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This "Japanese Hasselblad" does things that the original Swedish camera simply can't
By David S Young published
Classic cameras How a self-taught Japanese craftsman created the "Japanese Hasselblad" – which ended up being owned by Tamron

This is the secret reason that the US Navy ditched Nikon for this "American" camera
By David S Young published
Classic cameras This 1960s US Navy SLR is built like a tank – and is still a masterpiece of engineering

Why Russia tried to clone the world's most famous camera (and got it hilariously wrong!)
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Meet the Hasselbladski: Russia's strange, noisy attempt to steal Swedish perfection

The secret meaning behind the name Minolta (and how the camera brand evolved before disappearing forever)
By David S Young published
Classic cameras This is why photographers fell in love with Minolta’s “fully-automatic” SR series of classic cameras

The hidden meaning behind the '3' in the legendary Leica M3 revealed
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Classic Cameras #18 - Why many photographers still consider this 70-year-old Leica the "perfect" 35mm film camera

This compact 35mm camera changed film photography forever
By David S Young published
Classic cameras The 1972 Olympus OM-1 remains the ultimate proof that great things really do come in small packages!

Everyone thinks Nikon invented the professional system camera – but this forgotten 1953 East German legend got there first
By David S Young published
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

This is the one camera I truly regret selling – the first TRUE system camera that rewrote the rulebook for pro photography
By David S Young published
Classic Cameras Nearly 60 years after I bought it, I still regret selling this incredible camera
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