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This weird vintage lens has a neat trick up its sleeve
Sep 26, 2024
Markus Hofstätter
Some time ago I got an aluminum case full of lenses. Finally I found some time to test one of the lenses that was locked…
This DIY point-and-shoot could cure your ‘waitin’ for the camera unicorns’ blues
Sep 17, 2024
David Prochnow
You’re about to save yourself, conservatively, $3,500 with the following bit of hackery. What? Why? How? Because we’re going camera unicorn hunting. Oh, you don’t…
Lucky photographer thrifts $1,200 worth of gear for $20
Sep 10, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
A Reddit user has struck gold at a thrift store, finding a camera bag filled with cameras and lenses for a fraction of the retail…
Treasure or trash? This video teaches you how to inspect a vintage lens
Jul 8, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
Congrats, you’ve found a vintage lens of your dreams! But wait a minute – you need to inspect it thoroughly first, who knows what it’s…
Gen Z’s latest photo craze is the “vintage” iPhone 4. What can we learn from them?
Jun 3, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
Gen Z-ers have been calling millennials out on social media for using and doing stuff that’s totally out of fashion (ankle socks, anyone?). Despite being…
$50 lens, $190 million movie: This vintage Russian lens is the secret weapon of “Dune: Part Two”
Mar 11, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
Dune: Part Two has captivated the audience with its breathtaking visuals, just like the first movie. But a surprising element emerged amidst the cutting-edge technology…
How to give vintage lens a new life with the world’s blackest black
Jan 24, 2024
Dunja Đuđić
I’m sure we’ve all heard of the world’s “blackest black” by now. It started with Vantablack, and some darker substances have been invented since. Mathieu Stern has already experimented with one, using it as a backdrop. But this new project is even better, as Mathieu improved an old vintage cinema projector lens with the blackest material. It made the image quality so much better, and Mathieu shares the process in his latest video.
Flashback to the future! The Godox Lux Cadet is a new “retro-style” flash
Nov 29, 2023
Sagiv Gilburd
Godox announced a new retro-style strobe, the Lux Cadet. It’s a new camera flash that will be the perfect pair-up to either a film camera or any retro-looking camera
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.
How I converted a 103-year-old Zeiss lens to autofocus M-mount
Nov 27, 2023
Jim Headley
Recently I was rummaging around in a box of old cameras, and I stumbled across a cute little Zeiss lens that I didn’t even know I had. It was a 5cm (50mm for you youngsters out there) f: 3.5 Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar. I researched its serial number (in the 411,000 range) to discover this little lens was manufactured in 1920, that’s 103 years ago.