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This American-made camera was known as The Brick – but still some two million photographers bought one!
By David S Young published
Classic cameras The legendary American camera brand you probably forgot ever existed

The clever engineering trick that made Mamiya's cameras twice as good as its twin-lens reflex rivals
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Mamiya failed at 35mm cameras, but then it built a legend with this twin-lens reflex range

This "utterly awful" analog camera recorded photos to floppy discs but somehow paved the way for modern digital photography
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Sony called it the "Magnetic Video Camera" but it didn't actually record video!

The most expensive part of a 35mm film cassette is the part that photographers don't even think about
By David S Young published
Classic cameras The simple 1934 invention that finally made photography convenient for everyone

A 3-year-old girl asked a simple question – and sparked a US$600 million camera revolution
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Meet the original Steve Jobs: the man who invented the "impossible" decades before the iPhone

This "Japanese Hasselblad" does things that the original Swedish camera simply can't
By David S Young published
Classic cameras How a self-taught Japanese craftsman created the "Japanese Hasselblad" – which ended up being owned by Tamron

This is the secret reason that the US Navy ditched Nikon for this "American" camera
By David S Young published
Classic cameras This 1960s US Navy SLR is built like a tank – and is still a masterpiece of engineering

Why Russia tried to clone the world's most famous camera (and got it hilariously wrong!)
By David S Young published
Classic cameras Meet the Hasselbladski: Russia's strange, noisy attempt to steal Swedish perfection
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