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Line drawing of Calypso underwater camera
The world's best-known underwater explorer created a camera that went on to rule the waves

By David S Young Published

Classic camera Collectors are now hunting for this notoriously flawed half-frame film camera

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Man with sunglasses using Yashica Samurai x3.0 half-frame film camera outdoors
Why left-handed photographers fell in love with this otherwise awful 1980s bridge camera

By David S Young Published

Classic camera Collectors are now hunting for this notoriously flawed half-frame film camera

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Line drawings of two Kodak Instamatic cameras
Kodak sold 50 million of these cheap plastic cameras, so why did they suddenly vanish?

By David S Young Published

Classic camera Before smartphones, the Kodak Instamatic was the ultimate point-and-shoot gadget that everyone owned

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Nikon F4 camera on a black background
Nikon built this camera to replace a legend – but professionals refused to buy it, despite its rugged beauty

By David S Young Published

Classic camera Photographers refused to buy Nikon’s most advanced camera for over a decade, sticking with its predecessor

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Line drawing of Widelux panoramic camera
Wide load! The history of panoramic cameras – from the iconic XPan to the old and new Widelux

By David S Young Published

Classic camera Panoramic cameras have existed since the 1800s. Here's how we got from obscure German models to Jeff Bridges' favorite camera

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Line drawing of three classic Contaflex cameras
More expensive than a Nikon F: The rise and fall of the "Bullseye" camera

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras The secret history of the Zeiss Contaflex and the 35mm TLR that changed everything

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Line drawing of Canon EOS 650
The forgotten failure that forced Canon to reinvent the SLR camera and change photography forever

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras There's a little-known link between a 1980s Canon 35mm SLR and the birth of the World Wide Web

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Rollei B35
The world's most iconic tiny film camera was almost never built

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras The secret history of the Rollei 35: A masterpiece born in a basement

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Sketch of Ilford Witness camera
The lost history of Britain’s most innovative SLRs - and the camera that's rarer than a Stradivarius

By David S Young Published

Classic cameras High quality, high cost – the sorry tale of why Britain’s best cameras couldn't survive the 1960s

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Line drawing of Speed Graphic camera
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

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