UK news The Observer Back to the darkroom: young fans reject digital to revive classic film camera Photographers relish the return of 35mm film and a crowdfunded SLR camera in a medium they say has more ‘soul’ than digital The prototype of the new 35mm SLR camera, called the Reflex, which is being put into production in spring 2018. As the market for 35mm film crashed, so did that for film cameras: only a handful are still made, mainly by Nikon and Leica. The new Reflex camera is aimed at a generation who grew up with digital picture-taking but have fallen for film. “I wanted to ensure that there was an alternative to using second-hand cameras if you want to use 35mm film. “My parents had an old 35mm film camera lying around, and I picked it up around age of seven and started to use it,” she recalls.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2018 00:00 UTC