We Examined 90 Years of Camera Ads. High-End Gear Was Never Cheap.
02-09-2026 23:03 via fstoppers.com

We Examined 90 Years of Camera Ads. High-End Gear Was Never Cheap.

Photographers have a myth, and like most good myths it gets told with real feeling, usually in a comment section, usually in all caps somewhere near the end. Cameras used to be affordable. Real cameras, made by people who cared, sold at honest prices to working photographers who did not have to remortgage anything. Then the industry got greedy, and now a professional body costs as much as a used Corolla. [Read More]
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