point-and-shoot.
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Walter Voss Diax IIa – a Shooter’s Review of a Collector’s Camera
There’s an old saying in boxing – ”styles make fights.” The most entertaining boxing matches feature complementary styles, well-demonstrated in the slugger-on-slugger brawl of Gatti vs. Ward or the brains-vs-brawn bullfight that…
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Cleaning, Storing, and Repairing Your Classic Camera
Unlike the digital camera market, which is saturated with brand new products and the support network needed to fix them, film cameras can be rare and precious and expensive to…
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Ricoh GR1v Film Camera Review
Ricoh’s user manual describes the GR1v in the typically understated fashion used by many Japanese companies as an “Ultra Slim 135 Film Format AF Camera.” And it’s certainly all of…
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Photography versus Art, Rinse, Repeat
Ansel 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…
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Five Famous Photographers and the Cameras They Used Part Two
As photographers, the tools we use can influence the way we both see and capture the world around us. For this reason, it can be illuminating to reflect on the…
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The Contax G1 Takes on the World
From my first foray into modern film photography, I was confronted by the apparent supremacy of Leica and its M mount. But for some reason, the Leica bug has never…
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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…
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