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With the boom in digital cameras, used film equipment has been dropping in price and increasing in availability. Many people switch over to digital and decide to get rid of their old film stuff that they’ll probably never use again. This is good news for anybody wanting to get into film — cameras and lenses are insanely cheap. The cheap old film cameras are fun to use and great to experiment with. If you currently use a digital camera with all the bells and whistles, I’d suggest looking into a fully manual film camera from the 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s. There’s a huge selection of these cameras out there, and most of them are still in great working condition.

If you haven’t given Polaroid a try, you might want to look into it. Just pick your camera based on the film rather than the other way around.

Cameras, Cameras, everywhere. Sometimes I feel like we get so caught up in “the now” with the digital age and the boom of the dSLR, that many of us probably forget about all the other cameras out there. I’ve been doing a lot of wandering around on eBay lately (which has already caused me to buy four new cameras) and it’s quite apparent that there are a ton of cameras out there that don’t fall into the dSLR classification. So this is just kind of a fun little post that takes a look at each of the main types of cameras still in use today.

A tripod is not a single piece of equipment, but rather, two components joined together: the legs and the head. In this article, we’ll explore a specific type of tripod head called the ball head, or more formally the ball and socket head. We’ll look at some advantages, disadvantages, a list of items to look for when buying, and a few suggested ball heads.

Since we just talked about tabletop tripods, it got me thinking about tripod heads. Personally, I’m a fan of ballheads, but some people swear by 3-way panheads. So which is it for you?

Sometimes it’s not convenient to carry a tripod with you — especially the big bulky sturdy pieces of equipment that some of us like to use. But not every occasion requires a heavy duty tripod, and something much smaller will suffice.

I’m constantly amazed by the things we create. Advances in technology continue to accelerate at an astonishing rate — digital cameras are no exception. Digital photography has taken off in recent years, nearly wiping out the existence of film cameras. Although there are new film cameras being introduced to the market, most of what remains in the hands of photographers are remnants from the past. Most film photographers I’ve encountered prefer to use outdated equipment; analog cameras from decades past. Why is this? And is the equipment really outdated? Do these cameras have any substantial benefits over the latest pieces of technology? Let’s find out.

Do you shoot fully manual? Or maybe fully auto? Or perhaps somewhere in between? Tell us what camera mode you typically shoot with in the poll this week.

Prime lenses are great for a number of reasons. Here are some of my own thoughts on these glass gems.

Geotagging photos is a great way to add another level of organization to your photo collection. Geo-Card has come up with a different solution to geotagging photos on-the-fly. These new Compact Flash cards have a built-in GPS receiver and microcontroller that automatically inserts geotag information right into your photos as they are written to the card.