It's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It's a day off for most folks, and we hope you'll consider spending at least some of that time listening to First Nations voices and considering how you can help contribute to the process of reconciliation.

STACK UPDATE we have twenty five Manfrotto 237 Flexible 520mm Arms 😎 #Manfrotto237Flexible520mmArm

Lost more on the website, too. You can see our complete selection right here:

Just in: Do you want an ND filter that will let you stare directly at the sun without any ill effects? Well have I got a filter for you: it's called NATURAL SELECTION! 💥 Damn you got got. However, if you want to take a picture of the sun with your camera, you can use the filter at the link below.

Just in: Neoca 4.5-5cm Viewfinder, I hardly even Neoca 4.5-5cm Knowfind 'er!

Just in: Imagine travelling back in time 20 years and telling your past self that in 2025 you can buy a Canon EOS 5D for under $300, and also telling your past self absolutely nothing else about 2025, because oh man 🫥

Just in: The Snap Sights is a simple 35mm camera in a shockingly sturdy waterproof housing. As always, we have to say that our warranty doesn't cover water damage, but if you're thinking of dunking a camera and hoping for the best, this wouldn't be a bad choice.

Just in: A couple of Minolta Weathermatics. I don't want to talk about it.

Was gonna have some fun with this small stack of Minolta Weathermatics this morning but then Blue Moon Camera went ahead and made us look like a bunch of bumpkins 😥

Reminder that photography is powerful, what you choose to photograph is important, and also that Sneako is a Nazi and this is an ad for a parasitic fintech product run by Palantir & McKinsey alums, so maybe don’t smash that “like” button on your fave’s feed before considering what you’re co-signing.

Tele Tubus 🤭

Light Lens Labs has an update on their peel-apart film project.

Here’s a good take on Phoenix II, a film that doesn’t get nearly enough respect because Phoenix I was so temperamental.

DELIVERY UPDATE: Canada Post workers are on strike, so orders may be delayed, and orders to remote and int'l locations will incur higher costs. Just so there’s no confusion, we support the CUPW's strike action, a necessary and proportional reaction to today's Gov't and Corporation provocations.

how else am I gonna use it with my Nikkormat EL, the only autoexposure camera ever made that syncs with flashbulbs at all shutter speeds

Nikon's last couple decades of SLR lenses have been a mess for backwards compatibility, but they used to take it really seriously: up to the AF-D series, lens aperture rings had a couple of little divots you could use to drill and attach a pre-AI meter coupling fork. And I think that's neat.

Taking this personally

Just in: You know Otterbox as the company that makes the phone cases your most accident-prone friend put on their iPhone after they dropped it and broke the screen, but they used to make Pelica-style hard cases too.

Just in: I preferred the original The Lens And The Scope (and my personal hot take is that Tokyo Scope is one of the best of the series) but Lens2Scope is enjoyable if you're a fan of the series.

Just in: Nikon's best and also coolest-looking bellows is the PB-4, and now you can pick one up in near-new condition with a PS-4 slide copier simply by putting your money into the computer at the link below.

Just in: Picture yourself sitting in a dark room while the lead detective cycles through slides of a grizzly crime scene. "This guy’s a real piece of work,” he says, cigarette smoke glowing in the projector beam. "Boss, it's 2004," you say. "You're not allowed to smoke in here.” "Ah damn" he says.

Just in: Feeling too fancy for a Domke F-5XB but not fancy enough for a Billingham Hadley Small? Sounds like you're in the market for an Ona Bowery bag.

Just in: this Skan-Quick exposure meter has one thing that modern light meters don't have, and that's a logo with a little guy in a tophat.

Just in: did you reverse your lens with a Nikon BR-2 only to find that oops! The front of the lens is now the back of the lens and you can't attach any filters or accessories to it? Sounds like you need a Nikon BR-3 to make the back of the lens the front of the lens again!

Just in: two things to say about this Platinum camera bag. 1) yes, it is made out of 100% pure Platinum, and 2) we reserve the right to define the term "pure Platinum" as used elsewhere in this post to refer to any material or combination of materials, at our sole discretion.

Just in: If this "slim" strap is a 2" wide strip of Neoprene, I'd hate to see the non-slim version. Pretty nice strap though.

Just in: Victoria residents will remember Henry's, the camera store on Broad Street that closed down in 2020 in the face of crushing competition from Camera Traders and no other contemporaneous circumstances that I can think of. Anyways, this is a Henry's branded bellows.

Sorry featured at what?

Leica lens rear section looks like a cute lil owl

LAST CALL FOR THIS LOST MAXXUM 7000. Folks, we'd appreciate it if you could please reshare this post so we can try to track down the owner of this camera.

Did you know we have many lens hoods for sale? I do, because I just had to catalogue them all. And now you do too! www.camera-traders.com/collections/...

The City of Victoria is taking suggestions for Bike Share spots until September 24th. Load up that map and drop a pin wherever you think a bike might come in handy.

DIY kits are back in stock by popular demand.

It's the weekend, and that means it's time to GET COKIN'! Cokin filters, that is! 😜👍 Actually Cokin filters though, buy some Cokin filters, we have a lot of Cokin filters.

Just in: Apologies to the buyer of the "Unlucky" easel we posted last week, today we offer this "Lucky" easel to make up for it. THANK U to the brave firefighters who extracted u from the piano u fell into after u slipped on a banana peel trying to swat a wasp after a tourist spilled bubble tea on u

Just in: Many people don't know that when Jay-Z said, "All glass everything. Glass cards, glass cars. All glass everything" in 2009's "Run This Town" he was referring specifically to this all-glass measuring syringe. In fact, most of Jay-Z's lyrics are about darkroom equipment. In this essay, I will

COUNTERPOINT: this Nikon 800mm f5.6 AI-S Nikkor is as big and heavy as a medium sized dog but people love medium sized dogs and you get two extra stops of light in the bargain, so pretty good deal all around.

Someone asked about the "screen pattern" mentioned in this post and yeah, it's not very obvious at display res. Here's a close up that will give you a better view of how the images are structured:

Today's #foundphotofriday is an unidentified strip of transparency film, likely Dufaycolor based on the screen pattern. (1/2)

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wrong answers only

American friends, we are testing a solution that should allow us to resume shipping to the United States soon. Stay tuned!

me today in the workchat

For anyone willing to venture into the wilds of Instagram, this is one of the most interesting projects we've seen in a while. www.instagram.com/suzuki_handm...

Z's Red, baby... Z's Red.

Just in: I am not going to make any jokes about this Vivitar Series 1 800mm f11 Solid Cat because it is way too cool and deserves respect. It is 10cm long, about as wide, and does a darn fine job of supertelephoto-ing. Never seen one before, might not see one again. With a Nikon T mount.

Just in: putting up the Helios signal.

Just in: this camera would be a lot more "professional" if Polaroid would just get on with it and make some goddamn 600 film already

Just in: the Nikon ME-1 is a tiny little stereo shotgun mic with a built-in shock mount, compatible with any camera that has a microphone input- not just Nikons.

Just in: A very small fisheye lens for DX format cameras, although there's nothing stopping you from using this on an FX camera, the picture's gonna be all weird to start with.