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Drawing of a Nikon F SLR film camera
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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Olympus PEN and PEN F cameras
The 26-year-old who designed a camera that sold over 17 million units

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras One of the most beautiful cameras ever made was designed by a 26-year-old wizard of camera craft

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Nikkorex 35/2
This Nikon compact camera proved to be an embarrassing disaster

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #9 – the Nikkorex 35

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Line drawing of Kine Exakta camera
Ihagee who? The long-forgotten camera company that brought us the first-ever 35mm SLR

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #8 - The Kine Exakta

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Canonflex
This gorgeous Canon SLR camera turned out to be a complete disaster. Here's why it was discontinued after just five months

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras The tragic tale of the 1959 Canon Canonflex

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Pentax Spotmatic
This Pentax camera arrived four years late and was missing the feature it was literally named after… yet it sold in the millions

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras The Pentax Spotmatic was late to the camera party and missed a key feature – but was still wildly popular with 4 million bodies sold!

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Line drawing of Miranda T camera
Meet the camera so revolutionary they had to name it 'T' for technology

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras You may never have heard of Miranda, but it paved the way for Japan to become the dominant force in camera production

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Leica M8
The flaw that nearly killed Leica's digital dream (and how Leica fixed It)

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras In 2006, Leica made a groundbreaking digital camera – with one performance-breaking problem

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Line drawing of Canon AE-1 SLR camera on green background
This iconic 1970s camera broke all the rules, rewriting camera manufacturing forever – despite one shockingly fatal flaw

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras Classic Cameras #3: the Canon AE-1

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Line drawing of Nikkorex F SLR camera
This "fake" Nikon camera changed everything. Here's the curious tale of the Nikkorex F…

By David S Young Published

Classic Cameras Meet the Mamiya camera that was transformed into a Nikon legend

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