Ben Branch
January 11, 2017
The Camera Sling Strap by Colfax Design Works is a professional-grade strap made with military-spec webbing that’s resin coated for additional abrasion resistance and longevity. The Sling Strap uses a nickel-plated locking carabineer with a…
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Ben Branch
April 8, 2016
The Small Batch Supply Company is an LA-based leather workshop run by Yamaha Aquino, they specialise in creating small batches of carefully handmade products with a strong focus on quality materials, quality workmanship, and…
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Ben Branch
November 11, 2015
Between 1949 and 1950 the Mast Development Company worked on a pair of spy cameras for the US Military, both of the prototypes were identical and they used an actual paper Lucky Strike packet…
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Ben Branch
November 2, 2015
The Doryu Camera Company developed two generations of pistol cameras for police and surveillance tasks – although exactly why the police would need a camera that looks like a semi-automatic handgun is lost on…
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Ben Branch
May 4, 2015
The Leica R3 Safari was a special limited edition of the popular Leica R3 released in 1976, many credit the R3 with saving Leica as the company had struggled financially in the years immediately…
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Ben Branch
February 2, 2015
The CamCarry by Chivote is modelled on the classic camera cases of yesteryear, the hard leather outer and soft inner is designed to protect your SLR or DSLR from bangs and drops, and the overlapping lid…
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Ben Branch
November 28, 2014
The Leica M3 is considered by many to be the single greatest non-SLR camera ever made, and many more consider it the greatest camera of all time outright. Although I suspect that the Leica-love…
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Ben Branch
July 31, 2014
The Yashica Mat-124 G was produced by the Japanese camera manufacturer between 1968 and 1971, the model was fitted with a 4 element, 80mm F3.5 lens and shot images at 6 cm x 6cm….
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Ben Branch
June 16, 2014
For the uninitiated, Hasselblad is a Swedish manufacturer of medium-format cameras that have been in operation since the mid-1800s. The company started life as a trading company under the name F. W. Hasselblad and…
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Ben Branch
April 24, 2013
The days of shooting straight to 8mm film are gone for most people, that said there is a small community of film makers still specialising in the craft and as a result you can still buy fully operational cameras and film online.
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Ben Branch
March 27, 2013
This Bell & Howell TDC Stereo Vivid Camera is a fascinating piece of 1950s era photography trivia, long before the recent spate of “3D” cameras stereo-vision equipment like this was being used by enthusiasts in many countries across the western world.
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Ben Branch
February 1, 2013
Professional photographer Matthew Swaggart developed the beautiful HoldFast Camera Strap to both look great and hold even the heaviest rig, the RuckStrap…
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