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Five High Quality 35mm Rangefinders You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Leica too trendy for you? Sick of hearing about the Nikon SP? First, what’s wrong with you? And second, what’s wrong with me? Because I’m sick of them too! Looking for something to spark the…

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Five Lessons I’ve Learned in Five Years of Shooting a Different Camera Every Week
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I’ve shot a different camera every couple of days for the past five years. This comes with a unique set of delights and disappointments, surprises and frustrations (for every Contax T there’s a Kodak VR35;…

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The Best Beach Cameras Just in Time for Summer – Updated
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James has put together a list of his favorite waterproof and underwater film and digital cameras for summertime fun!

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Some Alternatives to Those Over-Priced Compact Point and Shoots
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The Mju II, Contax T series, and Yashica T4 and T5s are some of the priciest (we might say over-priced) point and shoots. Here are some alternatives.

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Five Great Soviet Cameras – Guest Post by Colonel Troskovoynicovsky
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Greetings, Western imperialist sow. I am Colonel Troskovoynicovsky writing from within the great Soviet Republic. Your days are numbered, but be joyful temporarily, for while we design your inevitable collapse and political re-education you may…

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Remember the 80s – Camera Edition
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If you’re too young or too old, you may not think of the 1980s as the best decade ever. But you’re wrong. We had time-traveling, stainless-steel cars; whip-wielding, Nazi-killing archeologists; freshly imported Norwegian synth-pop, and…

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