Viewfinder Camera Archives

April 17, 2018

Diving Deep with Nikonos – A Brief History of Nikon’s Underwater Cameras

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I watched with helpless horror as my camera fell, seemingly in slow-motion, fumbled from the uppermost point of a rough stone jetty. It tumbled and bounced from rock to rock on a plummeting course to…

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February 5, 2018

Minoltina P Camera Review – A Mostly Forgotten Full Frame Compact from Minolta

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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.” Our only requirement of the…

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December 13, 2017

A Camera Like Clockwork – Zeiss Ikon Contina Ic Camera Review

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Zeiss Ikon’s Contina Ic is everything I love about vintage cameras. Functionally elegant, mechanically sophisticated, simple; it’s the kind of camera that works, sounds, and feels like clockwork. It’s a tangible link to a romantic…

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