Latest articles by David S Young
From 500-pound glass to $2 million price tags – inside the crazy world of extreme supertelephoto lenses
Christmas story He lost three month's salary on cameras and film – but, in a heartwarming tale, it turned out to be the best Christmas ever
Classic cameras Classic Cameras #16 – the indestructible camera that refused to die
Classic cameras Classic Cameras #14 – the Canon Pellix and the story of the pellicle mirror
Classic cameras The 1972 Olympus OM-1 remains the ultimate proof that great things really do come in small packages!
classic cameras Classic Cameras #13: The 24-year-old engineer who built the first digital camera that weighed eight pounds and ran on 16x AA batteries:
Classic Cameras This 1953 camera had detachable motordrives and 450-shot backs long before they were standard. Here's the short, brilliant life of the Praktina FX
Classic Cameras Nearly 60 years after I bought it, I still regret selling this incredible camera
Classic Cameras One of the most beautiful cameras ever made was designed by a 26-year-old wizard of camera craft
Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #9 – the Nikkorex 35
Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #8 - The Kine Exakta
Classic Cameras The tragic tale of the 1959 Canon Canonflex
Classic Cameras The Pentax Spotmatic was late to the camera party and missed a key feature – but was still wildly popular with 4 million bodies sold!
Classic Cameras You may never have heard of Miranda, but it paved the way for Japan to become the dominant force in camera production
Classic Cameras In 2006, Leica made a groundbreaking digital camera – with one performance-breaking problem
Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #3: the Canon AE-1
