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To the Moon and Back: Why NASA Still Trusts the Nikon D5 DSLR (And Why You Should Too)

In the camera world, the year 2026 is all about global shutters and eye-tracking AI that can find a bird’s pupil from a kilometer away. But if you look inside... Read more...

Is Your eBay Camera Actually "Mint"? A Kamerastore Condition Report

Hi there! My name is Jahan (@doyoudevelop on Instagram), and I’m writing this to share my personal experience as a photographer navigating the often-unpredictable world of second-hand gear. I’m not... Read more...

Stockholm Buy-Back Days: Sell Your Gear & Fika!

🇸🇪 Stockholm Buy-Back Days 🇸🇪 MARCH 24–28 Karlavägen 61 – Stockholm For this special week, we’re turning our Stockholm kiosk into something much bigger than a drop-off point. We’re inviting the Stockholm photography community to gather, talk gear, and—most importantly—get paid for their equipment on the spot. Event starts on Tuesday, March 24 at 11:00Opening hours for the event week:Monday – Friday: 11:00 – 18:00Saturday: 11:00 – 16:00 Usually, our kiosks act as a bridge to our main headquarters, which means a bit of a wait for inspections. But we’re... Read more...

Kodak Portra 800 vs. SantaColor 800: Full Film Comparison & Image Samples

Tonight, on Top Emulsion... I load a camera with a film named after a man who lives at the North Pole. We find out if a professional emulsion can justify costing... Read more...

The Beginner’s Guide to Film Cameras: SLR vs. Rangefinder Explained

SLR vs. Rangefinder: Choosing Your Vision If you are new to (film) photography, you might have already noticed that there are a few styles of camera systems out there. Some... Read more...

The Beginner’s Guide to Film Cameras: Buying your first 35mm Camera

If you’re thinking about buying your first film camera, you’re not alone. Interest in 35mm film photography has grown steadily over the past years — not as nostalgia, but as... Read more...

A New Home for SantaColor — Worldwide

In the last 3 years, SantaColor has spread across the globe with almost 200,000 rolls hand-spooled here in Finland. If you are reading this, there is a strong chance that... Read more...

A Kodachrome Slide in the easy35 camera scanning unit

Preserving Memories in Colour: Why Camera Scanning Brings Slide Film Back to Life

There’s something almost sacred about mounted slides. Hold one up to the light and the world inside reveals itself with astonishing clarity — colours that glow, shadows that stay clean,... Read more...

The Future of Photography Isn't Better Cameras - Green Week 2025

The Future of Photography Isn’t Better Cameras Have you ever asked yourself how many cameras have actually been produced in the world? Since the dawn of photography, when Louis Daguerre... Read more...

Meet Sara: Shooting Film with the Canon AE-1 and Kodak Portra 400 in the Forests of Finland

Join Sara, one of our team members at Kamerastore, for a peaceful walk through the forests of Tampere, Finland. Equipped with a Canon AE-1 and a roll of Kodak Portra... Read more...

Kamerastore x Verkkokauppa.com

Kamerastore on aloittanut yhteistyön Suomen suurimman verkkokaupan, Verkkokauppa.comin kanssa. Kun myyt käytetyt kameravarusteesi meille, voit nyt valita kahisevan sijaan 10 % arvoltaan suuremman Verkkokauppa.com-lahjakortin. Vaikkei uudelle kameralle olisikaan tarvetta, löydät... Read more...

Harman Phoenix II – The Newest Film from Harman

Harman Phoenix II, the newest addition to Harmans colour experiments. This film comes both in 35mm and medium format and is one hell of a fire-cracker when it comes to... Read more...

Kentmere PAN 200

Kentmere 200 Review: The Budget ISO 200 Film You Didn’t Know You Needed There’s a quiet sort of thrill that comes with loading a new film stock into your camera.... Read more...

Various VALOI Camera Scanning configurations: The easy35, easy120 and 360.

The best way to scan your film

Have you heard about Camera Scanning? Film photography has made a big comeback — but what about scanning your negatives? Many photographers still rely on outdated flatbed scanners or pricey... Read more...

