Camera Theory Archives

27 March, 2024

Give Broken Ones a Chance – Shooting a Damaged Leica CL

By Dave Powell

If you had spotted the above Leica CL film camera on eBay, it might have been described like this: USED LEICA CL (For Parts or Repair) The camera’s viewfinder is missing its fro...

13 March, 2024

A Note on the Concept of “Correct” Exposure

By Geoff Chaplin

“My camera just nails the exposure”. How often have you heard that or a similar comment from someone praising the technical abilities of their new digital camera? Bu...

13 February, 2024

Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

By Andrea Monti

The Internet is full of columns and videos about why ‘I left brand X for brand Y’, magnifiying this or that ‘new feature’ that forced a photographer to d...

31 January, 2024

Traveling. Light? 4 days, 4 Cameras

By Bradley Newman

My wife’s cousin invited us to her wedding at an all-inclusive resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I figured this might be a good opportunity for some fun photography, so I start...

26 December, 2023

Life-like Finders and Photo-like Finders Part 1: The L–P spectrum

By Sroyon

“The camera is just a light-tight box.” If you spend time on photography websites and forums, you’ve probably encountered this dictum before – often as an admo...

24 December, 2023

A Bout of GAS, and a Rediscovered Pentax Q7

By Hamish Gill

I took my Pentax Q7 for a couple of Christmassy evenings out in town with the kids in the run up to Christmas. I took it out because it ended up finding its way to being the clo...

9 September, 2023

You VS FOMO – when to leave a film format behind

By Azriel Knight

As I write this article I have packed up my Pentax 6×7 and all three lenses, I am selling it off and my Speed Graphic isn’t far behind. I am done with medium format. Seems ...

2 June, 2023

“Digitalitis” and the Folly of the Pursuit for Perfection

By marco

Whenever we use a camera to record a scene, we are transforming analog signals. Each element introduces yet another error, albeit small. The perfect is the enemy of the good ...

Steve Abbott on Twelve Months of 4×5 – A One Shot Story
Nice image, nice project idea. I'm new to 4x5, having aquired a MPP field camera myself about six months ago,…
Ibraar Hussain on Nikkor AF 85mm 1.8 D – A Rediscovery
Really enjoyed the story and the photography is fantastic! Full of the mood and the vibe!! Thanks man
Steve Abbott on Xpan on the Cheap
Simon - I'm envious on two counts - you've travelled to many wonderful places, and made some fabulous images on…

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