Film Cameras

Box cameras were the original consumer cameras. They were designed to be easy to use and were the precursor of today's point-and-shoot cameras. They generally used the medium film formats of 120,...

The Ansco Box Camera, like the more famous Kodak Box Brownie, was marketed in the United States in the early part of the 20th century. It produces eight images on 120 film or other variations on...

Box cameras were the first cameras designed for the consumer market. The early Kodak Box Brownie could not be opened by the consumer, but was shipped back to the company for development of the...

Plastic cameras, particularly the Holga, have a loyal cult following. While they are generally considered the worst cameras ever made---even according to the manufacturer---they can take some very...

The Nikon F5 has a few more buttons and a few new tricks, but loading film into it is as easy as ever. Similar to many other camera models and designs, the Nikon has made the process even easier...

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Produced by Leitz Wetznar in 1950, the Leica IIIf is a 35mm film camera equipped with a rangefinder and designed to use screw mount lenses. The IIIf is a variant of the Leica III line of cameras,...

The Minolta XE-7 (also known in Europe as the XE-1) is a single-lens reflex camera that uses 35mm film. Released in 1974, the XE-7's features included fully automatic exposure,...

One of the advantages of 8mm movie film is that it can be edited on a simple device called a film splicer. The process allows you to remove film frames or take one section and place it somewhere...

Twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras were all the rage in the 1950s and 1960s. They were replaced in popularity first by Kodak's Instamatic point-and-shoot camera, then by 35mm single-lens reflex...

In the late 19th Century, the inventor George Eastman wanted to create a camera and film that could be used by the average person. He revolutionized the world of photography by making cameras...

Kodak, Ilford, Kentmere and Fujifilm still manufacture black and white film. Both the traditional type and the C-41 process film that produces black and white prints but develops in color...

A single-lens reflex camera, also known as a SLR camera, is a camera where the photographer is able to see exactly what the film will capture by looking through the viewfinder. This is done by...

When it was released in the late 1950s, the Kodak Signet 50 was considered to be a top-of-the line camera. Today, it is still a popular model, but primarily for those in search of nostalgia or...

In their heyday, Canon's A1 and F1 were considered top-of-the-line 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. And while both cameras have long since been replaced, today's digital SLR (D-SLR) cameras...

Agfa Scala is a black and white reversal film and development process. Instead of creating a black and white negative, Scala produces a positive black and white image. Scala is similar to black...

In chemical photography, a negative refers to the visible developed image on a strip of film or that piece of film itself after it has been developed. When a photograph is taken in a film-based...

The Nikon F4 and F6 are both 35mm film cameras that were created for use by professional photographers. While both of the cameras have quite a few different things in common, there are also a few...

Advanced Photo System (APS) film is becoming a trend of the past. The 24mm-sized film made popular by its drop-in loading film cassette is available at specialty camera retail shops in small...

The Nikon F6 and F4 are the top 35mm film cameras that Nikon has released. The F6 is still in limited production; the F4 was discontinued in 1996 and replaced by the F5. The F4 was revolutionary...

The Canon AE-1 Program is a 35mm camera that was an upgrade of the popular Canon AE-1. Though the Program was technically a very similar camera to the AE-1, it offered more features and a sleeker...

The Nikon N90 is a single lens reflex, or SLR, 35mm film camera for still photography. Basic maintenance calls for occasional cleaning of the camera's internal components, including the film door...

Old folding cameras still can function nearly as well as they did when they were made because there are no electronics to fail. Folding cameras usually had a good, fixed-focus lens, a bellows and...

You can pick up vintage cameras relatively cheaply at auctions, flea markets and antiques stores, or online, and have some fun shooting with the old-fashioned equipment. Many old cameras work...

You can capture much bigger images with 120 film than with 35mm film or 35mm-style digital cameras. The standard negative size for 120 film---depending on the camera---is 2.25-by-2.25 inches. The...

