The links are checked ever so often. Last check January, 2026.

Photographic society magazines (history) 🆕

These are the archives of various historical photographic societies world-wide. PDF if available.

• Res Photographica − magazine of Club Niépce-Lumière (🇫🇷)
• Zeiss Historica − magazine of all things Zeiss (1979−2016) (with index, 🇬🇧)
• Journal of the Royal Photographic Society − (1854−present) (🇬🇧)
• Objektiv − magazine of the Dansk Fotohistorisk Selskab (closed 2025) (1976−2025) (🇩🇰)
• Back Focus − journal of the Australian Photographic Collector’s Society Inc. (1976−present) (🇦🇺)
• Photographic Canadiana − journal of the Photographic Historical Society of Canada (index only, 🇨🇦)
• Photographic technology: a historical review (Fototechnik eine historische Umschau) (🇨🇭)

Lens and camera databases

• Lens DB − lens (and camera) database (extensive)
• M42 Lens Database − guide to M42 mount lenses
• Takumar Field Guide − exceptional lens guide to all things Takumar
• Camera Manual Library − huge repository of vintage manuals
• Aperturepedia − Lens database
• All Photo Lenses − database on just about every lens

3rd-party Lens manufacturers 🆕

• Light Lens Lab − high-end reproduction lenses, Leica oriented
• Meyer Optik Görlitz − reproduction of classic Meyer Optik lenses (many mounts)
• 7 Artisans − affordable lenses cine/APS-C/FF (many mounts)

Vintage camera websites

• Antique and Classic Cameras − lots of pre-35mm information
• Guide to Classic Cameras − a list of various types of vintage cameras
• Collectiblend − vintage/digital camera/lens price guide
• Early Photography − early cameras 1850s to 1950s
• Historic Camera − database of historic cameras

Digital camera/lens reviews

• Roy Cruz Photo − Fujifilm + vintage lenses?
• Alik Griffin − reviews of digital cameras, lenses, and memory cards
• Digital Camera Database − camera specs on all things digital

Fujifilm digital resources

• FujiFrame − Fujifilm resource for photographers and cinematographers
• Fujifilm X-mount Lens List
• Andy Mumford Photography − Fujifilm cameras and lenses, photo techniques, locations
• jonas rask photography − Fujifilm cameras and lenses

Vintage camera/lens brands

• the Rokkor files − vintage Minolta Rokkor lenses
• Soviet Cams − guide to Soviet camera lenses
• Fedka − vintage Russian cameras and lenses
• The Corfield Story − English Corfield camera company

Vintage camera and lens review blogs

Daniel Cuny Camera Collecting Blog − reviews of classic vintage cameras 🆕
35mmc − extensive camera reviews, rangefinder, SLR, medium format, digital 🆕
Casual Photophile − vintage camera, lens, and camera gear reviews
My Favourite Lens − vintage lens, camera, and film reviews
Very Big Lobo − camera and lens reviews
Wabi Sabi Tokyo with Old Lenses − (Japan) lens reviews
only images − vintage, vintage lenses (pre-35mm)
Johnny Martyr − vintage camera and lens reviews
All My Cameras − A collection of vintage cameras
Vintage Lenses for Video − the title says it all!
Down the Road − copious vintage camera reviews
Canny Cameras − vintage camera reviews
MF Lenses − vintage lens reviews

Weird camera things

• Solarcan − Solar pinhole camera in a can
• Used Photo Pro − used cameras (US)

Radioactive lenses info

• Fixing yellow lenses − colour casts in radioactive lenses
• Radioactivity of vintage lenses − a list

Vintage Lens Reviews

Fujinon 50mm f/1.4 M42
Helios 44m-4 58mm f/2
Minolta Rokkor lenses
Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f/2

Defunct websites 😢

• The Weekend Lens − vintage lens reviews; (defunct, goto wayback)
• Vintage Camera Lenses − guide to vintage lenses (East Germany/USSR); (defunct, goto wayback)
• Lukasz Photography − old lenses, bokeh [webpage seems offline]
• MF Lenses − vintage lens reviews
• VLR Vintage Lens Reviews– vintage Minolta lenses (defunct, goto wayback)
• Legacy Lens– practical reviews of German, Soviet and Japanese lenses (defunct, goto wayback)