A traveling photographer recruits is old pal to help document the exploration a small Ukrainian city, but the photogenic lure of an…
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Do You Really Need a Hasselblad XPan?
The Hasselblad XPan is a legendary one-of-a-kind 35mm panoramic rangefinder worthy of its cult camera status, but at over $3,000 is it worthy of your money?
Read MoreExpensive Rangefinder vs Affordable SLR - 40mm Leica Lens vs 45mm Carl Zeiss
In this video you can see the Leica Summicron-C 40mm f2 Leica M-mount lens compared to the Carl Zeiss Tessar 45mm f2.8 for Contax/Yashica mount…
Read More90mm on a Rangefinder? [VIDEO] Shooting 28mm & 90mm in Belgrade, Serbia
An Interview & Visit with Carmencita Film Lab in Valencia, Spain
Although the current film photography community is incredibly small, I often feel that those of us remaining hold a cumulative passion matching that possessed by tens of millions just a few decades ago when film was the…
Read MoreLeica M4-2 | Belgrade | Agfa Vista 200 | Summicron-C 40mm f/2
Most all Leica 40mm f2 Summicron-C lens reviews cover the same talking points, things like: most affordable Leica lens, body compatibility issues, awkward focal length, and undesirable bokeh. While these topics are all important…
Read MoreLeica MDa | Stockholm | Kodak Ultramax 400 | Avenon 28mm f3.5 LTM
The Avenon 28mm f3.5 LTM lens come from a Japanese manufacturer called YK optical in Yokohama, which had a short history of only producing two lenses mainly under the name of KOBALUX, a 28mm f3.5 as well as the 21mm f2.8 LTM…
Read MoreAn Interview with Juho Leppänen - The History of Camera Rescue & How to Save 100,000 Film Cameras
In this video, Cameraville travels to Finland to sit down with Juho Leppänen of Camera Rescue and take an inside look at their goal of saving 100,000 analog cameras by 2020. Leppänen details what is means to 'rescue a camera' …
Read MoreHorizon 202 | Tampere | CineStill 800T
The Horizon 202 doesn’t have any panoramic optics, it has panoramic mechanics. The Horizon 202 has a traditional 28mm f/2.8 prime lens, housed in mechanics which together categorize the Horizon as a swing-lens panoramic…
Read MoreLeica VS Zorki plus FED VS Elmar | Balatonfenyves | Agfa Vista 200
Turning the knob one can feel a pleasing steady resistance of the multiple gears working together, turning the transport sprocket and take up spool, gently pulling the film out from the canister and along the focal plane, like a…
Read MoreNikon Rangefinder Film Cameras (1948 - 2005)
In the middle of the 20th century at possibly the height of rangefinder camera popularity, Nikon did something amazing, releasing 8 variants of their flagship Nikon rangefinder camera in just 12 years- a feat only matched by the…
Read More4 Affordable Alternatives to Expensive Point & Shoot Film Cameras
Instagram and eBay are filled with images and info on premium compact film cameras, but when others offer comparable features and similar looks for 1/5th the price, is it really worth it? Here are 4 affordable alternatives to expensive point and shoot film cameras.
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