vintage camera
Yul Brynner’s personal Leica cameras sold for over $3 million at an auction
Nov 28, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
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.
Canon researches interest in retro-style camera body
Oct 27, 2023
Alex Baker
Canon is gauging interest in reviving some of its most iconic camera models with a modern twist. According to The Federation of Independent Photographers, Canon…
How I shot a HDR tintype with a super-fast lens
May 11, 2023
Markus Hofstätter
When shooting wet plates, you deal with a very light-insensitive process (about ISO 0.5). So most wet plate artists want to get their hand on…
Reviving a Legend: Repairing a Mamiya RB67
Mar 30, 2023
Anthony Kouttron
I had the Mamiya RB67 and Pentax 67 on my medium-format wanted list for many years now, but I simply could not justify the price…
This rare Nikkor-N 1.1/50mm lens to be up for auction in June
Mar 13, 2023
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A very rare Nikkor-N 1.1/50mm lens will soon become available for you to buy. Introduced in 1950s, this is one of only 200 of these…
How I used this crazy vintage 140mm f/1.0 lens with an ultra-large format camera
Mar 9, 2023
Markus Hofstätter
In short words “this lens is something else”. It’s extremely fast, huge and has a strange focus distance. It was used in Sony CRT Projectors…
Watch the photographer as he renovates a beautiful 100-year-old camera
Dec 16, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
When it comes to cool projects with vintage cameras, Markus Hofstätter is one of the names that immediately come to mind. Many of his portraits…
Jollylook is back with the Jollylook Pinhole – Their new DIY instant film pinhole camera kit
Aug 10, 2022
John Aldred
It always makes me smile to see a new camera from Jollylook. We’ve featured a couple of their other cameras in the past including the…
Oscar Barnack’s personal 0-series 1923 Leica breaks world record, fetches over $15 million at an auction
Jun 13, 2022
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A rare Leica 0-Series No. 105 from 1923 recently went up from an auction. As it was Oscar Barnack’s personal camera, it was expected to…