The Godox Lux Cadet Retro Flash Offers Vintage Style for Under $100
Godox's new Lux Cadet Retro Camera Flash embraces old-school style, following up on last year's Lux Junior and Senior on-camera flashes.
Pentax 50mm FA f/1.4 HD and Classic Review: A Tale of Two Fifties
I consider myself an ardent supporter of Ricoh/Pentax products and have always endeavored to review its cameras and lenses when many others have chosen not to. I also think that the Pentax brand has really found its niche as more of a boutique manufacturer, focusing on the classic SLR design -- a move that I think makes a ton of sense in today's waning market.
Best Retro Cameras in 2024
Merriam-Webster defines “retro” as “fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned.” With the rise in popularity of shooting on film over the past few years and the extraordinary success of instant cameras among the general populace, I think it is fair to say that retro cameras are likewise lusted after by many.
Is There Any Real Benefit to Retro Camera Design?
This week Nikon launched the Zf, a full-frame retro-inspired camera that packs some serious technology and gives us a glimpse into the company's future. But we have some questions about retro design: is it all nostalgia or is there more to it?
Nikon Zf Initial Review: Retro on the Outside, the Future on the Inside
The Nikon Zfc is one of the most beautiful modern mirrorless cameras, and I would argue, the classiest. You're all welcome because for years I hounded Nikon to recreate the famous Nikon FM/FE look in a digital format, and with the Zfc it finally happened. I'm taking all the credit.
Sony’s L-Shaped F707 Camera is Still Strange and Exciting 22 Years Later
The latest vintage digital camera to get Gordon Laing's fantastic "Retro Review" treatment is 2001's Sony Cyber-shot F707 camera. The L-shaped 5-megapixel camera was sold as a premium all-in-one compact.
Nikon Zfc Review: Lots of Style But Lacking in Substance
The Nikon Zfc is a crop sensor mirrorless digital camera designed to replicate the classic Nikon FM2 Film camera, often considered one of the best 35mm film cameras of all time. While the system looks amazing and definitely brings a huge hit of nostalgia, does it live up to that legacy?
Watch a 1949 Video About the Timeless Topic of Photo Composition
A lot has changed in photography in the last 74 years. However, an old-school instructional video from 1949 still offers compositional tips that stand the test of time.
Apple’s 29-Year-Old Landmark QuickTake 100 Camera Falters in 2023
Released nearly three decades ago in 1994, the QuickTake 100 was Apple's first digital camera and among the very first digital cameras available to general consumers. But as much of an impact as it had back then, it hasn't aged well.
Revisiting the Quirky Canon PowerShot N Camera 10 Years Later
In January of 2013, Canon announced a weird compact camera called the PowerShot N. A decade later and with "vintage" point and shoots making a comeback, how well does this strange little camera hold up?
Nikon Goes Retro with Special Edition 40mm f/2 Lens and All-Black Z fc
Nikon has announced a new special edition Z fc camera and 40mm f/2 lens that feature a "heritage design" that takes inspiration from the film era of Nikon cameras and lenses.
Bad Photos are ‘In’ Now, and That’s Okay
Today, I want to talk about bad photos. I'm not talking negatively about them either, because bad photos are in fashion right now. I can hear the sound of a million angry perfectionist photographers thrashing at their keyboards, but hear me out.
The Nikon Coolpix 950 from 1999 Still Feels Great to Use Today
United Kingdom-based photographer Gordon Laing took another walk down memory lane with his retrospective review video of the Nikon Coolpix 950, a digital camera that today feels nostalgic among photographers who got started in the 1990s.
An Uncropped View of the Mother Road: True-Life Images of Route 66
The nostalgia-inducing, expansive roadway known as Route 66 has been a pop culture darling in the U.S. for decades. But in photographer Jeff Sonnabend’s latest photo series and upcoming book, The Route 66 Primer, An Uncropped View of the Mother Road, viewers are left with an alternatively more grounded and realistic view of the renowned roadway.
The Godox Lux Senior On-Camera Flash Leans Hard into Retro Vibes
Godox has announced the Lux Senior on-camera flash, a retro-inspired strobe for Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus, and Sony Cameras.
The Godox Lux Junior is a $69 Retro-Inspired On-Camera Flash
Godox has announced the Lux Junior on-camera flash, a $69 retro-inspired strobe for Fujifilm, Canon, Nikon, OM-Digital (Olympus), and Sony cameras.
