Factory tour

    Sony takes us on a tour of its CMOS sensor design facility in Osaka
    Jun 3, 2021 John Aldred

    Tours of factories and facilities are always quite popular to see. We’ve seen quite a few over the years, too covering things like lens and…

    Lok Cheung takes a trip through the Fujifilm factory assembling the GFX100 and now-discontinued X-H1
    Jan 27, 2020 John Aldred

    While it might look like Lok Cheung is preparing for a viral outbreak in the image for the above video, he’s actually dressed to enter…

    This beautiful short film takes you on a tour behind the curtain at Ilford’s film factory
    Jul 17, 2019 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    I find shooting film is a fulfilling experience, especially if you develop and print your own rolls. But what does it take to make the…

    Watch how Fujifilm makes the new GFX100 camera
    Jun 21, 2019 John Aldred

    This two-part video series from Johnnie Behiri at Cinema5D covering the creation of the new Fujifilm GFX100 medium format digital camera has been absolutely fantastic…

    The SPRY drone can fly in the air and swim underwater
    Sep 16, 2018 John Aldred

    Well, when I say “swim”, it kind of bobs around under the surface before coming back up to take off. Drones that can take off…

    This video lets you see inside Kodak factory and learn how film is made
    Apr 10, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    We’ve seen a couple of camera gear factories, like Sony, Leica or Sigma. This time, George Muncey and the Negative Feedback team take you to…

    This tour around the Sigma Japan factory explains why all their machinery is blue
    Apr 4, 2018 John Aldred

    It’s not much of a secret that I like to see those factory tour videos. Watching cameras, lenses and other photography related items being built…

    This tour around Fuji’s Sendai factory shows $4,000 lenses being built by hand
    Feb 6, 2018 John Aldred

    I don’t know about you, but I find factory tours fascinating, especially when so much equipment is still being assembled by hand. Sure, the individual components…

    Take a peek inside the Sony factory to see how they make the Alpha A9
    Jan 1, 2018 John Aldred

    The Sony A9 was pretty much an instant hit once it was announced early last year (that feels weird to type). Being able to easily keep…

    This video shows how $80,000 RED cameras are made
    Dec 1, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    If you’re a tech geek, I guess you find it interesting to see how the cameras are made, repaired or torn down. If you also…