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True Grit: How Michael Crouser Captures Cowboys in Colorado with Black-and-White Film
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Nov 09, 2017  | 

In 2006, Michael Crouser took the first photograph in his mountain ranch project. Ten years later he took the last image to complete Mountain Ranch, the book that grew from the project. He calls the book “an exploration of the disappearing world of cattle ranching in the mountains of Colorado,” but it’s more than that: it’s a story of the ties and traditions of families, and a story of an America that was, struggling to still be.

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Wait. What? Instant Film Was Amazon’s Top-Selling Photo Product of the 2016 Holiday Season
Ron Leach  |  Jan 10, 2017  | 

Last fall we ran a piece suggesting that instant film photography was making a comeback. And based upon recent data from Amazon, it seems as though that is definitely the case. According to a report released this week, the top selling item in Amazon’s camera category over the holidays was Fujifilm’s Instax Mini Instant Film Twin Pack, which sells for $15 for 20 sheets of film.

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Watch Canon Cameras Evolve in This Short Video History Celebrating 30 Years of the EOS System
Dan Havlik  |  Apr 24, 2017  | 

Talking Pictures by DCW takes you on a trip down camera memory lane as it pays homage to the 30th anniversary of Canon’s iconic EOS system in the below video. Showing the various film, DSLR and mirroless cameras in the EOS (Electro-Optical System) universe from 1987 to 2017, the 1.5-minute clip demonstrates how much and, in many cases, how little Canon’s EOS models have changed over the years.

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Watch How Color & Black-and-White Film Gets Processed in This Fascinating Short Video
Shutterbug Staff  |  Aug 10, 2018  | 

If you’ve ever wondered what happens to your roll of film when you send it off to a lab, you should watch the fascinating the short video below from The Slanted Lens. In the video, Jay P. Morgan of the Slanted Lens tours Richard Photo Lab in Valencia, CA to see how color and black-and-white film gets processed.

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Watch the Intricate Techniques Artists Use to Digitally Colorize Historical B&W Photographs (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 31, 2017  | 

The accurate colorization of old black-and-white photos involves a combination of artistry, painstaking research, physics and digital technology. And when the effort yields a realistic and vibrant reconstruction of the historical past, the result is quite magical.

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Watch This Classic Nikon F5 SLR Commercial Shot with the Camera at 8 Frames Per Second
Dan Havlik  |  Apr 16, 2019  | 

Now here's something very cool for fans of Nikon's classic analog SLRs. Nikon Rumors has unearthed the below commercial from 1997 for the Nikon F5, which spotlights one its most unique features.

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Watch What Happens When Recently Discovered Rolls of Film from WWII Are Developed (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Apr 11, 2016  | 

The Rescued Film Project is an amazing online gallery of images that were captured on film between the 1930's and late 1990's. The fascinating and poignant video below chronicles the discovery and restoration of 31 rolls of undeveloped film shot by an American solidier during World War II. When you see the resulting photos, prepare to be stunned.

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Why I Still Shoot with a Vintage Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Film Camera
Michael Chiusano  |  Jul 06, 2017  | 

Today’s digital cameras have become so adept at almost any shooting situation that, paradoxically, they can inhibit creativity by always delivering a technically perfect result. With little effort, a photographer can produce a sharp, clear, well-exposed image, color balanced and, well, a bit too perfect.

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“I’m Back” Is a 16MP Digital Back Promising New Life for Old 35mm Film Cameras
Ron Leach  |  Oct 17, 2017  | 

In yet another attempt to merge the “experience” of analog cameras with digital output (see our rant about the recently announced Yashica Y35 camera), a new Kickstarter project promises to deliver digital photos and videos with analog cameras via a 16MP digital back.

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