A Fascinating Short History of the Kodak Snapshot
Vox has put out one of their typically slick videos looking at how Kodak coined the term "snapshot".
Vox has put out one of their typically slick videos looking at how Kodak coined the term "snapshot".
British large format photography company Intrepid Camera, known for its handmade 4x5 cameras, has launched a new lens and electronic shutter system for large format cameras on Kickstarter.
The analog photography resurgence is in full swing, impacting camera makers and photo retailers in various ways. Beyond brand-new film cameras launching, demand for older, used film cameras is also growing.
Ilford is celebrating 145 years of film photography history with a limited edition run of HP5 Plus and FP4 Plus retro-inspired film packaging in both 35mm and 120 formats.
Jeff Bridges, who has multiple times espoused his love of the panoramic Widelux film camera, is planning to make it easier for more people to find a love of photography the same way he did by remaking the classic camera next year and calling it the WideluxX.
The day Albert Einstein died was, obviously, huge news. Journalists and photographers rushed to Princeton hospital, all looking to get a scoop but there was one photojournalist who succeeded above the others by going a different direction.
If I told you that Kodak just released a new camera that shoots Super 8 film but has a digital LCD, an SD card slot, and it costs $5,500, you’d probably be as confused as I was. But the Kodak Super 8 Camera has arrived and I’m going to try and make sense of it.
As part of a media tour for the second season of FX's The Old Man, Jeff Bridges appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and the two talk at length about Bridges' love for the Widelux panoramic film camera, which he received as a wedding gift from his wife.
These incredible photos of the World Trade Center were taken by Balthazar Korab who was commissioned by the Twin Towers' architects to document the buildings.
Mint's long-awaited Rollei 35AF film camera is finally available for preorder. However, due to high demand, the preorder window is slated to close in just two days, so analog photography enthusiasts don't have long to pull the trigger.
A pair of motion picture film enthusiasts have created the world's fastest, large format 65mm cameras by converting old recording technology that was used by the military to film atomic bomb tests.
App developer Bram Bos has become fascinated with the look of the Hasselblad XPAN's photos. However, given the camera's high cost, Bos wanted to figure out how to capture some of the magic on a smartphone.
International pop star Dua Lipa has been a film photography enthusiast for years and has launched a new 35mm underwater film camera to celebrate the tour for her latest album, Radical Optimism.
Light Lens Lab recreates classic optics with a passion for sharing the experience of vintage glass with the masses. There is a previous review of the 50mm f/1.2 "1966" on PetaPixel I encourage you to read, but I wanted to speak about my own experience using it.
Fujifilm Instax instant film brings in a huge amount of income to its imaging division and is a cornerstone of Fujifilm's dominance in the analog arena. With that much popularity, it's odd that we've had to wait so long for a new entry in the Wide series.
Austrian photographer Markus Hofstaetter is back with another exciting project. This time, the photographer built a high-end film scanning setup using a Leica M11 camera. How does it compare to a purpose-built professional film scanner?
Dupli, Europe's distributor for Kodak-branded photo chemicals, announced the availability of Kodak Color Negative C-41 Film Processing Kit which it says is designed to "revolutionize" the film processing experience for photographers.
A photographer assigned to take the official panoramic photograph for the 2024 Democratic National Committee (DNC) used a 100-year-old camera that requires the delegates to sit still for 22 seconds.
In April, developer Alex Fox released Mood.Camera, an iPhone camera app that promises authentic filmic character for smartphone photos. A new update has added Portrait Mode, and it looks fantastic.
A new independent movie called Camera centered around film photography and how it can bring people together is currently available to stream on Amazon and Apple.
Leica's M-series cameras have stayed very similar throughout their illustrious history, even as technology has shifted from analog to digital. But which kind of camera feels better? Photographer Markus Hofstaetter aims to find out.
Analog photographer, self-taught camera repairman, and engineer Evan Dorsky purchased the new Pentax 17 half-frame film camera, and, like any enthusiastic repairman, he took it apart to see what makes it tick.
Alongside the new Instax Mini Link 3 smartphone printer, Fujifilm also unveiled a limited edition version of its Instax Mini Evo hybrid instant camera to celebrate Fujifilm's 90th anniversary.
