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Pentax is considering making a brand-new hand-winding manual film camera as part of its endeavors to develop a new analog camera that appeals to young film enthusiasts.

MiNT, a camera company that typically focuses on new instant camera designs, is branching out and currently developing a brand-new, premium, compact, 35mm film camera.

A photographer has renovated his 100-year-old 8x10 large format film camera after its original bellows began leaking light.

Ricoh has announced it's launching a new Pentax film camera project after a surge in interest in analog photography.

Photographer and computer science undergrad student Joshua Bird has created a 3D-printed movie camera that uses "normal" photo film canisters, with the goal of letting him enjoy the nostalgic look of film video without paying for expensive motion picture film.

Photographer and YouTuber Mathieu Stern recently found an old 1960s-era Edixa camera at a garage sale for about $5. It was in rough shape, but he believed it could once again be beautiful.

Many photographers are nostalgic for film. It might be the smell of the darkroom as you wait for your print to develop, the physically mechanical nature of shooting photos, or the skill required to bring home a decent photo.

Lomography has announced what it is calling a "totally experimental," super-wide, easy-to-use 35mm film camera called the LomoApparat. It offers fixed settings, takes any 35mm film, and is packed with what the company calls "creative features."

Leica has announced a new limited edition analog camera kit, the Leica M-A "Titan." Paired with a Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH, the camera is set to retail for $20,000 and is limited to 250 pieces worldwide.

The DiGi Swap is a combination smartphone holster and app that connects to a film camera and is designed to allow photographers to shoot with classic film bodies as if they were digital. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to live up to expectations.

A photographer on TikTok has exposed both sides of a roll of 35mm film to create amazing and unusual pictures.

The DiGi Swap, originally teased earlier this year, is planned to come to market later this summer. A combination holster and app, it works with old cameras and allows photographers to shoot with film bodies as if they were digital.

IMAX is developing a new film camera and is tapping the likes of visionary directors Jordan Peele and Christopher Nolan to help design it.

As with buying anything secondhand, it is a good idea to have a good idea of what to look for when buying a used film camera lest you spend money on one that has major problems. Thankfully, there are some simple ways to check for problems in film cameras and their lenses... including smelling them.

Yashica, one of the more polarizing camera brands, is teasing a new product for 2022. The company hasn't made much noise in the photography space since its successful three-camera Kickstarter in 2019, which came after the disastrous launch of the Y35 in 2018.

LensFayre, a small online film camera store, has launched what it describes as an entry-level film camera that has all the hallmarks of popular disposable cameras, but is sustainably focused and made of reusable materials.

The Leica IIIf is one of the last screw mount Leica cameras produced in the late 50’s alongside the Leica IIIg. The IIIf holds a special place amongst Leica screw mount users because it was, for its time, the most advanced screw mount camera that Leica produced that kept the values and ideas Oskar Barnack set out to create with his prototype “Ur-Leica” in 1914.

As the epitome of instant photography, Polaroid has experienced both massive popularity in its heydey through a dramatic fall after as it dealt with the realities of the digital photography boom. This video from Business Insider shares the history of the iconic brand and where it is today.

In what is the latest in a line of brand partnerships, Polaroid today announced a collaboration with sandal company Teva that features "nostalgic" design elements and a Polaroid 600 camera that puts a spotlight on sustainability by using professionally refurbished parts.

After toying with photography products last year when it released Instax-compatible instant film, American lifestyle brand Supreme is set to drop its first camera featuring the brand's iconic black and red colors and Supreme logo emblazoned over a Yashica MF-1.

Polaroid and Lacoste have announced a partnership that combines the "vibes" of the fashion brand with a classic Polaroid instant camera. The companies say that this cheerfully-themed collaboration is in an effort to "leave 2020 behind."

Surf photographer Ben DeCamp has captured a beautifully moody series of black-and-white photos of waves using a waterproofed Hasselblad XPan film camera, considered by some to be a "holy grail" camera that DeCamp leveraged for his enthralling panorama-style images.

Harman Technologies, the company that manufactures Ilford-brand film, has announced the EZ-35 camera in what appears to be a nod to the days of film point-and-shoots.

In a 7-minute video uploaded by The Slo Mo Guys, host Gav shows how an old-school handheld 16mm Russian film camera works thanks to detailed footage captured at 1,000 frames per second with a Phantom Flex 4K.