The best gear and techniques you need to shoot astrophotographs successfully using an analog film camera. Astrophotography with a film camera is as fascinating and rewarding as photographing the ...

A mirror and prism reflect the image from the lens to the viewfinder, so what you see will be projected onto the film when exposed. With a rangefinder camera, there are two separate lenses used ...

Choosing a camera for photography can be a really tricky proposition. It's not just a matter of "digital camera or film camera." For example, if you choose film, you also need to decide whether or ...

Arri 35II Mirror reflex viewfinder. The outstanding feature of the Arri 35II was its mirror reflex viewfinder system, superior to all other systems at the time. The mirror was on the spinning shutter ...

An entry-level film camera, the Rebel G is a 35mm SLR with multiple automatic features. The camera has a built-in flash, 11 exposure modes, and shutter speeds of 30 to 1/2000 seconds.

The FG doesn’t have the same mirror-damping mechanism as pricier Nikons, and, like the EM before it, it employs the same Seiko MFC-E shutter used by Pentax, Minolta, and others, rather than the ...

Sony has phased out its DSLR camera models, marking the end of an era and pushing the photography industry further from its film-based roots. If you don't track the internal mechanics of cameras ...

To understand the mirrorless moniker, we first have to understand how cameras with mirrors worked. SLRs (whether digital or film) place a tilted mirror behind the lens and in front of the shutter and ...

The Nons SL660 is a high-quality instant film camera that's both fun and challenging to use. It's not cheap or practical, but it's incredibly special.