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Back when we were beautiful: Emmylou and Rodney Crowell https://youtu.be/MZ3MweuxLzE

Truly modern enthusiast photography arguably started with the 1912 Speed Graphic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Graphic Eastman had already sold a million Kodaks, but the Speed Graphic ...

Before the coronavirus and once upon a time maybe three years ago, I was near the Missouri Governor’s mansion on glorious fall day, and a young man was there with his drone, and a Panasonic GH-5. H ...

I read where the new OM1 has a 20mp stacked quad sensor, which has 80 million photosites. I wonder if that increases the average megabyte size of the file? On my OMD M5.2, using the 40mp JPEG high ...

Here’s reason for me to upgrade my OMD M5.2. I only shoot JPEG, so my temptation is to upgrade directly to the newest OM1 that has every bell, toy, and whistle OM offers.

When placed on a tripod sling, testing would ensure the sling would break long before the tripod mount. It uses the big kid’s big battery. Keep the Scene modes A panorama feature as good as an ...

Even the JPEG shooters like me, only use higher ISO in bad light. There is always going to be some negative impact on photos the higher ISO used. But one of the wonders, of the PL-1 was that ISO ...

Good. In time this 20 mp stacked quad sensor will trickle down to an OM-5 and an OM-10. Two stops better ISO performance in JPEG is huge. Plus there’s the other nice extras like better IBIS, better ...

I’’m extremely lazy and only shoot JPEG. My first generation 12mp cameras produce usable images at 1600 ISO.  Anything more is labeled as an extension. My second generation 16mp cameras make usable ...

It might be the most famous pro hillbilly propaganda photo ever taken. But for certain it was this one photograph that represented the quiet desperation and fortitude my people showed while in the ...

About a month after I got my PL-1 in 2016, I took this shot of a girl carrying a book and a German Shepard puppy on the Caplinger Mills bridge. I’d actually messed up and had my camera set to ...

I’m sitting here admiring my Contaflex and oh, such a toy! There were seven models (at least) that all took the same leather case that sold in 1960 for $12. https://www.pacificrimcamera.com/rl/0022 ...

I bought a used Contaflex IV for $25, and to my surprise seems complete, usable, and everything seems to work. During the fifties, Zeiss sold four different Contaflex models, I through IV. ...

They are sort of expensive at $25 for four, but I want to see how they compare with the Pro Eeneloop batteries. They are a constant 1.5 volt, which should be a good thing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/ ...

My old K-x looks and feels absolutely brand new. Somebody paid $500 for it, and probably had to buy a new set of batteries each time they used it. For an occasional use “good camera” that only gets ...

Last week I received my $100 Pentax K-x and kit lens in the mail and fell head over heels in love with Pentax cameras, except for one thing. My K-x was still on firmware Version 1.01. What that ...

Yes, a digital back for the ME series would be wonderful! I’d pay  $500 tomorrow! But then at the same time, there should be an ME Super D body. Made of metal, will work with a film or digital ...