Ihagee Exakta Varex VX – How does this 70-yr-old Pro Camera perform today?

Exakta cameras can trace their lineage all the way back to 1912 when Johan Steenbergen, a Dutch national, opened his…

100-Speed Shootout / Arista v Kentmere v TMax

If you’re just getting into film photography, there’s a discovery you’ve probably made: film is not cheap. And for whatever…

In the 1950s, Zenzaburo Yoshino set out to build what he thought would be the perfect camera. He had paid…

Minolta entered the 35mm SLR market back in 1958 with the SR-2. And throughout the 1960s, they continued to refine…

Back in 1986 when camera manufacturers were still trying to figure out what to do with the “new” auto-focus thing,…

Possibly the best medium format camera you’ve never heard of? Now I know there are a lot of folks out…

After almost a year of preparation and planning, I’m happy to finally announce the launch of the Vintage Camera Digest…

Another interesting read I came across recently – Kodak Milestones (1976). This publication gives a detailed history of George Eastman’s…

Just a quick post to say I’m working on scanning and uploading new literature over the next several weeks. New…

As 2022 draws to a close, I think it’s appropriate to recognize what an historic year this has been for…