Mags

[colin wells]

Are their any classic camera mags .I have see plenty for DSLRs but nothing for classic cameras .I think it would be a large and growing market .

 

[Kirks518]

You'll have to settle for back issues of Popular Photography, Modern Photography, and American Photographer, all of which are accessible through Google Books. Or garage sales.

 

[Ap507b]

Ebay can be a good source too. I picked up a box with around 200 Amateur Photographer magazines from the mid to late 80's earlier in the year for something like £2. Enjoyed the equipment reviews & the adverts from the time seeing what gear cost back then.

 

[Les Sarile]

I've managed to acquire some that has the write-ups of cameras that I have to get the perspective at the time of their release.

 

[colin wells]

This is the sort of thing i am after . I have an old classic motorcycle and love reading old road tests and modern tests of the same machines i just wondered if there was an equivalent for cameras

 

[colin wells]

Just had a look at old camera mags on ebay all it came up with was old porn mags .LOL

 

[John Koehrer]

Hey! It's not nice to laugh at somebodies grandmother.

 

[CMoore]

For you guys that read them in circa 1970-1990.....what magazine was your favorite for general, hobby Photo/Camera/Darkroom stuff.?
Thank You

 

[canvassy]

There's a ton of issues of Popular Photography that are free to read on google. They're searchable, too. Issues going back to the 80's.

https://books.google.com/books?id=rzH31j84pn8C&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1

 

[AgX]

I Germany we got since a long time "Photo Deal".

http://www.photodeal.de/allgemein/english.htm

sample pages:
http://www.photodeal.de/allgemein/leseproben.htm



Since a few year there also is a magazine devoted to analogue photography.
It also reviews cameras, but from a user's not a collectors perspective.
https://www.photoklassik.de

 

[Stephen Weston]

My favourite in the UK when I got into photography was 'SLR Photography'. Unfortunately not long after I started to read it on a regular basis it changed. I think it became 'Photo Answers' and that was the beginning of the slippery slope. Another mag was 'Darkroom User' magazine from Ed Buziak. This later became 'Camera and Darkroom' and was the only magazine I ever subscribed too. Sadly Ed moved to France and the magazine disappeared though some articles are to some extent still available on line (https://darkroomuser.wordpress.com). I still read through my copies every now and again.