Top 10 Point and Shoot Cameras for 2025

Top 10 Point and Shoot Cameras for 2025 A celebration of compact legends that shaped how we shoot—from film icons to modern digital marvels. From pocket-sized titans to fixed-lens classics,... Read more...

Top 10 Medium Format Film Cameras for 2025

Top 10 Medium Format Cameras of 2025 (Searched in 2024) 10. Mamiya C330 Introduced: 1969A unique beast in the TLR world with interchangeable lenses! Most twin-lens cameras have fixed optics,... Read more...

Summer Gift Guide

Kick Off Summer & Graduation with 10% Off: Film Photography Gift Guide 2025 Summer is here—and so is graduation season! Whether you’re celebrating a high school grad stepping into their... Read more...

Top 10 35mm Film Cameras for 2025

The Top 10 most searched 35mm Film Cameras in 2025 thanks to Google Trends! Read more...

Kamerastore Holiday Gift Guide 2024

The holiday season is upon us! Here in Finland, the Christmas markets are open and people are out selling homemade crafts, woolen socks, seasonal foods, and other goodies. We’ve already... Read more...

Kamerastore's Sustainability 2024

We aim to keep the conversation on sustainability. As a company that re-circulates 50 000 photographic goods a year - ecologic sustainability has always been built into our daily lives. Read more...

Myyntitapahtuma 26.10. Tampereella!

Moro! Lokakuun 26. päivä klo 10-16 Tampereen PMK-talon katukerroksessa, osoitteessa Erkkilänkatu 11, pidetään Kamerastoren isännöimä valokuvaustarvikkeiden myyntitapahtuma. Mukana monia kauppiaita ja laaja valikoima niin halpoja löytöjä kuin arvokkaita keräilykohteita.Seiskakerroksen myymälämme palvelee sinua... Read more...

Pentax 17 Specifications & Details

An Overview of the New Pentax Half-Frame Film Camera On Monday, June 17th, 2024 Pentax released a new film camera for the first time in around 20 years. This is... Read more...

The New Half-Frame 35mm Camera from Pentax! - Pentax 17 Review

Foreword Hey! I’m Connor, the manager of Kamerastore’s product team. This will be a review of my time with the new Pentax 17. This subjective review represents my opinions and... Read more...

Kamerastore x SmarterEveryDay - Using a Mamiya RZ67 to Photograph the Total Solar Eclipse!

We were recently featured (yet again!) on the popular YouTube channel SmarterEveryDay. This time, Destin used one of our cameras to photograph the solar eclipse. The journey he went through... Read more...

Kamerastore in Dubai 3.-11.5.2024!

This year we have been invited by the Finland World Expo Pavilion to do a pop-up in Dubai from the 3rd of May to the 11th of May. During the pop-up,... Read more...

Kamerastore Stockholm Tour 2024 🇸🇪

Vad händer? Läs på engelska här! / Read this blog post in English here! Våren är här och Kamerastore kommer att fira detta genom att besöka Sverige igen! Som Nordens största specialist på begagnade... Read more...

Kamerastore Stockholm Tour 2024

What's Going On? Läs på svenska här! / Read this blog post in Swedish here! Spring is here and Kamerastore will celebrate this by taking our services outside of Finland again!... Read more...

Canon AE-1 Program film camera with 50mm f1.4 lens on a black background

How to Use: Canon AE-1 Program

Today we’re going to take a look at one of the most popular cameras ever made; the Canon AE-1 Program. This follow-up to the incredibly successful AE-1 added a few... Read more...

13 Years of Kamerastore

As our company heads into its first teenage year, quantifying our achievements becomes a difficult task. The numbers can be so big that they’re hard to grasp, even for us.... Read more...

Shooting a Swing-Lens: The Horizon 202

The Horizon 202 is a fixed-lens, fixed-focus 35mm camera with a swinging lens. It’s capable of taking panoramic photos with a genuinely unique perspective. We tried it out, shooting around... Read more...

Black Canon F-1 film camera on a black background

How to Use: Canon F-1

This time we’ll cover the illustrious Canon F-1! This professional-grade SLR has plenty of interesting features that you may not notice even if you’ve used one. We’ll go over the... Read more...

