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The Beatles and their giant ‘Beatax’ camera
At least three of The Beatles were firm fans of Pentax cameras.
Ringo Starr famously bought a Pentax camera when The Beatles first toured the...
Kosmo Foto pop-up at The Photographers’ Gallery Bookshop
Kosmo Foto is overjoyed to announce our first Christmas pop-up – at London’s fantastic The Photographers’ Gallery Bookshop.
Kosmo Foto will be the special guest...
Nikon Museum launches watch inspired by the Nikon F SLR
Fan of the Nikon F SLR? Now you can show your appreciation for this classic SLR everywhere you go - except possibly the shower.
The...
Kosmopedia
Kosmopedia: Yashica T4/T5
Kyocera could have had no idea what it was doing when it launched the Yashica T4 on the world in 1990.
The T4 was just...
Kosmopedia: Olympus XA2
The Lomo LC-A, if it were designed by a Japanese genius
The Olympus XA2 is a viewfinder 35mm camera made by Olympus from 1980 until...
Kosmopedia: Agfa CT100 Precisa
The film that built Lomography.
Agfa CT100 Precisa was Agfa's consumer-grade 100-ISO slide film during the 1990s and 2000s.
Germany's Agfa had been making colour transparency...
Camera reviews
Lomography Fisheye 2 review
By Ronnie Brandon
Flipping channels one summer's evening a handful of years ago I happened across a BBC1 feature about an analogue film revival. Congruity...
Pentax ESII: The camera that captured rock’s most iconic photograph
In May 2007, I went to take pictures of the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers for a long-term project shooting bands at soundcheck.
For...
Praktica BMS review
By Marek Orihel
These are simple but great camera coming from the factory of Pentacon – the company responsible for cameras such as Exakta 4.5x6,...
52 Photo Tips
52 Photo Tips #26: Don’t overlook toy cameras
This is the latest in a series in collaboration with Film's Not Dead.
They were the cameras built for curious fingers and enthusiastic, is...
52 Photo Tips #25: f/8 and be there
This is the latest in a series in collaboration with Film's Not Dead
There's a lot more to the photojournalist's maxim "f8 and be there"...
52 Photo Tips #24: Find a favourite film
This is the 24th post in a series in collaboration with Film's Not Dead.
When you first start shooting film, the choices can be a...
