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Own the Contax G2? It's About to Get Super Expensive
The latest from the Phoblographer for October 29th, 2025
Chris Gampat
October 29, 2025
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Here’s the latest:
Contax G2’s Price is About to Skyrocket
By Nilofer Khan
October 29, 2025
Amongst the various cameras today, the 35mm rangefinder cameras are quite popular. One of the reasons is that one gets a chance to create images with a nostalgic device, and one that offers distinct images. One such device is the Contax G2, launched in 1996. Despite being almost three decades old, the device is set to see a price hike soon. Here is a look at it.
Panasonic S9 Review Update: Will Photographers Care?
By Chris Gampat
October 29, 2025
Today, we're updating our Panasonic S9 review. With that new update comes something that has also come to several of the LUMIX lenses available: the addition of customizable control over what you can do with the focusing ring. It's an odd one if you're a photographer. The details of the update are below, but you can check out our full review here.
The Best Used Camera Battle: Sony A7 III or Nikon Z5 II
By Nilofer Khan
October 29, 2025
Nikon and Sony cameras are pretty great in their own way. Nikon's latest mirrorless models build on their older ones and Sony's offerings have been doing pretty well, too. While many would opt for Sony due to its sheer number of lenses and advanced autofocus, it appears that Nikon is trying to change that. So, here is a face-off between the cameras, and let's see which one fares well.
Bokeh Doesn’t Matter As Much as You Think It Does
By Chris Gampat
October 29, 2025
Bokeh describes the quality of the out-of-focus area of an image, but in today's vernacular, people talk about it as if it's just the out of focus area and that's all. Manufacturers have lead consumers to do nothing else but compare the bokeh of one lens to another in side by side comparisons. And truly, who cares? Photographers: here's the honest fact. People who look at your images are instead staring at what's in focus instead. For that, there's a more important thing to think about: Micro contrast.
The Best L-Mount Lenses Under $500 Photographers Will Love
By Nilofer Khan
October 28, 2025
The L-mount cameras offer the best of various worlds. You not only get offerings from Leica and Panasonic, but in the coming days, you can also access newer lenses from Sirui, TTArtisans, and more. In an era when lenses have become readily accessible, there are numerous options to choose from. While there are various optics that are costly, there are also some lenses that offer the best quality for just under $500. To know more about the latter, scroll below.
Why Everyone’s Obsessed With Cyanotypes Right Now
By Nilofer Khan
October 28, 2025
Cyanotype is an alternative process that was invented in 1842 by John Herschel. The photographs, which appear like 'blue prints' have continued hold the interest of photographers over the decades since its invention. While the number of such practioners is not particular large, today, the art photography scene is filled with them. Exhibitions have been opening their doors to alternative practices, with cyanotype being at the forefront amonts others. But why is there such a sudden interested in a yesteryear process? Here's a look.
These Older Sony Cameras are Better Than Many Brand New Options
By Nilofer Khan
October 28, 2025
Sony cameras are pretty spectacular in many ways. They offer technological advancements, great performance, and a good form factor, making them the best devices for many photographers. While the company has been offering exciting models in recent years, we have decided to look back at cameras that made a difference in the past and continue to do so today. If you are looking for cost-effective models that offer distinct image quality, then the cameras on this list will be of help to you.
Why This is the Worst Time to Buy a New Camera
By Chris Gampat
October 28, 2025
In 2025, the majority of camera brands have generally shown us how little they really care for photographers and instead care more about content creators. Yet without us, everything that they do will pretty much just fall apart. There's no way that Fujifilm or Nikon, for example, could make their digital imaging divisions survive by just doing cinema cameras. This year, perhaps more than any other, is the worst time to buy a new camera. Brands might blame it on the state of the global economy. But even if the US President didn't act like a child when making important decisions, I still think that the camera brands would generally still not do very much at all to improve or innovate on their products because they are all still holding themselves in comparison to the smartphone.
Do You Miss the Way Sony Image Quality Used to Look?
By Chris Gampat
October 28, 2025
We totally miss the days of the Sony a900. Our presets are designed to make editing a minimal task so you can get back to shooting! We're in love with Retro Digital. Luckily, that's when we founded the website closer to two decades ago. So we dove into our image archives, looked at how the Adobe Gurus were telling us how to edit, and adapted those methods to create our Retro Digital Lightroom Presets and Capture One Styles. These are in addition to the popular Photojournalism presets that we released a while back.