Jason Schneider

Classic Camera Reviews
Street Smarts; The Savvy Consumer’s Guide To Pre-Owned, Collectible, And Vintage Cameras; Leica Screwmount Cameras
Jason Schneider  |  May 01, 2007

With prices of all film cameras at historic lows, now is as good a time as any to glom onto that classic screwmount Leica you've always wanted!

When it comes to embodying the classic Bauhaus dictum "form follows function," nothing can beat a vintage screwmount Leica. From the late version of the Leica I or C of 1930/31 (the first model with...

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Leica’s M8; Does The 10MP Digital Leica Live Up To The Leica M Legend?
Jason Schneider  |  Apr 01, 2007

Technical Specifications

Camera Type: Compact digital range/viewfinder system camera for professional usage with full range of Leica M lenses; microprocessor-controlled metal-blade focal plane shutter
CCD Image Sensor: Resolution--10.3 million pixels; Physical dimensions--18x27mm; Focal-length extension...

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Leica’s M8; Does The 10MP Digital Leica Live Up To The Leica M Legend?
Jason Schneider  |  Apr 01, 2007

The moment you take the eagerly anticipated Leica M8 in your hands you know that the design engineers at Leica have gone to great lengths to preserve the look and feel of perhaps the greatest 35mm rangefinder camera of all time, the legendary M-series Leica that debuted in 1954 as the original M3 and continues as the classic retro MP and autoexposure M7. The M8 retains the classic...

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Classic Camera Reviews
The Savvy Consumer’s Guide To Pre-Owned, Collectible, And Vintage Cameras; The Nikon 35mm SLR Saga
Jason Schneider  |  Apr 01, 2007

The redoubtable Nikon F3 was scorned by traditionalists in 1980, but variants of this modern classic remained in production for over 21 years--longer than any other pro 35mm SLR.

When the sleek, ergonomically contoured, ruggedly reliable Nikon F3 debuted back in '80, it was greeted with cheers and jeers. Some long-time Nikon fans were gratified to have an...

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Lens NewsLens Reviews
A Classic Goes Digital; The Leica M Mount
Jason Schneider  |  Sep 01, 2006

In the first noteworthy change to the Leica M mount since its introduction back in 1954, all Leica M lenses delivered to dealers starting on July 1, 2006, will have a 6-bit digital black and white code applied to the bayonet ring. The physical dimensions and mechanical specs of the venerable M mount will remain exactly the same, so both coded and non-coded lenses can be used on...

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Lens NewsLens Reviews
Tamron’s SP AF180mm F/3.5 Di LD (IF) 1:1 Macro; A Macro Tele Lens For 35mm, APS-C, And Digital SLRs With Full-Frame Sensors
Jason Schneider  |  Aug 01, 2006

This fairly large (6.5" long, 3.3" in diameter), reasonably lightweight (32.5 oz, including removable tripod collar) macro tele covers the 24x36mm format in film or digital as well as the smaller APS-C digital format. The Di (Digitally Integrated) designation indicates that it's "optically designed for digital SLR cameras." To translate the remainder...

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Classic Camera Reviews
The Savvy Consumer’s Guide To Pre-Owned, Collectible, And Vintage Cameras; The Legendary Nikon F: What Makes It The Camera Of The Century?
Jason Schneider  |  Jul 01, 2006

Before launching into paeans of praise for the Nikon F, which, in my arrogant opinion, may well be the most important 35mm SLR of the 20th century, I must confess to being a tiny bit biased. When I acquired my first F as a teen-ager back in 1961 (alas after trading in a mint Leica IIIg with a 50mm f/2.8 collapsible Elmar) I knew I had finally arrived. I strutted around lower...

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Classic Camera Reviews
The Savvy Consumer’s Guide To Pre-Owned, Collectible, And Vintage Cameras; Gather Ye Nikons While Ye May: Best Bets In Nikon Film SLRs
Jason Schneider  |  May 01, 2006

While I am hardly a charter member of the anti-digitist (I shoot about 70 percent digital these days, mostly with a Canon EOS 20D, and I'm currently nursing a bad case of 5D lust) I will confess to being a long-time Nikon nut. When I acquired my first Nikon F in the early 1960s, I thought I had died and gone to heaven, and there are at least half a dozen Nikon cameras on my...

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Classic Camera Reviews
The Savvy Consumer’s Guide To Pre-Owned, Collectible, And Vintage Cameras
Jason Schneider  |  Apr 01, 2006

Renowned "camera collector" Jason Schneider is out there scouring camera stores, Internet sites, and camera shows to bring you the best bargains in user collectibles, recent gems, and vintage gear.
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Presuming you haven't been meditating in a cave in Tibet for the past few years, you know that the prices of medium format...

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Classic Camera Reviews
The Savvy Consumer’s Guide To Pre-Owned, Collectible, And Vintage Cameras; The eBay Follies: A Cautionary Tale
Jason Schneider  |  Mar 01, 2006

This month we begin a new column with renowned "camera collector" Jason Schneider. Jason will be out there scouring camera stores, Internet sites, and camera shows to bring you the best bargains in user collectibles, recent gems, and vintage gear.
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Is there a camera enthusiast on the planet who hasn't pored over the...

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