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7 June, 2018
5 frames with an Olympus 35 LE – By Tobias Eriksson
I bought my Olympus 35 LE believing it was an Olympus 35 LC. It is now a camera that I cherish, but was for a while one I wanted to forget.
A lot has already been written about the technical wotnots of the Zeiss Otus primes, and I have little to add – except to say that they’re big, heavy, and forged in the heart of...
5 June, 2018
Nikon 1 V1 Review – One For All or One for None?
It was Hamish’s piece on the Plaubel Makina and Agfa 1035 that finally pushed me into typing my thoughts about a camera with a not dissimilar design ethos. I hope it doesn’t tro...
4 June, 2018
5 frames with an Olympus Pen F – By Tobias Eriksson
This camera kit is an amalgamation of two SLR systems. I really like the half-frame format, for its economy of film use and the grain, particularly with b&w film. I am also a ha...
3 June, 2018
5 Years of 35mmc – Thanks, and a few little updates
As of the 19th of May this year, 35mmc turned 5 years old... 5! Actually, it snuck up on me a bit, hence the slightly delayed post on the subject.
One of my first rangefinder lenses was the 50mm f0.95 Noctilux, which offers one of the most extreme light gathering apertures available to commercial photographers. I used this...
Thanks to quite convenient focus assist system, it's a joy to use true manual focus lens on Fuji X cameras. It's the main reason I use these third party lenses available for Fuj...
31 May, 2018
Yashica Electro 35CC mini review – by Andrew Morang
It is hard to resist interesting old cameras, especially if they are low cost. Before a 2017 trip to Nepal, I had been looking for a compact 35mm fixed lens camera. I knew I wou...
