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My centenarian Kodak Brownie 2A Model C was thrown in for free by the owner of a local antique store when I bought a beautiful Kodak 620 folder, and spent the afternoon showing him how all his old cameras worked. This Brownie Model came out in 1924… one of about a billion Kodaks to carry the “Brownie” name between 1900 and 1987. The phrase “Box Camera” was invented for early Brownies. Most look more like the shipping container a camera comes in than an actual camera. To keep

It's a seemingly lowly plastic point and shoot that punches way above its class in ease of use, image quality and fun. The first thing you notice about the Canon Sure Shot Owl is the huge viewfinder. It’s big and bright and really does contribute to making this simple plastic camera a joy to use. The viewfinder is centered over and very close to the taking lens. Parallax is not an issue, even at the camera’s one meter close focus limit. On the topic of focuc, the auto focus

Here are a couple of trivia questions for you… Number one: What camera was used to take the very first photo posted on the Web? Number...

I was doom scrolling through Facebook Marketplace just before Christmas and saw what I THOUGHT was a Yashicamat 124 for a very good...