The Nikon F3 was introduced in 1980. The Canon New F1 was introduced in 1981. Both cameras were professional level workhorse cameras, and the third in a series of professional cameras for both companies. They […]
Category: Technology
Shooting With a Classic Rangefinder: The Nikon S3
I’ve always been interested in rangefinder cameras – thus my post about the Kodak 1A Autographic Special from a few weeks ago. That Kodak was one of the first cameras to utilize a rangefinder. I […]
Kodak 1A Autographic Special (1917)
This was a very interesting little camera. Mine is pretty scuffed up, but it’s actually in pretty good shape on the inside, for being over 100 years old! The shutter actually sounds pretty accurate to […]
Why Would Anyone Want to Carry a Big, Heavy Camera Around When They Could Just Carry Their Phone?
This is a question that becomes more and more relevant every day. I, in fact, think about it whenever I’m carrying one of my “real” cameras. Camera phones have gotten so good (as of mid […]
Nikon FA: An Interesting Little Camera
I’ve always been curious about the Nikon FA. It seemed like there wasn’t too much ever said about it. Not many technical reviews. It just didn’t seem like people talked about it much. So I […]
Photographing The High Desert of Northern Arizona
I had this trip planned to Arizona several months ago – and due to unforeseen circumstances, had to reschedule twice. The plan was to fly to Flagstaff, visit Petrified Forest National Park, and then head […]
Kodak Junior Six-20 Series II
Since I’ve been experimenting with medium format, and I had a roll of FP4+ rolled for 620 burning a hole in my pocket, I thought I’d take one of my old Kodaks our for a […]
Big Glass: Another look at Medium Format
Anyone who has read any of my posts probably has the idea that I like cameras. Well, I suppose I do. I collect cameras, and like trying different types of cameras. I also like to […]
A Grand Progression
I hadn’t looked at my Nikons for quite a while, until about a week ago. I was taking some photos with a few Nikon film cameras from the 70’s through the 2000’s – the FE, […]
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