APS is an acronym that's still being used in photography to this day as many cameras still use APS-C and APS-H sensors, slightly smaller sensors that allow for more compact cameras and lenses at the cost of noise and resolution. But not many people know that the acronym actually comes from the 1990s from a failed compact film format of the same name. In fact, such sensors have a similar size to AP... » Continue Reading
In 1978, Pentax launched an interesting camera. Accompanied by TV ads with a friendly smiling sumo fighter, this tiny thing entered the history as the smallest SLR camera ever made. In fact, it's not just the smallest SLR ever made, it's the smallest system camera, with plenty of cool accessories. So let's take a look at this teeny tiny thing and how this interesting piece of photographic history ... » Continue Reading
Polaroid launched the Spectra line of cameras in 1986. They were among some of the higher end Polaroid cameras you could get, jam packed with features like a 10 zone autofocus, self timer, viewfinder with an LCD readout and some models even had high quality glass lenses. They used a special format of Polaroid integral film known as Spectra, Image or 1200 type film, which had wider and slightly big... » Continue Reading
DON'TNOD's Life is Strange is a very special game. The atmosphere was so cozy and the emotional story changed the lives of many people around the world. It was a true lightning in a bottle that not many adventure games have managed to recapture ever since, not even most of the later games in the franchise. Max Caulfield is a photography student in the game with a fondness of Polaroids and this re... » Continue Reading
Ever since I was a kid, we had a desktop PC in the bedroom downstairs. I had so many fond memories playing games on it, listening to music etc. and then suddenly my parents got a shiny new netbook and stopped using it, claiming it was broken. When I returned back to this house in 2023, I found this old PC exactly where I left it. So let's dig deep into what I had to do to get it running, any upgra... » Continue Reading
We all know Polaroid. Their iconic cameras are an inseparable part of pop culture, appearing not only in movies, video games or TV shows from the 70s-90s but also in the memories of many who got to experience this era first hand. The company suffered a lot over the years. Financial problems in the 90s, eventual bankruptcy in 2008... but through a strange miracle, the company survived thanks to the... » Continue Reading
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