Andrea Monti, Author at 35mmc

27 March, 2026

Misfocused Photo’s Quick Fix with ChatGPT and Nano Banana

By Andrea Monti

When on an assigment I often take with me a second camera with a vintage lens. This is a way to test old glasses along modern ones, without risking failure. Every now and then, ...

24 March, 2026

A Lucky Shot with a Kiev 60 – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

The story behind this photo is, actually, the story of the others that I failed to take on this roll of Ferrania P30 film. Having remembered that I had a number of mid-format ro...

20 March, 2026

A Composition’s Dilemma in Black and White – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

This photo, taken in the centre of Padua, with my Nikon 35TI and a Ferrania P30, shows a composition’s dilemma. The idea was to explore the usual technique of ‘frami...

15 March, 2026

Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm 1.8 and Pentax K1 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

Across this set, the Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm 1.8 performs as expected: good microcontrast and local separation, reasonably crisp edge definition where focus is placed, and a gene...

11 March, 2026

Why Do (Photo)books Matter

By Andrea Monti

Throughout my professional career, I have written and edited several books. Initially, I was neither involved in nor interested in the manufacturing part of the process. Once th...

26 February, 2026

Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

This empirical field test of a non exactly well-preserved Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4. Least of the ‘fogged’ glasses of this sample now under the care of master Adr...

21 February, 2026

Behind the Quirinale – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

I took this photo with my Nikon 35TI loaded with a roll of Ferrania P30 behind the Quirinale Palace, the official residence of the President of the Republic of Italy while one n...

17 February, 2026

Pentacon 50mm 1.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

By Andrea Monti

This field-test is, as the others I have published here, absolutely subjective, empirical and lacking any scientific basis. Since I couldn’t find anything interesting to photogr...

Sneakerzoom on Kodak Duaflex – Toronto-made – Fun or Fad?
Hi Jeffery, thanks for responding! You're of course absolutely right, this is by no means a camera one should take…
Sneakerzoom on Kodak Duaflex – Toronto-made – Fun or Fad?
Hi Tony, thanks for reading! I'm afraid mine is the poor man's version without any focusing except for one's feet.…
Sneakerzoom on Kodak Duaflex – Toronto-made – Fun or Fad?
Hey Gary, when is your birthday? I have another one... :)

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