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July 14, 2020 in Entertainment, Film, Cameras, Popular, Lenses

A traveling photographer recruits is old pal to help document the exploration a small Ukrainian city, but the photogenic lure of an…

Read More Tags: Leica CL, Leica, Ukraine, slr, Agfa Vista 200, Voigtländer 15mm 4.5

The Hasselblad XPan is a legendary one-of-a-kind 35mm panoramic rangefinder worthy of its cult camera status, but at over $3,000 is it worthy of your money?

Read More October 26, 2019 in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Lenses, Reviews

In this video you can see the Leica Summicron-C 40mm f2 Leica M-mount lens compared to the Carl Zeiss Tessar 45mm f2.8 for Contax/Yashica mount…

Read More October 01, 2019 in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Lenses, Reviews

In this video my friend and I head out to Belgrade Fortress (built in 279 BC) in Serbia where we shoot two different Leica rangefinder setups. I chose to test out my new M-Rokkor 90mm f4 lens on…

Read More June 10, 2019 in Cameras, Film, Entertainment, Reviews carmencitathumbnail-5484924

Although the current film photography community is incredibly small, I often feel that those of us remaining hold a cumulative passion matching that possessed by tens of millions just a few decades ago when film was the…

Read More February 16, 2019 in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Tips/Resources/Guides

In this video, Cameraville travels to Finland to sit down with Juho Leppänen of Camera Rescue and take an inside look at their goal of saving 100,000 analog cameras by 2020. Leppänen details what is means to ‘rescue a camera’ …

Read More January 05, 2019 in Tips/Resources/Guides, Entertainment, Cameras

In the middle of the 20th century at possibly the height of rangefinder camera popularity, Nikon did something amazing, releasing 8 variants of their flagship Nikon rangefinder camera in just 12 years- a feat only matched by the…

Read More December 25, 2018 in Cameras, Entertainment, Tips/Resources/Guides

Instagram and eBay are filled with images and info on premium compact film cameras, but when others offer comparable features and similar looks for 1/5th the price, is it really worth it? Here are 4 affordable alternatives to expensive point and shoot film cameras.

Read More Tags: Point and Shoot, Minolta TC-1, Fuji Tiara, Ricoh GR1, Nikon 28 Ti, Nikon AF600, Ricoh R1, Konica Hexar AF, Nikon L35AF, Konica, Nikon, Ricoh, Minolta, Fuji December 20, 2018 in Cameras, Tips/Resources/Guides, Lenses, Entertainment

Perhaps you’ve considered buying it yourself but can’t afford it, don’t trust it, or feel it’s too mainstream for your style. Let’s take a look at some other film cameras that are comparable alternatives to the Contax T2…

Read More Tags: Contax, Leica, Konica, Fuji November 20, 2018 in Film, Entertainment, Tips/Resources/Guides

Over three years ago I published the “List Of Most Popular Photography YouTube Channels”, now I’m back with an even better list to help you get inspired about your film photography with- the Best Analog Photography YouTube Channels…

Read More Tags: slr, Zone Focus, Rangefinder, Premium Compact, Point and Shoot May 28, 2018 in Film, Cameras, Entertainment

Just last week on my 6th visit to Serbia I found a pretty good deal on a 1951 Leica IIIf screw mount camera body. After a few consultations with Google Translate I met a man named Milos in front of the Belgrade National Theater to inspect the camera…

Read More Tags: Leica IIIf, Serbia, Agfa Vista 200, Rangefinder, Leica February 20, 2018 in Film, Cameras, Entertainment

I think a commonality we all have as film photographers is the excitement, self-doubt, and surprise that comes along with developing each roll of film. Maybe it can summed up as “expectation vs reality”, and…