Film Cameras

In 1859, British photographer Thomas Sutton created a camera with a unique water-filled lens – it allowed for some interesting effects. Low-fi camera company Lomography has replicated that lens, and included it in a 35-mm panoramic film camera.

Fully-manual analog film cameras can be fun and interesting to use, but it sucks when they don't have a built-in light meter. That's where the Hedeco Lime One comes in, as it's a digital light meter that can be added to such cameras.

Back in early 2018, Samuel Mello Medeiros launched the I'm Back project on Kickstarter to give modern relevance to old film cameras. It added a digital image sensor and more to 35-mm film cameras of old, and now the next generation has been revealed.

Although instant-film cameras have been making a comeback, they still tend to be simple point-and-shoots, like the original Polaroids. The SL42 is different, in that it's an SLR that uses interchangeable lenses and offers full manual control.

Champion of non-digital photography Lomography has launched a build-it-yourself kit for a cardboard medium-format camera which comes with a lens that you can fill with colored liquid to create a unique photographic feel.

Is high-frame-rate cinema a technological cul-de-sac, or is it a bracingly new visual aesthetic we just need to get used to?

Spy cameras of the past are to be auctioned along with rare and important items of photographic and film history later this month.

After 80-odd years making film cameras, Canon has finally, officially discontinued the last remaining click-and-wind in its lineup. The EOS-1V, the last of its kind, will continue to be supported until 2025 – seems this digital thing really did take off.

​For some photographers, there's still nothing like shooting on 35mm film. It was with this in mind that photographer Laurence Von Thomas created the Reflex. According to him, it's "the first newly designed manual SLR system in over 25 years" – and it has a few interesting tricks up its sleeve.​

The Instax Mini 9 is the latest cutely-styled instant camera from Fujifilm, and could be the same sort of hit as its predecessor at parties and weddings. In addition to being available in a new range of color options, the US$70 Mini 9 will gain a close-up lens attachment and a selfie mirror.

​In the mid-1940s, Nippon Kogako KK decided to make a camera of its own. Though designed in 1946, the interchangeable lens rangefinder didn't go into production until early 1948. Next month, what's billed as the earliest known surviving production Nikon in the world will go for auction in Europe.

Leica has announced its first ever instant camera with the Sofort. The retro-styled camera will use the Instax Mini film type, and boasts a number of settings for different shooting modes, it’s also one of the best looking instant cameras we’ve ever seen.