The professional alternative to 35mm film always was 120 film. Pros use it in medium-format cameras such as Bronicas, Mamiyas and Hasselblads. At the other end, low-end plastic camera users also...

There's nothing worse than spilling something on your favorite photo--especially ink. Many believe photos are ruined after ink is spilled on them, but in many cases all or most of the ink stain...

The Nikon N65 is a 35mm camera released in 2001. Among the many features of the N65 is a built-in flash, known as a Speedlight. The Speedlight on the N65 is an automatic pop-up flash that helps...

The Nikon N50, released in 1994, features a dot-matrix LCD panel, comprehensive exposure modes, 6-segment Matrix Sensor, 3D Matrix Metering, built-in flash and 6V rechargeable lithium battery. The...

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Digital cameras have become the standard for amateur to professional photographers around the globe because they are easier to use. For real control over an image and for the best image quality,...

Manual cameras have been around for a long time, since photography was invented in the mid-19th century, in fact. The advent of autofocus and automatic exposure is relatively recent in the history...

An SLR or single-lens reflex camera is a camera that uses the same lens to view the image and take the photograph. This is accomplished by the use of a mirror set at a 45-degree angle behind the...

The Canon Sure Shot Z115 is a point-and-shoot 35mm camera. The champagne-colored consumer camera has automatic film loading, advance and rewinding to make taking pictures a snap. if you have...

Advanced Photo System, or APS, film-based cameras were popular in the early 1990s for their convenient drop in film loading and multiple print size options. However, the cost of processing this...

Two popular medium-format film camera brands that can be purchased on the cheap on the used market are the Pentax and the Mamiya. Both brands have an excellent reputation for reliability and...

The Nikon N75 (known as the F75 outside of North America) is a 35 mm SLR camera designed for beginning and intermediate photographers. You can diagnose many of the problems you may encounter while...

As technology advances faster than most people not named Tony Stark can keep up with, one of the more prominent debates that has slowly begun its fade into the ethos of "these DVD things will...

Slide film for many decades has been the choice of professional photographers seeking the best color rendition. Kodak and other slide film manufacturers put serious effort into manufacturing slide...

You don't have to be a professional photographer to take great pictures. There are great steps you can follow to take beautiful photographs. Many people try their hardest to stage photographs in...

In some cases old film can be developed successfully, depending upon how much time has passed since the expiration date. Expiration dates on film are estimates of when the chemicals in the film...

The Canon AE-1 is one of Canon's earliest cameras, designed primarily for mid-level photographers who wanted more automatic features. The Canon AE-1 and the AE-1 Program are considered vintage...

The Pentax K1000 is a 35mm SLR camera marketed by Asahi Optical Co. in 1976 and manufactured through 1997. The K1000 is the most basic of the Pentax line of cameras; its low price made it...

The Minolta Maxxum 7000 is a 35mm SLR camera released in 1985. The 7000 was a significant camera as it was the first to incorporate both auto focus and automatic film advance. Though the camera...

The Canon AE-1 is a 35 mm SLR camera released in 1976 and manufactured through 1984. The AE-1 supported interchangeable lenses and was the first SLR camera to use a CPU microprocessor. The camera...

The vast majority of cameras that use film take 35mm film. 35mm film was developed as a smaller format than other film sizes, and became the most popular film size for amateur photographers....

Despite modern "do-everything-for-you" cameras, the old manual film camera still has a place in the world, particularly with photographers who want to retain complete control over their art. And...

APS film (Amateur Photo System) is a cartridge-type film system introduced in the 1990s. APS film is smaller than 35mm film, at only 24 mm, so the pictures aren't as clear. The film comes in a...

The best way to learn photography still is with a manual 35 mm camera. It does nothing for you except give you the tools to take great photos. It doesn't focus for you, it doesn't set the aperture...

A manual camera can be anything for a bellows-and-lens contraption on a tripod to a 35mm film camera to an Instamatic. Unlike digital cameras, manual cameras require photographers to compose the...