No, this left-handed camera is NOT an April fool!

Yashica Samurai left-handed camera
(Image credit: Kyocera Yashica)

It's an April fool gag that gets trotted out every year. "[Insert manufacturer] has released a left-handed camera!" Well, get ready to suspend your suspended disbelief – because the Yashica Samurai Z-L really was a left-handed camera. 

Indeed, right on cue, Dutch retailer Kamera Express posted about a left-handed version of the Sony A7R V – the Sony A7L V (see what they did?). And in fairness, the guys behind the gag really committed to it, going so far as to create a pre-order page on the store as well as 3D-printing a left-handed camera and filming a YouTube video about it (below).

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James Artaius
Editor

James has 22 years experience as a journalist, serving as editor of Digital Camera World for 6 of them. He started working in the photography industry in 2014, product testing and shooting ad campaigns for Olympus, as well as clients like Aston Martin Racing, Elinchrom and L'Oréal. An Olympus / OM System, Canon and Hasselblad shooter, he has a wealth of knowledge on cameras of all makes – and he loves instant cameras, too.