old cameras
How to make your photos look like they’re from 1839
May 26, 2024
David Prochnow
Ah, the good old days; they probably weren’t that good for photographers. Inhaling mercury fumes, handling caustic alkali, and fretting about patent payments, those times…
Yul Brynner’s personal Leica cameras sold for over $3 million at an auction
Nov 28, 2023
Dunja Đuđić
In a recent auction held in Vienna, Austria, two Leica MP cameras owned by legendary actor Yul Brynner sold for over €2.76 million (around $3.03 million). Brynner personally used both of them, and they’re considered to be among the rarest and most sought-after Leica cameras in existence.
Floppy disk camera throwback: Shooting with a 1999 Sony Mavica FD83 in 2023
Sep 19, 2023
Dunja Đuđić
It seems like new cameras are released every month, featuring ever-improving specs and capabilities. So, it’s easy to get caught up in the buzz. However,…
The Game Boy camera, minus the Game Boy, shoots 256 greyscale and HDR
Jul 31, 2023
John Aldred
We’ve seen a lot of Game Boy Camera hacks over the last few years. We’ve seen them rehoused into camera cases, modified to take “real”…
Five bizarre photo-tech relics you’ve forgotten about
May 24, 2023
Jake Hicks
I ordinarily share nerdy lighting setups and techniques, but with it being a very busy week for me, I thought I’d share something quick and…
Camera Rescue starts a free school for repairing and preserving old film cameras
Mar 19, 2021
Dunja Đuđić
The Camera Rescue team are on a mission to save old and discontinued film cameras. And if you’d like to join them and learn their…
This photographer in Afghanistan is still making pictures with a 100-year-old box camera
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
It always seems to be a race these days for photographers to get newer and better gear. They feel it will make them into a…
Watch: What’s it’s like to restore an 85-year old Leica
Dec 2, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Restoring an old camera and giving it a new life is something truly special. Especially if it’s a heritage, and it’s almost a century old….
These 37 shutter sounds of old cameras are oddly satisfying
Oct 7, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
If there’s such a thing as ASMR video for photographers, this must be it. Photographer Scott Graham has filmed “a video no one asked for,”…
Photographer develops a roll of film from 1929 camera and discovers forgotten portraits
Jul 18, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Sometimes photographers find real gems among the vintage cameras and lenses. Dutch photographer Martijn van Oers found an original Zeiss Ikon 520/2 in a second-hand…