{"id":9083,"date":"2025-12-10T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/?page_id=9083"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:02:49","slug":"camera-tales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/camera-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;m known through the Internet for camera, film, lens, and developer reviews, this series is something different. Rather than reviewing cameras from a technical side of things, I&#8217;m instead going to review some of the cameras that have shaped me as a photographer. These are stories about cameras that have come, stayed, and gone through my tool kit through the years. Film, Digital, it doesn&#8217;t matter. These are the cameras that have made an impact.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/49769031253\/in\/album-72157649835695850\" title=\"Camera Review Blogs\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49769031253_5de097bbcb_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" alt=\"Camera Review Blogs\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/08\/camera-tales-no-01-pentax-k1000\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CT.01 &#8211; Asahi Pentax K1000<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/05\/camera-tales-no-02-minolta-hi-matic-7s\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CT.02 &#8211; Minolta Hi-Matic 7s<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/05\/camera-tales-no-03-minolta-sr-t-102\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CT.03 &#8211; Minolta SR-T 102<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/21\/camera-tales-no-04-nikon-f80\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CT.04 &#8211; Nikon F80<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/07\/camera-tales-no-05-konica-minolta-dimage-z2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CT.05 &#8211; Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z2<\/a><br \/>\nCT.06 &#8211; Nikon D70s<br \/>\nCT.07 &#8211; Franke &#038; Heidecke Rolleiflex 2.8F<br \/>\nCT.08 &#8211; Kyocera Contax G2<br \/>\nCT.09 &#8211; Nikon F5<br \/>\nCT.10 &#8211; Graflex Crown Graphic<br \/>\nCT.11 &#8211; Sony a6000<br \/>\nCT.12 &#8211; Nikon D750<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;m known through the Internet for camera, film, lens, and developer reviews, this series is something different. Rather than reviewing cameras from a technical side of things, I&#8217;m instead going to review some of the cameras that have shaped me as a photographer. These are stories about cameras that have come, stayed, and gone through my tool kit through the years. Film, Digital, it doesn&#8217;t matter. These are the cameras that have made an impact. CT.01 &#8211; Asahi Pentax K1000 CT.02 &#8211; Minolta Hi-Matic 7s CT.03 &#8211; Minolta SR-T 102 CT.04 &#8211; Nikon F80 CT.05 &#8211; Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z2 CT.06 &#8211; Nikon D70s CT.07<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/camera-tales\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9083"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9083"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9698,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9083\/revisions\/9698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}