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What Is Polaroid Up To?
For the last few days, Polaroid has been teasing a new product. The details, known thus far, are few – an image of the familiar Polaroid rainbow logo displayed in an audio waveform style, a sentence...
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MiNT Camera Plans to Make a New Premium Compact 35mm Film Camera
I’ll never forget the day that I met the man who owns Contax. Not a Contax camera, but the brand itself. I was at the Leica Store in Boston covering the launch of a new Leica and he happened to be...
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Back to Basics with a Nikon F, 50mm f/2, and a roll of Tri-X
I’ve recently decided to take everything I know about photography, and my large collection of photography gear, and throw it all (as well as caution) to the wind. In the 21st century film photography...
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Film Photographer Interview – Jessica Dunston
Can you start off by giving us a quick intro to yourself? My name is Jessica Dunston. I’m originally from Raleigh, NC. I just recently moved to Brooklyn about 4 months ago. I’ve been out here moving...
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Contax S2 Review – A No Frills Titanium 35mm SLR
For many photographers, the perfect film camera is the all-mechanical, compact, single lens reflex, and within this very specific class of camera there are some which have become legendary. The Olympus...
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The Olympus Pen F as a More Methodical Point and Shoot Alternative
The Olympus Pen F was first released in 1963 and was the brainchild of legendary designer Yoshihisa Maitani who was also responsible for the design of two of Olympus’ most iconic cameras, the Olympus...
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It’s Okay to Like Cameras More Than You Like Photography
People sometimes ask me what I do for work. Good question. What is my job at Casual Photophile. Author, editor, founder, photographer; these apply, sure. But let’s be honest. It’s more accurate when I...
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Rollei Rolleiflex SL35M Film Camera Review
The Rolleiflex SL35M is everything that camera likers like about Rollei cameras. It’s all mechanical, and all manual. It’s strong and robust. It’s simple to use, and the lenses (with this camera they...
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Leica’s New M6 and Solving the Film Photography Accessibility Problem
I seem to write variations on the theme every year, so forgive me if you’ve heard this one before. But every few days I make the rounds on film photography Twitter and I inevitably discover that the...
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Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Camera Review
Many years ago Sony launched an ad campaign for their PlayStation 3 that utilized the slogan, “It Only Does Everything.” And that’s a shame. Because had Sony not coined that catchy phrase in 2008 it...
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Ray Bradbury’s Sun and Shadow Shines a Light on Photographic Cultural...
Reaching us from 1953, Ray Bradbury’s short story Sun and Shadow should be required reading for anyone who aspires to any level of editorial or street photography. It beautifully articulates the...
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Shooting Polacon with a Toyo Super Graphic and Instax Wide
It’s been an exciting, instant filled week. While I take a break from 35mm film, I made a foray back into large format with a Toyo Super Graphic that came bundled with three lenses and three film...
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Ricoh GR1 – Perfection Has a Price
Released in 1996 by Japanese camera manufacturer Ricoh, the Ricoh GR1 marked the company’s entrance into the premium compact point and shoot market. It brings nearly everything that point and shoot...
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Photographing New Mexico with the Nikon Nikkor 15mm f/5.6
In a previous article, I wrote about cheap 200mm telephoto prime lenses and offered the opinion that everyone should buy up while they are a bargain basement alternative to the signature portrait lens...
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Fuji Instax and Polaroid Instant Camera Buyer’s Guide!
We’re heading into the holidays of yet another year in which film photographers have seen price increases, discontinuations of beloved films, and supply chain issues. But if there’s one thing we know...
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Keks KM02 OLED Light Meter Review
Back in 2020, Keks released a beautiful and effective OLED light meter called the EM01. The meter worked great and I found that it brought new life to my Nikon SP, a meter-less film camera. I loved the...
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A Thank You Note, and Happy Holidays
Ray Bradbury, my literary hero, famously posted a sign above his typewriter that read “Don’t Think.” The idea, as he related it, is that a writer should write not with his or her head, but with his or...
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Pentax Unveils Plans to Build a New Range of Film Cameras
Pentax just became every film shooter’s favorite camera company. The brand from Japan just announced in a video published on Ricoh Imaging’s YouTube channel that they plan to release a full range of...
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The Nikon Z5 is the Best Value Full Frame Mirror-less Camera Available Today
A good friend of mine recently messaged me with a question. “What’s the best entry-level full frame mirror-less camera I can buy new today?” Having just gone through the tedious process of determining...
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Canon Sure Shot Zoom XL Review
In 1989, Canon released a new, not-so-compact point and shoot 35mm film camera called the Canon Sure Shot Zoom XL. Canon sales brochures of the era claimed that the XL could reliably produce photos...
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