Camera Rescue 10 years Event + Tour 2026

Ten years. When we started, the outlook for film photography felt dim — and for the cameras themselves, dimmer still. For a long time, honestly, it looked like an impossible battle. Yet here we are in a completely different world: film is alive, and for the first time most of the industry seems to be finding scalable ways to keep it that way. That felt worth celebrating — so we invited a small group over to Finland. We couldn't invite everyone we wanted and have met around the world over these years, so we did the next best thing and filmed it all for the thousands of you who've been part of this journey with us. This is the first video in a series. A full, no-doors-closed tour of our Tampere HQ with @Nicosphotographyshow, following the exact path a camera takes through the building — from the kiosk counter where it's bought, through inbound and the check queue, the testing bench and the mechanics' room, on to listing, the warehouse and the Valoi scanner workshop, and finally the "belly of the beast": the repair and spare-parts vaults. For privacy and security, almost all of this normally stays behind closed doors — even folks who travel all the way to Finland usually only get to see the little kiosk. For once, we're opening the whole thing up. So grab a coffee — this really is a long one — and come behind the scenes with us. And for the bigger conversation, the one about the community and the challenge we're all going to face over the next 10 years, that's in the keynote and interviews below. Thanks for being part of it. Chapters 00:00 – Intro: 10 years of Camera Rescue 01:36 – The kiosks: where cameras are bought & sold 06:25 – Into "post world": the warehouse inbound 08:05 – Inbound stations: recording every unboxing 11:57 – The cambulance & checking big collections 13:31 – The dilemma: rescuing cameras vs running a store 15:56 – From trash to treasure: digicams, bags & manuals 19:56 – The check queue: oldest first, colour-coded 20:44 – The testing bench & technician team 23:03 – The mechanics' room & the co-ordinator 33:28 – Success rates & nightmare cameras 36:50 – Roman: trends & camera-care tips 46:24 – Listing: photos, descriptions & the catalog 51:14 – Shooting product photos 54:22 – Stickering & the 18,000-item warehouse 56:42 – Shipping the world: tariffs & taxes 59:01 – A rating built on "does it work?" 1:02:57 – Valoi: an intern's scanning dream 1:10:16 – Made in Europe: building the Easy35 1:17:31 – The belly of the beast: repairs & spares 1:21:28 – Wrap-up (and the sauna) The other parts of the series: 1. Big long tour video in English (this video) 2. Slightly shorter tour video in Spanish →    • Kamerastore Tour en Español - con Carmencita!   3. A keynote of the 10 years of Film Revival from Camera Rescue point of view →    • 10 Years of Camera Rescue: The Film Reviva...   4. Two interviews looking into the last 10 years from different perspectives: Nico's Photography Show (Nico) →    • 10 years of Film Photography News with Nic...   Carmencita Film Labs founder Albert →    • 10 years of Film Revival in the eyes of Ca...   5. Mathieu Stern also was one of the guests and dropped a few G.A.S-loaded camera nerdyness videos — in English →    • Weird Cameras Hunting in Europe's Biggest ...   and in French →    • Je chasse les Appareils Photo étranges dan...   Full story & call to arms from the anniversary: https://www.camerarescue.org/post/10y... Don't miss the rest of the series ▶️ YouTube:    / @camerarescue   📩 Email list: https://www.camerarescue.org/subscribe Want to work with cameras? As you'll see, this all runs on trained technicians — and we're still growing the team. If you're after camera repair work, watch for "Junior Technician" roles: https://kamerastore.careers.haileyhr.app