TETENAL is Back: 173-Year-Old Photo Chemistry Brand Launches New Store
After coming back from the brink of insolvency with an employee led buyout in February 2019, TETENAL is announcing that they are back in full force.
Bowens is Back from the Dead with the XMT500 Flash Head
Bowens is back. After being acquired by the European investment group AURELIUS in 2016 and shuttered in 2017, the lighting equipment brand just returned from the grave along with its XMT500 flash head.
Lexar Memory Cards are Coming Back from the Dead
Back in June 2017, Micron announced that it would be discontinuing its entire Lexar removable storage business that included memory cards, readers, flash drives, storage drives, and more. A few months later, the Chinese company Longsys swooped in and acquired the brand. Longsys now says that Lexar will be returning from the grave.
Leica’s New Thambar-M 90mm f/2.2 is the Return of a Classic 1935 Lens
Leica has just announced the new Leica Thambar-M 90mm f/2.2, a revival of a classic lens that was originally released way back in 1935.
The Yashica Camera Brand is Teasing a Big Comeback
Yashica may be the latest iconic photography brand to be plotting a big comeback. The Japanese camera brand has been teasing a "coming chapter" through a series of enigmatic teaser videos titled "The Silence of Story." The 1-minute video above is a compilation of three of these teasers.
The Holga 120N is Coming Back from the Dead
After its launch in the early 1980s, Holga cameras became popular options for people looking to shoot medium format 120 film on the cheap. Production was shut down in late 2015, but now the camera is making a comeback: the classic Holga 120N is coming back this year.
Italian Film Company Ferrania to Start Making 35mm and 120 Film Again in Mid-September
Film photographers are used to options slowly fading away, but today we have news of the opposite variety: a film company making a dramatic return to the game. Originally announced via blog post in July of last year, Italian film company FILM Ferrania is finally preparing to start making film again in mid-September.