vintage camera
Vintage camera sparks in-flight panic and emergency landing
Oct 13, 2021
Alex Baker
Being a camera enthusiast can sometimes land you in some hot water (and not just with your spouse when you’ve bought a new lens!). An…
Lucky teenager buys $7,000 worth Leica M kit for only $15 at a garage sale
Aug 23, 2021
Dunja Đuđić
You can find all sorts of treasures at garage sales and thrift stores. A 16-year-old boy Tyler B. went to a local church sale and…
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….
This photographer has been collecting vintage cameras for the past 60 years
Nov 9, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
If you love film photography and vintage camera and lenses, this might be a place you’ll want to visit once we start traveling again. David…
Watch to See how a 30+ Year Old VHS Camera Holds up in 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
It seems that retro-looking music videos and even short clips on Instagram have been all the rage lately. Sure, you can add a filter to…
A stash of hundreds of Soviet cameras discovered in a Kazakh warehouse
Jan 14, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Fans of vintage gear are always happy when they find an old film camera in flawless condition. But what about finding hundreds of them? There’s…
This 1972 Polaroid ad is as informative and nostalgic as it gets
Dec 2, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
I love vintage ads. While they are often hilarious and cringeworthy, there are some gems that are actually quite informative. This Polaroid SX-70 ad falls…
This photographer uses saw and resin to turn vintage cameras into trippy sculptures
Aug 27, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
Us at DIYP love repurposing old and broken stuff. After all, that’s what DIY is all about. Photographer Fabian Oefner repurposes old cameras in a…
What it’s like to shoot a video with a 100-year-old lens from World War I
Jul 25, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
In 1912, Eastman Kodak first introduced Vest Pocket Kodak, a tiny camera that was barely larger than today’s smartphones. It was a camera of choice…
Why the godfather of sports photography switched from Olympus to Canon. In 1976
Aug 27, 2018
Dunja Đuđić
In the past couple of years, we’ve heard of many photographers switching from DSLR to mirrorless. Some of them have gone the other way around,…