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…
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200 Photographers Shared The Best Film Cameras for Beginners: Here's the Results
Almost daily I get a message on my Instagram from someone interested in buying their first film camera, and asking me what is the best film camera for a beginner? I decided to scrub the analog forums and gather some actual data about the best film camera for beginners so you don’t have to…
Read MoreNikon EM | Tampere | Nikon 45mm F/2.8 P | Kodak Color Plus 200
The Nikon EM is an Aperture Priority, 1980's film camera, with a very small form factor and highly affordable price. It offered nothing groundbreaking upon its release, and is often passed up by…
Read MoreOlympus OM-2n | Los Angeles | Cinestill 800T | Zuiko 50mm F1.4 & Tokina 24mm F2.8
My first experience with Cinestill 800T ("T" for Tungsten) film was shooting a music video in a barber shop, the music video would be composed wholly of one roll of film images. I've shuffled the pictures…
Read MorePentax LX | Yosemite National Park | Kodak Ektar 100
On my last trip to Yosemite National Park I packed a bit heavy, bringing along 4 film cameras including my all-time-favorite the Pentax LX with a wast finder attachment. The other three film cameras were…
Read MoreContax 139 Quartz | Sarajevo | Agfa Vista 200 | Contax Tessar T* 45mm f2.8
About a month before Photokina 2018 I got invited to attend with the team from Camerarescue which I work with throughout the year. It was as it always is, in Cologne Germany. There is a wonderful film…
Read MoreNikon FM2 | Brooklyn | Fuji Velvia 50 | Nikkor 50mm f1.4
This was one of my first rolls with the Nikon FM2n shot on the slide film Fuji Velvia 50. The idea was to go to the beach and be able to shoot a lot of images at f1.4. At the time I was really into f1.4. This…
Read MoreOlympus OM2n | LA NY | Tokina 24mm F/2.8 & Zuiko 50mm f1.4
People often suggest one the film cameras from the Olympus OM lineup as a good film camera for a first-time-user. I cannot disagree with that and I have done the same. It's small, attractive (maybe even…
Read MoreNikon EM | Lviv | Kodak Color Plus 200 | Nikon 45mm f/2.8 P
The 1980s Nikon EM is an aperture priority only camera, meaning you can choose the aperture and the camera will choose the shutter speed with its built-in meter and internal electronics. Semi or fully…
Read MorePentax MX | Amsterdam | Kodak Portra 800 | Pentax-M 40mm f2.8
A week before my trip to Amsterdam I was in Belgrade, Serbia for a camera show. It’s was a typical…
Read MorePentax LX | New York | Fuji Superia 1600 | Samyang 85mm 1.4
Of the hundred cameras or so I’ve owned, used, and sold, letting go of my Pentax LX may the biggest…
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