Camera Reviews Archives - Casual Photophile

February 24, 2020

Fujica GM670 Review – the Ideal Handheld 6×7

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Connor reviews the Fujica GM670, a 6×7 version of Fuji’s famous medium format interchangeable rangefinder film cameras.

Connor Brustofski
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September 9, 2019

Trying to Care About Film Photography with a Nikon EM

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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?

Josh Solomon
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June 17, 2019

Contax Aria 70 Years Edition Review

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The Contax Aria 70 Years limited edition model is the very last manual focus camera to wear the legendary CONTAX name. With a body designed by Porsche, shutter designed by Yashica, and lenses by Zeiss…

Cheyenne Morrison
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February 26, 2019

The Wirgin Edixa Reflex B is Everything I Love and Hate About Film Cameras

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I spent the past week shooting the Wirgin Edixa Reflex B, a West German-made SLR from the 1950s, and when I took it this weekend to a Boston film photographer meet, the reactions around it…

James Tocchio
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October 22, 2018

Praktica MTL 5B SLR Camera Review

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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 the Soviet Union, I’m starting…

Jeb Inge
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June 20, 2018

We Review Maitani’s Masterpiece, the Olympus XA Rangefinder Camera

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Hype can kill. We’re no strangers to the phenomenon here. We’ve tested plenty of popular cameras that have failed to support the weight of expectation and popular opinion, and it’s always disappointing to shoot a…

Josh Solomon
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June 13, 2018

We Review the M-A, Leica’s Newest 35mm Film Camera

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In 1968 Mercedes-Benz introduced the world to the pinnacle of the luxury sedan. Up to that time, the 300SEL 6.3’s combination of engineering, ambition, and sheer bloody mindedness had never been matched. While others had…

Chris Cushing
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January 19, 2018

Contax G2 Camera Review – The Anti-Rangefinder That’s in a Class of Its Own

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The Contax G2 is like no other rangefinder on Earth. In fact, its technological ethos employs certain tricks that are outright heresy to diehard fans of the classic rangefinder; it runs on batteries, its manual…

James Tocchio
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November 13, 2017

We Shoot the Kiev 60 TTL, a Medium Format Monster from the Soviet Union

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How many times have we heard the tired cliché, “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.”? Often it’s uttered in reaction to some change with which the bereaved doesn’t agree. And just as often, businesses…

Jeb Inge
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August 11, 2017

The Canon P is A Beautiful, Functional 35mm Rangefinder Worth Shooting Today

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What adjectives describe a modern Canon camera? Rugged? Purposeful, maybe? I’ll bet beautiful seldom comes to mind. That’s not a knock. Canon today produces cameras that survive when guys like Larry Chen strap them to…

Chris Cushing
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November 7, 2016

Pentax K1000 – Camera Review

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A plump, chunky camera stares at me from across the room. I avert my eyes and glance back at the computer screen, my stomach growing queasy with anxiety. Writing about this camera is proving tiresome,…

Josh Solomon
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