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A Cheap Lens and a Rabbit
“Alright, pal. Relax. Everything’s fine. I’m going to sit down here and take it easy, take a few pictures, and we’re both going to relax.” I speak quietly, a bit of preemptive annoyance tinging my...
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An Interview with the Creators of Not Your Grandma’s Camera Club
I went to my first-ever photography meet-up this year at Polacon NYC. As a girl from a small town, I’d never seen so many film cameras in one room. It was photo-nerd mecca. Everyone I met there was so...
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Adox 300 Review – a 35mm Film Camera with Interchangeable Film Magazines
These days, Adox is hardly recognized as a camera company. Which makes sense, since over their 100-plus year history, the German photo-chemical company didn’t make very many cameras. But somewhere in...
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These are the Best Medium Format Film Cameras for Beginners
For many film photographers, medium format film and the cameras that shoot it are the next and last logical step. The larger image area of medium format film provides depth and quality that’s hard to...
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Perkins Cove, Maine, on Polaroid Film
In York County, Maine, in the town of Ogunquit, there’s a harbor bay and fishing village called Perkins Cove, which is so small that the only road in quickly circumferences the tiny peninsula before...
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Seeking the Ghost of Edwin Land at Polaroid’s Former Headquarters
I’m not sure what I expected. That the fluorescent overhead lights would flicker and dim, that a cold fog would spring from unseen wells along the floor, that time would slow, and that the ghost of...
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Minolta MC W Rokkor HG 35mm f/2.8 Classic Lens Review
Our hobby is filled with “buried treasure” moments, but they don’t come in equal measure. The Minolta MC W. Rokkor HG 35mm f/2.8, came to me during one such moment, but more on that later. First, a...
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NEWS: Harman Unveils Phoenix 200, a Brand New Color Film
Harman Technology Ltd has just unveiled Phoenix 200, a brand new color film. Made entirely from emulsion to cassette at Harman’s factory in Mobberley, England, this film is the first totally new color...
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Harman Phoenix 200 – the Review
By now, the secret is out. Harman has just unveiled their first new color film, Phoenix 200. I’ve known about Phoenix 200 for a bit longer than most photo nerds, given my lucky position as editor of a...
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The Canon EOS Rebel XS – Anonymity, Autofocus, and Andre Agassi
In the early 1990s, the Canon Camera Corporation launched their new consumer-focused Canon EOS Rebel camera with one of the defining marketing campaigns of the decade – “Image Is Everything.” The...
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Nikon N2000 Review – a Stunningly Cheap Film Camera
Almost ten years ago, Casual Photophile sprung from the realization that there was a whole galaxy of cameras which nobody seemed to be talking about. At that time, many exceptional cameras could be...
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Check Out These Last-Minute Holiday Gifts for Photographers
The holiday season is here, and if you haven’t bought the photographer in your life a present, you’re way behind. As always, I’ve got your back with a personally curated list of ten great last-minute...
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The Cinematic Point and Shoot – Minolta P’s (Freedom Vista) Review
The Minolta P’s (or the Freedom Vista or Riva Panorama, depending where you are in the world) is a paradoxical camera. Going by the spec sheet, it’s hard to see why anyone would choose it. Besides a...
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First Look at the MiNT Rollei 35AF Compact Film Camera
MiNT Camera has just announced that their new 35mm film camera will be called the Rollei 35AF, and that it will be released in Summer 2024. In addition, MiNT has released the first public images of the...
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Nikon Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena Lens Review
In September of 2023, Nikon unveiled the Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena, a super-fast, high spec, mid-tele portrait lens for Nikon’s Z series mirrorless cameras. The Nikkor Plena is only the second Z...
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Canon’s Fruit-Themed Camera, the Canon ELPH Shades Sunshine
Four years ago, when I published my review of the Konica Tomato point-and-shoot 35mm film camera, I expected that I was finished with writing about fruit-themed cameras. But I’d forgotten about the...
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Answering Your Questions About Cameras and Photography – 001
I recently asked our readers and friends on social media to Ask Me Anything (about cameras and photography, mostly). I promised to answer some of those questions in an article on the site, and today...
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Nikon Nikkor 45mm f/2.8P – a Classic Pancake Lens Review
From 1969 until 1977, Nikon made the GN Auto Nikkor 45mm f/2.8, a compact standard lens produced contemporaneously with the legendary Nikon F and F2. Three decades later, they made the Nikkor 45mm...
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A Digital Camera for People Who Love Film Cameras – Epson R-D1 Review
I am a casual photophile, and I believe you may be one, too. If I’m right, then the subject of today’s article may pull at your heartstrings. The venerable Epson R-D1 is a digital camera that provides...
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Polaroid I-2 Long Term Review
The Polaroid I-2 is the most advanced instant camera that Polaroid has ever made, offering much that other instant cameras don’t – full user control of exposure, fast and accurate auto-focus, and the...
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