There was a time not too long ago when folding cameras were King.     Many folders built around the 1930’s to the 1950’s were small, with beautiful lenses…

That ownership that companies seem to exploit, including the one mentioned above, has some very negative connotations that perhaps should be addressed.

I use them for different reasons. Digital is convenient and modern but film gives me some things that digital has yet to fulfill.

For the most part, the images people made were kept in albums and shoeboxes. The images were private, shown at family gatherings and sometimes shared with very close friends.

One of the most irritating things in photography is that annoying little screw hole on the bottom of nearly every camera ever built.

Better known as “The Brick” because of their resemblance in shape, size, and weight, they were one of the bestselling cameras ever produced and sold in the United States.

Watch the video to see what I mean. Even the video doesn’t do it justice. You’d have to be standing in front of one to know what I mean.

Computer generated and augmented realities seemed ideal environments for recording virtual experience.

The scanner is a strange animal in any photographic arsenal. It is actually a camera. It just doesn’t seem to be because it doesn’t look like one. But if you take one apart, you will find that it has a lens and a sensor of sorts.

Professionals relied on the square to allow them to crop to the aspect best suited for layout in magazines and catalogs. It was an actual selling point for square format.