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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

I’m a film and digital photographer. Retro digital cameras miss out on half the equation. The other half? A retro lens

The PolarPro LightLeak 16mm on a Fujifilm X-T4 camera.

Retro cameras have been one of photography's top trends for a while now – but buying a retro camera ignores half the equation. The other half? The lens.

I’m a photographer, and while I shoot mostly digital, I love to grab my Pentax K1000 and a roll of film when I can. I love to try to get a more classic look to images coming from my mirrorless camera. But my digital images never felt quite like they had that old soul, until I started also looking at the lens.

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