April 14, 2015 in Cameras, Film, Entertainment The following is a collection of some of the earliest known images of people smiling, starting with a pair of soldiers in the Mexican American War in 1847, up to a group of soldiers near the end of the Civil War. If early images of people smiling do […]
January 20, 2019 Jordan Michael Lockhart Shooting with the Horizon panoramic camera is a constant conversation; an idea, a rebuttal, a compromise, a solution, and an understanding I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the Horizon 202 Panoramic camera. I’m very fond of panoramic photography but my experience is limited and unofficial. I say […]
November 16, 2018 in Cameras, Reviews Camera: Nikon 35 Ti Premium Compact Rangefinder Location: New York + Washington D.C. Film: Unknown Lens: Fixed Telescoping Nikkor 35mm f2.8 The Nikon 35 Ti is an advanced compact 35mm point and shoot camera first debuted in 1993.Today the Nikon 35 Ti is considered expensive by most at a […]
November 05, 2018 in Cameras, Reviews, Film Camera: Lomography Lomo LC-Wide Point & Shoot Location: Budapest, Hungary Film: Lomography Color Negative 400 Lens: 17mm f4.5 Minigon non-interchangeable lens I often talk about how ones “shooting experience” is as important as the images themselves. Even amazing cameras such as the Ricoh GR1, I have sold off […]
December 17, 2018 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews Camera: Rollei AFM 35 Point & Shoot / Premium Compact Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Film: Unknown Lens: S-Apogon f2.6 38mm HFT Non-interchangeable Lens Premium compact camera first introduced to the USA in 2002 Labeled “Rollei AFM 35”, it is a Fuji KLASSE Many advanced features and […]
October 26, 2019 in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Lenses, Reviews In this video we start by crossing over the Sava River to explore New Belgrade, slowly making our way towards the well-known [in the Brutalist Architecture movement] Genex Tower as we shoot and compare images from two very different film cameras. In this video you can […]
December 06, 2018 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews Camera: Voigtländer Bessa R3A Rangefinder Location: Tampere + Helsinki, Finland Film: Unknown Lens: Jupiter 8 50mm f2 Soviet – Zeiss Sonnar Copy Photographers have highly contrasting opinions about the Jupiter-8 lens The Jupiter 8 is a Soviet copy of a Zeiss Sonnar Lens made after WWII Zeiss ‘quality […]
November 12, 2018 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews Camera: Nikon EM SLR Location: Tampere, Finland Film: Kodak Color Plus 200 Lens: Nikon 45mm f2.8 P The Nikon EM is an Aperture Priority, 1980’s film camera, with a very small form factor and highly affordable price. It offered nothing groundbreaking upon its release, and is often […]
October 01, 2019 in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Lenses, Reviews In this video my friend Igor and I head out to the 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 my Leica M4-2, while Igor tries […]
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 globally dominant photographic medium. Today the community is very strong […]
February 16, 2019 in Cameras, Entertainment, Film, Tips/Resources/Guides In this video, Cameraville travels to Tampere, 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’ the challenges they face, and what […]
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 […]
November 08, 2018 in Cameras, Film, Lenses, Reviews Most photographers know Kodak Ektar 100 film as a landscape film as it produces images with high sharpness and vivid colors. It’s also suggested for fashion and other commercial film applications – yes it’s a great film but all this can be said almost any 100 speed […]
November 23, 2018 in Cameras, Lenses, Reviews 35mm film cameras don’t get much smaller than the Olympus XA, and being pocketable isn’t its only trick. From the outside it looks like your granny’s point and shoot, but slide open that clamshell and you’ll reveal two more surprises. The first is a stellar F.Zuiko 35mm f2.8 […]
