A Year with the Leitz Summicron R 50mm F/2 Lens
Made to fit Leica’s R mount SLR cameras, Leitz R series lenses don’t enjoy the fanfare heaped on their M mount brethren. No surprise; Leica shooters skew toward rangefinders, and…
read more
Nikon F – The Camera That Changed Everything
If there’s one camera that’s been a constant presence throughout my years as a photographer and writer, it’s the Nikon F. Nearly every research trail or trip to the camera…
read more
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.
read more
Featured Photophile No. 017 – Carianne Older (AKA Peggy Shoots Film)
Featured Photophile, our recurring series showcasing talented photographers, is back with more photo inspiration for you. Today’s FP spotlights the rather incredible portraiture of Carianne Older. Her use of color,…
read more
Carl Zeiss G Mount 28mm F/2.8 Biogon Lens Review
We review the Contax G mount 28mm Biogon for the Contax G series rangefinder film cameras and adaptable mirrorless digital cameras.
read more
Featured Photophile No. 016 – Miguel Mercado
Featured Photophile, our recurring series showcasing talented photographers, is back with more photo inspiration for you. Today’s FP features Miguel Mercado. We’re proud to have been one of the sites…
read more
The Alpa 10D – Hand-Made Mechanical 35mm Film SLR from Switzerland
I’ve been shooting an Alpa 10d for a year now, and every camera geek I’ve shown it to has asked the same question. “What’s that?” This is no great surprise.…
read more
Canon’s Canonet Rangefinder Does the Impossible – A Canon Camera That’s Not Boring
Canon makes boring cameras. Sometimes they make really boring cameras. I have an F-1 and I love shooting it, but like many Canons, it simply cannot be name-dropped. It’s a bit like…
read more
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…
read more
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…
read more
Olympus 35 RD – Olympus’ Final 40mm Rangefinder
It was 1975 when Olympus made the call to launch their final Hail Mary in the competitive 40mm fixed-lens rangefinder game. Olympus engineers aimed to better the already well-received Olympus…
read more
The Magic of Slide Projectors and Why You Should Own One
Gleeful giggling, happy screams, and the thunderous reverberations of a three-year-old girl hopping up and down on hardwood flooring. These were the sounds that rang through my house the first…
read more
The Schneider Kreuznach 50mm f/2.8 Lens – Or Why I Love To Hate the Kodak Retina Ib
In the world of cameras and optics, few companies are as storied as Leica and Zeiss. Founded in 1846, Zeiss is one of the most enduring manufacturers of anything mechanical…
read 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.”…
read more