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We Should All Be Shooting Dorky AF SLRs and Here’s Why
This article could save you money, save you time, and improve your photography, if you only take a moment to consider my opinion that the best film cameras are the last film cameras – unpopular, ugly...
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Nikon Micro Nikkor 55mm F/3.5 Macro / Standard Lens Review
When I first went looking for a macro lens, I had no idea what I was getting into. I purchased it as an afterthought; a few years ago I took my regular trip to the monthly Pasadena Camera Show, stopped...
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Meet the Nons SL42, A New Instant Film SLR Camera with M42 Lens Mount
A Hong Kong based company known as Nons Studio has just launched a Kickstarter campaign which seeks to raise over $25,000 via crowdfunding to produce a new instant film camera. The key features of the...
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Fast Cars on Slow Film – Justin Westbrook Shoots Daytona
Full disclosure: Porsche paid for flights, food and boarding after inviting me to drive the 2020 Porsche Taycan electric car from Georgia to Florida for Jalopnik, the website I write for full time. It...
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Konica Tomato and Konica Pop 10 Review
There are two things in particular that I love about the Konica Tomato. The first, is imagining the design meeting which must’ve occurred on the 47th floor of a Tokyo skyscraper populated entirely by...
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Rokkor, Nikkor, Takumar and Zuiko – The Stories Behind Japanese Lens Names
If you’ve clicked through to this incredibly niche article about Japanese lens names, congratulations – you’re a real geek. But that’s okay; we are too. Casual Photophile is a site made for and run by...
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Fujica GM670 Review – the Ideal Handheld 6×7
When I was searching for a new medium format go-to camera, I had a few specific wants. I wanted a small camera exposing a big negative, interchangeable lenses, a price under $1,000, and rangefinder...
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My Hunt for the Surprisingly Elusive “Leica M of SLRs”
For many years I’ve been searching for my perfect camera – a single lens reflex (SLR) camera that feels as good as a Leica M. Yes, despite my aversion to gear-worship and marketing hyperbole, Leicas...
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How I Got Into Large Format Film Photography and How You Can Too
[A note from James – Large format film photography is a different world. I know enough about it to know that I don’t know enough about it. At least, not enough to write with expertise on the subject. I...
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Monthly Photo Challenge for March 2020 – The Photo-Stay
It’s been some time since we’ve had a photo challenge, but hey, it’s the beginning of March and we’ve got one for you! This month, we want you to practice staying put. It’s the “photo-stay,” a concept...
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Contax NX – a Multi-User Review of the Last Contax SLR
Seeing the red Zeiss T* marking on a lens ring evokes in me the same excitement (dare I say giddiness?) of waking up the morning I leave for a vacation. I simply adore that little symbol. It...
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Quarantined? Here Are Five Photography Projects You Can Do From Home!
I’m sick. Super sick. So sick, in fact, that I can’t even think of a funny simile for just how sick I am. And for me, that’s sick. And though I’ve not been tested for COVID-19, the global pandemic...
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On the Road with the Mamiya 6
It was a cold Thursday night in January. I was over-caffeinated and wandering through a local bookstore with time to kill. Over-caffeinated because I’d just attended an espresso making class, a...
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Leica R8 Review – Leica’s Most Advanced Film Camera
Let’s get it out of the way – the Leica R8 is a weird looking camera. And when I say “weird looking,” I’m being diplomatic. From the day it was unveiled at Photokina in 1996, the R8 has been maligned...
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Iran, Family, and the Intimate Photography of Laure d’Utruy
I recently talked to documentary photographer Laure d’Utruy, whose intimate and varied photography explores with sensitivity the concepts of identity, family, and disability. We wanted to share some of...
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Minolta MC Rokkor X 85mm F/1.7 Fast Prime Portrait Lens Review
I sometimes forget how much I love old lenses. And then something like the Minolta MC Rokkor X 85mm F/1.7 comes through the shop and I’m instantly reminded. With its enormous front element, full metal...
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A Leica R6.2 Review – by Hamish Gill of 35mmc
I’d not shot a Leica SLR before I picked up the Leica R6.2. In fact, when I first shot with this camera, I’d hardly shot with any make or model of SLR for a few years. I mostly mention this as it helps...
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The Bolsey Model C – a Unique 35mm Twin Lens Reflex Rangefinder Camera
The Bolsey Model C, or as it’s formally designated, the Bolsey 35 Model C Twin Lens Reflex camera, is one of the quirkiest and downright weird cameras ever made. And that’s why I love it. Produced from...
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Leica R8 Review – Leica’s Most Advanced Film Camera
Let’s get it out of the way – the Leica R8 is a weird looking camera. And when I say “weird looking,” I’m being diplomatic. From the day it was unveiled at Photokina in 1996, the R8 has been maligned...
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Iran, Family, and the Intimate Photography of Laure d’Utruy
I recently talked to documentary photographer Laure d’Utruy, whose intimate and varied photography explores with sensitivity the concepts of identity, family, and disability. We wanted to share some of...
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