Cameras

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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...

The Canon EOS Rebel G is an advanced 35mm film camera, designed for the photographer who wants the look of film with the bells and whistles of the digital age. The Rebel G is similar to other...

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...

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...

Old 8mm film reels may be hiding at the back of your closet, just waiting to give you a nostalgia trip. Putting it directly into a projector after all those years may not be the best idea,...

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...

Movie film is making a comeback with independent filmmakers. While 16mm has been the film stock of choice for college and other independent film projects, 8mm, too, is making a comeback. If you...

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...

Normal, consumer cameras are designed to capture what is called the "visible spectrum of light"---the light that human eyes can see. Like our eyes, these cameras capture the light that bounces off...

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...

Kodak cameras are intrinsically linked with the founding of the Eastman Kodak Company, a multinational United States Corporation. Better known as the Kodak Company, it has been manufacturing...

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...

Making movies is expensive--if you're starting out as a filmmaker, you probably want to save as much money as possible. That starts with the camera. The Canon Elura 100 and the Sony DCR-TRV900 are...

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...

Every time a new technology takes over, you need to find a way to get irreplaceable items from the old format into the new. Whether it is records to compact discs or film to digital video discs,...

Using 8mm film for home movies and low-end movie projects used to be a common occurrence. Especially for the latter, it was necessary to have an 8mm film editor at your disposal to work on cutting...

Spies and private detectives have used miniature and sub-miniature cameras almost since the invention of photography itself. Because of their small size, these cameras were easy to carry and hide...

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,...

Cameras, whether film or digital, have basic components that make up the whole. These components work together to take the photos and all of them must work to complete the process. Some...

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...

Since the late 1940s, people have been intrigued with small, inexpensive cameras. The ability to take snapshots of everyday life ended the era when photography studios and newspaper...

Kodak has become almost synonymous with the art of photography. American George Eastman was fascinated with photography, but felt the cameras of his time were too large and bulky for the average...

Anyone who has seriously been into photography since the days of film---whether advanced amateur or pro---probably has boxes or carousels of slides. Slide film is renowned for its color, which...

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...

A Polaroid camera is a popular brand of instant camera. Its film creates photos immediately after a picture is taken. Polaroids were widely used in the 1970s and 1980s, but saw a decline in sales...

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...

Instant cameras produce prints within a minute or so after exposure. There are a variety of instant camera types from older models that squeeze a chemically enhanced negative portion against white...

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...

Do you have tons of VHS tapes, movie films, or other video that you would like to backup without expensive video equipment? These steps will show you how to backup video in any format.

The German-made Voigtlander camera is the grandfather of most cameras on the market today. Founded by Johan Voigtlander as a lens company in Vienna in 1756, the first daguerreotype all-metal...

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 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...