The Ansco Craftsman was a kit camera produced from early 1950’s through the 1959-60’s. The camera was tested as an easy to build kit camera for school kids. Helping them learn to build a simple tool that they could use to take photos...
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This amazing Nikkorex F was released in 1962 and was Nikon’s first foray into the entry-level market. At half the price of the Nikon F it allowed users to purchase a camera with a lens for a lot less investment...
Read moreComposition Can Help to tell Your Story by Joanna B. Pinneo
Composition is the process of putting a frame around the elements that are important to include in a photograph. It is one of the cornerstones of great photography. Wonderful photographs are often made by the simplest of cameras.
Read moreLeica at Richmond Camera
We are excited to announce Richmond Camera is an authorized Leica dealer. As an introduction to the exceptional products made by Leica, we currently have the revolutionary Leica T camera system at our Carytown location.
The Leica T is truly like nothing else. Milled from a solid block of aluminum then polished by hand the Leica T Unibody design gives the Leica T perfectly balanced feel and superb strength. The 3.7” high resolution touch screen display connects the user directly with the process of capturing decisive moments. Images from the Leica T are something special too. Color reproduction is sharp and true which is perfect for digital photography.
If you are interested in Leica or simply have a passion for photography, visit our Carytown location and explore the possibilities with Leica. For more information call our Carytown store at 804-355-5793. Carytown Richmond Camera 3128 W Cary Street Richmond, VA 23221.
Your Camera & Phone Can Be Friends
More than ever people are using the camera in their smart phone as a substitute for a dedicated digital camera. The capabilities of the camera on a smart phone have, no doubt, improved; but so have even the least expensive point-and-shoot digital camera. The appeal of a smart phone over a dedicated digital camera is, of course, the convenience. We all like to share images we take as soon as possible and a smart phone keeps our images in a convenient location. However, as easy smart phone photography is, we make photographic sacrifices for the convenience.
So, how do we bridge the gap between the convenience of using our phone's camera and the superior image quality and photographic flexibility of a dedicated digital camera?
Lots of cameras today are WiFi enabled so you can easily transfer image from you camera to your phone. Some cameras even go as far as to use Android's operating system. For those camera without built-in WiFi there are WiFi adapters and even WiFi memory cards which allow image files (including video files) to be transferred from your camera to your phone.
Eye-Fi memory cards are a great place to start. These memory cards are compatible with a wide range of digital cameras and are fairly inexpensive. Eye-Fi cards have been around long enough to have some camera makers building cameras to work specifcally with Eye-Fi memory cards. You can see if your camera will work with an Eye-Fi card here.
Lastly, Richmond Camera has a new Promaster Multifunction WiFi Card Reader. This is a card reader and USB hub that allows you to access your images from your tablet, smart phone or computer.
Using a dedicated digital camera that will let you transfer images to your phone joins the best of both worlds. You will still have the quality and flexibility of a dedicated digital camera without losing the convenience of your smart phone. Plus, with higher quality images from a dedicated digital camera you will have the freedom to not only share and edit, but you can make prints. After all, making a print turns an image into a photograph. Don't worry, you can order prints using your phone too. Check out RC Prints.