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Five Favorite Photos – Mathew Brady & Co. Shoot the Civil War
Whenever the term “war photographer” is mentioned, it’s impossible not to think of the indelible images of World War Two, the Spanish Civil War and the war in Vietnam. But if you want to find the...
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Olympus Écru – Camera Review
In 1991, Olympus released an unusual point-and-shoot film camera. They called it the Écru, a French word that, according to Google, means “raw” and according to my French friends means “off-white, not...
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“Everything starts with light”– An Oral History of Ara Güler
Ara Güler’s first published interview incited a riot. He’d taken his Graflex Speed Graphic, paired with a flash, to the Kumkapi ports of Istanbul under cover of the morning’s darkest early hours. On...
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A History of the Xenon Lens
In the pantheon of fast Double-Gauss lenses from the 20th century, the Sonnar, Biotar, and Planar, are well known. But there’s also a lesser-known lens that is their equal; the Xenon. This lens was...
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I Called the Contax T2 Overrated, This Reader Disagreed
Every Friday, I end the workweek by posting an Ask Me Anything on the site’s Instagram stories. Through these AMAs, readers of the site and customers of the shop get a chance to yell at me about...
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Shooting the Pontiac Super Lynx I – Camera Review
The Pontiac Super Lynx I is one of the most beautiful 35mm film cameras I’ve yet seen. It’s also a rare camera. Finding one in excellent condition (and with the SOM Berthiot 50mm F/2.8 Flor lens) took...
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What is Zone Focus, Plus How and When to Do It
Zone focusing (sometimes called scale focusing) allows a photographer to know what will be in focus without even looking through the viewfinder. It’s an invaluable technique that’s often used in street...
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The Contax TVS is the Best Contax Compact to Buy Right Now
Popular opinion on the Contax TVS says that its sluggish aperture and softer zoom lens make it a third-rate camera. The choir sings that the TVS is the compact Contax that you buy, only if you can’t...
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Six Months with Kodak’s New Ektachrome
The magnitude of Kodak successfully rereleasing a film like Ektachrome is huge. It’s also a milestone that, frankly, many of us never thought possible. When the staff here at CP first heard whispers of...
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Five Accessories Every Film Photographer Should Own and Use
When I got my first proper film camera, a Cosina PM-1, for the grand total of £3 from a car boot sale, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had one camera, one lens, and a couple of rolls of...
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Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm F/2.8 – the Cult Wide-Angle Lens
“After a few weeks with a Pentax 50mm lens, I had the feeling of suffocating. I realized that I needed a wide angle. As soon as I had my Zeiss Flektogon, the world looked very different.” Words spoken...
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Kodak Pro Image 100 is Coming to North America – Here’s Our Review
I’m on top of the mountain Kehlstein in Obersalzburg, Germany. Nestled about thirty minutes west of Salzburg and fifteen minutes east of the more famous Berchtesgaden, Obersalzburg has the dubious...
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The Contax T2 – Searching for Value Amongst the Hype
While many cameras have gone from unknown to idolized as a result of the film renaissance, the Contax T2 stands shoulders above the competition. In terms of the sheer hype it has received in the past...
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The AF Nikkor 24mm F/2.8D is Nikon’s Best Value Wide-Angle Lens
A little more than one year ago, while preparing to emigrate to Europe, I decided to put together a proper kit that could shoot nearly any type of photo. I settled on a Nikon F100 SLR camera, the AF...
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Five More Affordable Rangefinder Film Cameras for 2019
Two years ago we tried to help budget-conscious photographers by publishing a list of excellent but affordable rangefinder cameras. Today, as more and more people begin to understand the historical...
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My Favorite Camera is Not My Best Camera, Nor is it My Favorite Camera
I remember the little Italian-made camera my father gave me when I was seven or eight years old. I didn’t know it was Italian at the time. I’m not sure I even knew what “Italy” was. But the camera I...
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Shooting Berlin with Lomography’s Berlin Kino 400 Black-and-White Film
The German language lost one of its best ambassadors when Bruno Ganz died earlier this year. The Swiss actor was a mainstay on both stage and screen, with more than a hundred credits to his name. To...
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A Look Back at One of Polaroid’s Last and Best Films – Chocolate 100
Remember that girlfriend or boyfriend from your youth? That really special person that you still find yourself dreaming about long after you’ve gone your separate ways? That’s how I feel about Polaroid...
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The Contax G1 Takes on the World
From my first foray into modern film photography, I was confronted by the apparent supremacy of Leica and its M mount. But for some reason, the Leica bug has never seemed to bite me. To start, I have...
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Where Have All the High ISO Color Films Gone?
For my thirteenth birthday I was given a Canon Sureshot 105 Zoom camera and a booklet explaining, among other things, how to load the film, frame a photo correctly, and shoot without getting your...
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