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This 7-pound beast was once the press photographer's favorite camera, before it landed a surprising role in Star Wars
By David S Young published
Classic cameras From Iwo Jima to Jedi: The surprising history of the Graflex Speed Graphic camera

How a trench warfare invention became Germany’s most iconic camera for a whole generation of professional photographers
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Why the Rolleiflex medium format film camera is still considered one of the finest camera lines ever made

This gadget looks and loads like film, but it actually converts 35mm cameras to digital. The I’m Back APS-C Roll gives retro cameras a 26MP digital re-birth
By Hillary K. Grigonis published
KICKSTARTER The I'm Back Roll crams a sensor, storage, and battery into something not much larger than an unfurled roll of 35mm film to convert retro cameras to digital

The rise and fall of Yashica cameras: Why the Yashica FX-3 remains the ultimate budget alternative to the Pentax K1000 SLR
By David S Young published
Classic cameras The Zeiss connection: Why collectors still hunt for Yashica’s C/Y mount camera bodies

These iconic Kodak films may be about to change their name – but as a film photographer, I think that’s actually fantastic news
By Hillary K. Grigonis published
KODAK Does a film by any other name look as sweet? The iconic Kodak Portra appears to have been re-released under the new name Kodak Ektacolor
The world's most elusive camera is finally available – but why is it $400 for a "beta" version?
By James Artaius published
Releasing beta software is one thing, but a physical beta CAMERA? TTArtisan's unicorn retro camera is "here"… sort of

The curious tale of how Fujifilm Instax cameras survived a brutal patent war to become an instant success selling over 100 million cameras!
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Inside the 80-year rivalry that made the world's favorite instant camera brand possible

Why would I buy a new film camera? My 50-year-old Nikon F2 is already perfect!
By Rob Redman published
My rock-solid 35mm SLR camera is 50 years old – but still going strong!

Photographer uses a legendary retro panoramic film camera with a "swinging" lens to capture band at Abbey Road Studios
By Alan Palazon published
News UK-based photographer Chris Lombardi shot disco-rock band The Great Leslie using a Widelux, a swing-lens panoramic film camera with legendary status
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