A Review of the Nintendo Game Boy Camera 24 Years Later
Photographer Gordon Laing from Camera Labs and Dino Bytes has released a special episode dedicated to one of the strangest digital cameras released in the 90s - The Nintendo Game Boy Camera.
Revisiting the Unique Nikon Coolpix 990 Swivel Camera 22 Years Later
Photographers today have access to fantastic cameras that shoot high-quality RAW images and have incredibly good sensors. But, there's still something magical about decades-old point-and-shoot cameras like Nikon Coolpix 990.
My First Digital Camera: A Review of the Sony S70 21 Years Later
For me, the year 2000 was when digital cameras really started to become useful. A wealth of cameras arrived sporting Sony’s latest 3 megapixel CCD sensor at a sub-$1,000 price, with enough resolution to make 7x5-inch prints and more than enough for online use.
Review: Canon’s PowerShot G1 is Still a Joy to Shoot With After 21 Years
21 years ago Canon put everything it could think of into a compact camera aimed at enthusiasts who couldn’t stretch to a DSLR or simply wanted something more portable. The result was the PowerShot G1, launched towards the end of the year 2000, costing $1,100, and the first in an enormously popular series that’s still going strong to this day.
The Nikon Zfc Will Be a Retro-Inspired $1,000 APS-C Camera: Report
According to new reports, Nikon is close to announcing a Z-mount retro-inspired camera, similar in design to the Df DSLR. The Zfc, as it is reportedly named, will be an APS-C camera that is expected to be similar in performance to the Z50 but comes wrapped in Nikon's film roots.
Photographer Finds and Digitizes Century-Old Family Photos
A Wyoming-based photographer has uncovered a large collection of family photographs taken throughout the 20th century and digitized them to reveal and preserve the everyday lives of past generations.
RUHAcam Is A Raspberry Pi-Powered Digital Camera You Can 3D Print
Inspired by do-it-yourself camera parts and projects, Ping-Hsun Chen and Ruha Cheng took things a step further and released a retro-style RUHAcam kit built around a Raspberry Pi Zero W connected to the High-Quality Camera Module.
Pentax ‘Cannot’ Go Mirrorless: Ricoh Imaging CEO
In an interview with Alfa Romeo Japan, the President and CEO of Ricoh Imaging Shinobu Takahashi is surprisingly upfront about Ricoh's acquisition of Pentax and the issues the company has had with finding its place in a competitive and collapsing market.
5 Reasons Why You Should Be Using Vintage Lenses
Photographer and YouTuber Mark Holtze thinks that you (and everyone else) should give vintage lenses a try. And in the video above, he lays out his top 5 reasons why you should try vintage glass in 2020.
This Super 8-Inspired Camera Shoots GIFs to Recreate the Look and Feel of 8mm Film
The Fragment 8 camera is the latest entry in the nostalgia-driven "retro" craze: a Super 8-inspired digital camera that trades 8mm film for 720p resolution GIFs or MP4s shot on a tiny CCD image sensor.
This Guy Installed Doom on a Kodak Digital Camera from 1998
Popular retro tech YouTube channel LGR recently pulled off something pretty awesome, if totally ridiculous. The channel's host Clint Basinger managed to install a working copy of the original video game Doom onto a Kodak digital camera from 1998. Really gives new meaning to the term "point and shoot" camera, doesn't it?
Hipstamatic is Back with a Free Camera App for Analog Photography Lovers
On October 1st, inventor of the smartphone photo filter Hipstamatic made its grand return to the spotlight by releasing Hipstamatic X: a free iOS camera app that hopes to "bring all the joy, quirk, and randomness of film photography to your pocket."
This Guy Made an Underwater Housing for a Super 8 Camera to Shoot Surfing
Photographer Joey Ready wanted to take his Super 8 film camera into the water to snap some clips of surfers. There aren't any underwater housings designed for his old Canon camera, so he fashioned his own. The video above is what resulted.
This Couple Did an ’80s Themed Photo Shoot for Their 10th Anniversary
For their recent 10th anniversary, Steve and Danielle VanHorn hired photographer Vanessa Hoffmann of Giggle Monster Photography to do a photo shoot. But it wasn't just any ol' photo shoot -- it was a 1980s-themed one complete with lasers, tube socks, and Spandex.