Cameras

Suffering builds character — and carrying these machines will make your character practically ooze out of you. Sweat will too. Maybe even tears. Titans of a vanished age, towering above today’s photographic toys, and colossi powerful enough to destroy tripods and the backs of those foolish enough to carry them.

  • Sinar S1

    Sinar S1

    Festive times call for a festive article. Something exceedingly extraordinary—a titan of bygone times and a grand master of ancient arts. Clasp the punch tighter, let the ladies stifle a scream, gentlemen tip their hats. Sinar is coming.

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  • M.P.P. mk. VI

    M.P.P. mk. VI

    Would you like German Linhof Super Technika, but don't want to pay for it? The solution is British Linhof Super Technika! Recommended by 10/10 Englishmen, 0/10 Germans, 9/10 dentists and 1/1 Jiří Zouhars.

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  • Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic

    Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic

    A complicated name, but a simple machine. A press iteration of a long and noble bloodline that has steadily dominated its industry for decades.

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  • FKD

    FKD

    You never forget your first. Finally, you stop polishing and touching it endlessly at home, but find the courage to take it outside and erect it under the curious stares of passers-by. I did it in a cemetery and it was nothing but a 13x18cm FKD camera.

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