There are some fantastic camera-themed Lego projects out there, but the Lego ZH1 is much more than a toy. It is a fully functional 35mm film camera built using Lego bricks.
Mint will open pre-orders for its upcoming Rollei 35AF film camera, which has been in development for five years, on September 10.
This past March, my dad Thomas Schneider passed away. He left behind a few things including a silver money clip, an Omega Speedmaster, and two cameras: a Nikon F and a Nikon FTN.
Kodak Alaris, a spinoff company of the original Eastman Kodak business, was purchased by Kingswood Capital Management, a private equity firm.
Milwaukee-based analog photography company Retrospekt has teamed up with Mattel again, restocking the popular Malibu Barbie Polaroid instant camera and releasing a brand-new line of Barbie-themed 35mm film cameras.
Sub13, makers of some of the only underwater housings available for Leica cameras, announced the development of the world's first housing made for the Leica M6, the revived film camera announced in 2022.
Harman Technologies committed a "multi-million-pound" investment into its film manufacturing capabilities and says it is now one of the largest and "most active" film production, research, and development businesses on the planet.
A camera at the center of the famous Cottingley Fairies photo hoax has been analyzed by new scanning technology.
Polaroid, no stranger to collaborations, has announced a project with Eames Office that will bring a sleek new version of the Polaroid Now Generation 2 instant camera to market.
While Gordon Laing of Cameralabs typically looks at vintage cameras as part of his incredible Retro Review series, old glass deserves love, too. Cameralabs has just published its review of the Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 AI-s, a lens that launched 43 years ago and is still amazing today.
Two stalwart names in photography, Polaroid and Magnum Photos, have launched a collaborative partnership, "The Next Imperfectionists," to discover the next generation of photographic storytellers and showcase the creative possibilities of instant photography.
Leica is such a prestigious and recognizable name in the photography industry thanks in large part to the lasting appeal of the company's vintage cameras and lenses. The market for pre-owned Leica gear is as active as it is vast.
Lomography has unveiled the next step in its film production journey, announcing another new limited edition film: LomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissed.
A couple has learned the hard way that giving out disposable cameras at weddings doesn't always go to plan.
The launch of the Pentax 17, a brand-new half-frame film camera, has been hugely successful for Ricoh. So much so that the company has been forced to stop accepting orders for it as it scrambles to catch up to demand.
Yes!Star, which was recently tapped by Fujifilm to produce more film in China, announced a new point-and-shoot 35mm film camera.
In 2016, photographer and filmmaker Josh Gladstone designed a way to use Fujifilm Instax film in vintage Kodak cameras. It was very hands-on and had some limitations. Eight years later, Gladstone is back with a much more elegant 3D-printed solution.
A heartwarming video of actor Jeff Bridges telling the story about how he came into possession of a photo of the moment he met his wife Susan has recently resurfaced online.
June 29 is National Camera Day. To mark the occasion, PetaPixel chatted with KEH's CEO Noah Treshnell, and the company's Head of Photography, Ken Hamlett.
Hot off the success of 2023's Poor Things, director Yorgos Lanthimos has just released his latest movie Kinds of Kindness which was shot on Kodak 35mm film.
Photo reuniting, where people track down subjects of old photos and reunite them or their family with the images, is a growing trend, according to ABC News Australia.
Fujifilm reportedly held a color film launch event in China where it announced it would restart the production of its C200 and C400 color negative film through production partner Yes!Star.
Photographer Henry Diltz was the official photographer for the Woodstock festival in 1969 and is one of the most important recorders of the music scene during the 1960s and 1970s.
In what is becoming something of a theme in 2024, another photography-based movie is about to hit the theaters in the form of The Bikeriders.
Retrospekt, a Milwaukee-based design studio that refurbishes retro cameras, announced the InstantArt limited-edition series of Polaroid 600 instant film cameras that features pixelated aesthetics of 1980s computer graphics emblazoned on a camera that debuted in 1981. Fitting!
Fujifilm announced the Instax Wide 400, the latest in the Wide series that captures large, 3.4 x 4.25-inch instant prints.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based product design studio Retrospekt has partnered with Sanrio to release a limited-edition Hello Kitty Tomatoes-themed FC-11 35mm film camera.