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I searched this city up and down for film cameras and film photography equipment. I put that knowledge into this film camera buying guide, detailing and ranking all the places with a steady...
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Unless you are an avid point and shoot film camera collector, it's likely you have never heard of the Rollei AFM 35. First of all its a marvelous little camera, but the misconception that it lacks...
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Fuji Superia 1600 is potentially the perfect film for most any casual situation, from sunlit outdoors to dim indoor interiors it provides a very fine grain structure for its class maintaining rich color saturation in low…
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For those who already have an understanding that the sensor size of your camera affects the effective field of view of a lens, here are some charts, tables, and other visuals to help you calculate the 35mm…
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One of the most well-known photos of our time is that of the 'Afghan Girl'. Taken by photographer Steve McCurry while on assignment for National Geographic in Pakistan in 1984. McCurry captured the…
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Cameras can come in all shapes and sizes. The rules that define a functioning camera allow for endless design possibilities. It's no secret that (like many other things) the 1980's were an...
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As a photographer it's often said that the best camera you have is the one you have with you. So by that mantra we've got no complaints about cell phone imaging. Not to mention the high quality images…
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Back in the day it was commonplace for machines to segregate their photo and video capabilities. But all that changed in 2009 with the introduction of the Canon EOS 5D MKII; the first professional…
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Like it or not, there has not been such a movement in photography since the Kodak Brownie in 1900 as the iPhone; or iPhoneography. TIME Magazine's best iPhone photos of the year have been revealed….
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