Kyocera Archives

July 15, 2020

I Understand Why the Yashica Samurai Failed

https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/yashica-Samurai-review-7-of-26.jpg?fit=1800%2C1013&ssl=1 1800 1013 Connor Brustofski Connor Brustofski https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/71063292_2403362693084619_1173485434357940224_o.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 July 15, 2020 June 5, 2021

It’s 1987. Kyocera designers ask one simple question. “Can we fit a camera inside a taco shell?” And the Yashica Samurai was born.

Connor Brustofski
17

March 9, 2020

Contax NX – a Multi-User Review of the Last Contax SLR

https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/contax-nx-cover-1-of-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&ssl=1 2560 1440 Drew Chambers Drew Chambers https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/drew-bio-scaled.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 March 9, 2020 June 14, 2021

The Contax NX was among the last ever Contax 35mm film cameras. In our multi-user review, Drew and James share their thoughts on this sleek SLR.

Drew Chambers
15

March 7, 2018

These Failed Camera Designs Were (and still are) Pretty Terrible

https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ricoh-mirai-1-1.jpg?fit=2200%2C1238&ssl=1 2200 1238 James Tocchio James Tocchio https://i0.wp.com/casualphotophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/james-square.jpg?fit=96%2C96&ssl=1 March 7, 2018 June 14, 2021

Reading the pages of CP, it would be easy to assume that every camera made before the digital age was a masterpiece of design and function. But that’s so, so wrong. Today we enjoy the…

James Tocchio
38