Film Camera Review Archives

August 5, 2020

The Sawyer’s Mark IV – A Miniature Rolleiflex 2.8

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Everything we need to know about the Sawyer’s Mark IV, a tiny twin lens reflex, Japanese Rolleiflex killer – by Cheyenne Morrison.

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September 11, 2018

Nikon F4 Camera Review – Thirty Years Old This Month

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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 that makes us think that…

Jeb Inge
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May 23, 2018

The Olympus O-Product is a Beautiful and Unusual Point-and-Shoot Film Camera

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Holding and shooting the Olympus O-Product, I get the feeling its designer didn’t give a damn about what other camera companies were creating. A little research confirms my intuition. In a 1989 interview in Popular…

James Tocchio
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May 11, 2018

The Nikon FM is All the 35mm Film Camera You Really Need

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My eyes drifted from one storefront to the next, my stomach grumbling in the late spring heat. For days I’d been craving a taco, a dish so common in my home city that they may…

Josh Solomon
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June 2, 2017

Polaroid SX-70 Instant Film Camera Review – The Pinnacle of Polaroid

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James reviews the Polaroid SX70, the most impressive Polaroid camera ever made.

James Tocchio
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April 10, 2017

1905 Ticka Watch Camera – An In-Depth Look

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There’s this guy I know; one of those old-timey photo geeks that have seen it all and own most of it. He ran a camera shop for god-knows-how-long, the result being that he’s not too impressed by…

James Tocchio
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December 12, 2016

Nikon F6 – Camera Review

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Well, this is it. I shut the gold box for the last time and laid it into a bigger, blander box, a Priority Mail shipping label from Los Angeles to Boston its only decoration. I…

Josh Solomon
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January 1, 2016

Minolta XE-5 – Camera Review

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I began my photographic journey with a Minolta DSLR, the rather fantastic-in-its-day Maxxum 5D, so when I felt the urge to try some film shooting more than a decade later, Minolta became my launching point.…

James Tocchio
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