Latest articles by David S Young
Classic camera Before smartphones, the Kodak Instamatic was the ultimate point-and-shoot gadget that everyone owned
Classic camera Photographers refused to buy Nikon’s most advanced camera for over a decade, sticking with its predecessor
Classic camera Panoramic cameras have existed since the 1800s. Here's how we got from obscure German models to Jeff Bridges' favorite camera
Classic cameras The secret history of the Zeiss Contaflex and the 35mm TLR that changed everything
Classic cameras There's a little-known link between a 1980s Canon 35mm SLR and the birth of the World Wide Web
classic lenses The fascinating history of super speed lenses and why the world's 'fastest' lens was actually a German joke!
Classic cameras The secret history of the Rollei 35: A masterpiece born in a basement
Classic cameras High quality, high cost – the sorry tale of why Britain’s best cameras couldn't survive the 1960s
Classic cameras From Iwo Jima to Jedi: The surprising history of the Graflex Speed Graphic camera
Classic cameras Why the Rolleiflex medium format film camera is still considered one of the finest camera lines ever made
Classic cameras The Zeiss connection: Why collectors still hunt for Yashica’s C/Y mount camera bodies
Five fascinating ultra-wide lenses that changed the way we see the world
Classic cameras Inside the 80-year rivalry that made the world's favorite instant camera brand possible
Classic cameras The legendary American camera brand you probably forgot ever existed
Classic cameras Mamiya failed at 35mm cameras, but then it built a legend with this twin-lens reflex range
Classic cameras Sony called it the "Magnetic Video Camera" but it didn't actually record video!
Classic cameras The simple 1934 invention that finally made photography convenient for everyone
Classic cameras Meet the original Steve Jobs: the man who invented the "impossible" decades before the iPhone
Classic cameras The "dual-format" trick that Konica abandoned because it was too confusing
Classic cameras How a self-taught Japanese craftsman created the "Japanese Hasselblad" – which ended up being owned by Tamron
Classic cameras This 1960s US Navy SLR is built like a tank – and is still a masterpiece of engineering
Classic cameras Meet the Hasselbladski: Russia's strange, noisy attempt to steal Swedish perfection
Classic camera The story behind the vintage tech that inspired Fujifilm's weird new Instax Mini Evo Cinema camera