Black Yashica FX-3 film camera on a black background

How To Use: Yashica FX-3

This compact, mechanical SLR seems simple, but there are a lot of features that you may not know. We’ll go over the basic features of the camera, what each button/dial... Read more...

Black Minolta X-700 film camera on a black background

How to Use: Minolta X-700

Hey there, X-700 users! Today we’re going to talk about one of the final cameras made for the Minolta MD/SR mount, the Minolta X-700. We’ll go over the basic features of the... Read more...

Black Olympus OM-1 film camera on a light brown background

How to Use: Olympus OM-1

Today we’re going to talk about the camera that started the OM series, the Olympus OM-1. We’ll go over the basic features of the camera, what each button/dial does, how to... Read more...

Black Olympus mju-ii camera in someones hand ready to take pictures

Point & Shoot Film Camera Tips for Beginners

Point & shoot cameras are the easiest and cheapest way to get into film photography. They were made to be as simple and compact as possible so anyone could take... Read more...

Kamerastore Sweden tour 2023

What's Going On? Spring is here and Kamerastore will celebrate this by taking our services on the road again outside of Finland! As the Nordics largest analogue camera specialist we... Read more...

Kamerastore x SmarterEveryDay - New Video Online Now!

Did you see? We made an appearance on the SmarterEveryDay YouTube channel! If you’re unfamiliar, SmarterEveryDay is a YouTube channel run by Destin, an American engineer who loves to... Read more...

Kamerastore's Sustainability 2022

Introduction Kamerastore was built on the idea of a circular economy. In 2010, our founders sat down and decided they would base the entire business on second hand cameras and help preserve film... Read more...

Alternatives to the Canon AE-1

Introduction The Canon AE-1 is arguably the most popular 35mm film SLR in existence. It topped our list of most popular SLRs of 2022 by a wide margin, and we... Read more...

Kamerastore Open House! 20.8.22 !

What is happening? Kamerastore is hosting an open house event in Tampere the 20th of August, 2022, from 11 to 18. We’re so excited to see everyone after several years... Read more...

Alternatives to the Olympus Mju-II

The Olympus Mju-II (known as the Infinity Stylus Epic in North America) is an incredibly popular film camera. It’s a compact & weatherproof point & shoot with intuitive controls and... Read more...

Advice for New Film Photographers (from the Community)

Introduction Recently, we asked our Instagram followers what advice they’d give to new film photographers. We’d like to take the opportunity to share some of their advice with you as... Read more...

Finding a 35mm SLR Film Camera for Under 100$/€

Introduction Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras, like the Canon AE-1 or Pentax K1000, are some of the most popular film cameras out there. Their simple, familiar operation and classic silhouette... Read more...

We’ve Raised 20,000€ for Ukraine!

We’ve officially raised 20,000€ for Ukraine through our sales of Santa film! All of that has already been sent to charities. How Did We Get Here? Our in-house film brand,... Read more...

Tips & Tricks for Shooting 35mm Film in Winter!

Introduction We see some quite frigid temperatures here in Finland. It can regularly reach -20ºC during the day, which is enough to keep most people inside. But for us, as... Read more...

Surfin' Around with Summer Santa 125: A Review

Introduction It started a few months ago with a letter, and ended with a brand new film: Summer Santa! Packed between boxes of cameras coming in for sale and appraisal... Read more...

Top 10 35mm SLRs for 2022

Introduction As 2022 approaches, we’ve been taking some time to look back over the past year. While it was a chaotic time for everyone, the film community saw impressive growth.... Read more...

Spending the Solstice with the Doomo Meter S

Introduction Another year, another Doomo! Almost a year ago to the day I reviewed the Doomo Meter D. Now I’m back with their second offering, the Meter S. The Doomo... Read more...

Group of point and shoot cameras with a blue konica pop in the middle

Top 10 Point & Shoot Cameras for 2022

Introduction Point & shoot cameras combine ease of use with small size to be the most accessible camera choice out there. The goal is to simplify the photographic process so... Read more...

Top 10 Rangefinder Cameras for 2022

Introduction Rangefinder cameras are an elegant, discrete choice that often represents the top-tier of price and build quality. Let’s talk about the best of the best. As 2022 approaches, we’ve... Read more...

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