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The Mysterious Leica M5 of 1992: We now know more, but not all! Wetzlar made 20 M5s 17 years after it ceased production, but why? By Jason Schneider Leica cameras are renowned for their superb construction, gorgeous finish, optical excellence, and (mostly) elegant form factors. But they also enjoy another less obvious distinction—many Leica models had very long production runs because they continued to sell reasonably well years, or even decades, after they were first announced. Notable...

What exactly is a point & shoot camera? I’m so glad you asked! The Kodak of 1888 may have been first, and even Leica got into the act. By Jason Schneider In 2007, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC held a show entitled “Art of the American Snapshot 1888-1978” exploring the evolution of American snapshot photography and its cultural and technological influences. It was essentially a chronological display of 249 snapshots collected and donated by Robert E. Jackson, who acquired...

What’s happening with Photographic Film in 2025? It re-emerged as a robust niche in 2010, but is it still trending upward? By Jason Schneider By the mid 1990s savvy photo industry insiders were hip to the fact that digital imaging was poised to supplant film as the primary image capture medium, but film was still king as Y2K arrived, and it didn’t really fall off the cliff until 2004. By then sales of digital cameras such as the broad-spectrum Nikon Coolpix 8800, the prosumer Sony...