Film Photography Talk Articles


June 21st 2020

The Legacy of Ricoh and Sears

Ricoh and Sears had an incredible career working together for over 25 years and brought over 30 cameras to the public under the Sears brand name


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May 5th 2019

The Legacy Of Minolta

The 75 year history of Minolta is full of plenty of ups and downs. They created many firsts in the camera industry, lots of innovation, and some of the most amazing cameras ever made


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March 31st 2019

Early Auto Focus Cameras

The First auto focus cameras consisted of add on attachments and even a sonar system, it was the wild west for design and innovation. But the first true auto focus SLR came to be in 1985 and to critical acclaim


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March 7th 2019

My Experience With Petri Cameras

The not so well known Petri was always a bit behind the times, but they released quite a few gems before getting out of the industry all together


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February 5th 2019

Why everyone should have a scale focus camera

The basis of scale focus was to help with the creation of faster lenses, but stuck around for almost the entirety of film and for good reason