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8 July, 2025

Introducing Analog Photography Assistant – a full featured film photographers app

By Logan Mortimer

The Fuji GW690iii was my first camera that had no electronics. It has produced some of my favourite photographs, but fundamentally changed the way I meter scenes for light. Give...

20 June, 2025

Weston Master V – a Review of the Masterful Exposure Meter

By Bob Janes

I confess the company history around the Weston meter leaves me a bit confused. There were lots of mergers and buy-outs over time on both sides of the Atlantic. Sangamo and West...

20 May, 2025

Introducing Frames – A New App to Log and Sync Film Photography Metadata

By Vincent

Three years ago, I introduced Datafilm to the 35mmc community—a minimalist iOS app aimed at helping film photographers log exposure settings and shooting notes. The response was...

17 May, 2025

Lego Ideas Polaroid Onestep SX-70 camera – A non-camera camera review

By Bob Janes

This is an odd review because rather than being a review of a camera, it is a review of a Lego model of a camera. For my {hurumphty}3 rd birthday, one of my sons and his wife bo...

15 May, 2025

Hipstamatic – Work on your Square compositions with the Coolest iPhone Photo Camera

By Ibraar Hussain

Hipstamatic brings all the joy, quirk, and randomness of analog film photography to your iPhone. Now, bring your friends along and share photos like it’s 2009. The most authenti...

7 May, 2025

Zhiyun Cinepeer Crane 4E Gimbal Review – A Photographer’s Intro to Video and Gimbals

By Sroyon

When Zhiyun asked me if I would like to test and write about one of their gimbals, I wasn’t sure if this was the right website for it. It’s true that 35mmc has stead...

2 May, 2025

Fast Box One Shutter Speed Checker Review

By Dan Cuny

Being a camera collector for more than 50 years, I’d like to see the accuracy of the shutter speeds on the cameras I’ve purchased. Many of the shutter speed testers ...

11 April, 2025

Keks KF-01 Flash Review (Including a little guide to using a manual flash)

By Hamish Gill

This is a review of the Keks KF-01 Flash written by someone who isn’t a flash photographer. It is also a review that’s written by someone who already likes Keks products too. I ...

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Keith Drysdale on Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – part 1 – Black & White, The Dictates of the Time
What a great biographic tale and the accompanying photos are wonderful, especially the market/bazaar shots. Thanks for sharing.
David Hume on 10 Frames – A Whole Pack of Polaroid SX70 – Venice 1995 #FullRollFriday by David Hume
Cheers Ibraar, yes, I'm very glad to have these things digitised, which of course was not a thing back in…
Geoff Chaplin on Analogue Photography: A Personal Journey – part 1 – Black & White, The Dictates of the Time
I need to go to photography school after seeing many of those images. Interesting read, albeit depressing - where did…

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