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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

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 April 06, 2019 in Lenses, Reviews, Tips/Resources/Guides, Film, Cameras

Most all Leica 40mm f2 Summicron-C lens reviews cover the same talking points, things like: most affordable Leica lens, body compatibility issues, awkward focal length, and undesirable bokeh. While these topics are all important…

Read More March 24, 2019 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews

The Avenon 28mm f3.5 LTM lens come from a Japanese manufacturer called YK optical in Yokohama, which had a short history of only producing two lenses mainly under the name of KOBALUX, a 28mm f3.5 as well as the 21mm f2.8 LTM…

Read More Tags: Leica, Leica MDa, Avenon 28mm f3.5, Kodak, Kodak Ultramax 400, Sweden 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 20, 2019 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews

The Horizon 202 doesn’t have any panoramic optics, it has panoramic mechanics. The Horizon 202 has a traditional 28mm f/2.8 prime lens, housed in mechanics which together categorize the Horizon as a swing-lens panoramic…

Read More Tags: Finland, Horizon 202, Cinestill 800T January 07, 2019 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews, Film

Turning the knob one can feel a pleasing steady resistance of the multiple gears working together, turning the transport sprocket and take up spool, gently pulling the film out from the canister and along the focal plane, like a…

Read More November 21, 2018 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Tips/Resources/Guides

Almost daily I get a message on my Instagram from someone interested in buying their first film camera, and asking me what is the best film camera for a beginner? I decided to scrub the analog forums and gather some actual data about the best film camera for beginners so you don’t have to…

Read More 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