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26 February, 2024

Ansco’s “Super Memar f/2” – A Simple High-Quality Camera

By Dave Powell

Ever since I inherited this lovely camera, I’ve wanted to treat it to some black-and-white. But I waited until I had some successful trials with Caffenol under my belt (like thi...

19 February, 2024

Kodak EasyShare Z730 – Jankuary – The Best Camera is the One You Get for Free

By Eric Norris

My Jankuary camera is proof that good things often arrive in unexpected ways. In this case, it came in the form of a Kodak EasyShare Z730 digital camera that the seller threw in...

19 February, 2024

Thypoch Simera 35mm ASPH review

By vincentbihler

People who know me well, as a photographer, know that I love fast 35mm lenses, especially when they remain relatively compact. My two grails have remained unchanged for some tim...

12 February, 2024

Astrhori AH-M1 Shoe Mount Light Meter Review

By Hamish Gill

Another light meter. This time the Astrhori AH-M1. At first glance, I thought this meter was just going to be a copy of the Doomo Meter S which I reviewed with the title “just a...

12 February, 2024

Leica M4-P vs. Leica CL – and a Tale of Loss and New Experiences

By Aman

My first encounter with 35mmc during the search for my first rangefinder camera in 2020. As a student back then, with a limited budget, the choices were rather narrow being spli...

10 February, 2024

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

By Jonathan Leavitt

The 35mmc site mostly concerns gear and experiences, and I admit to having collected way too many lenses myself. It would take a heart of stone to spend as much time with camera...

8 February, 2024

Olympus E-300 and Fuji FinePix Z10fd – Jankuary Roadtrip – Battle of the CCDs

By David Hume

In retrospect perhaps I tempted fate. This Jankuary road trip retraced the steps of a trip I made in the late 1980s to retrieve our Combi van that had broken down when my wife a...

7 February, 2024

Ilford PanF 50 Plus in the Photography Studio

By TED SMITH

In this article, I briefly discuss use of Ilford PanF 50 Plus in the studio for portraiture – specifically, mother and baby styled shoots I’ve been a photographer for a lo...

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Tony Warren on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
An interesting article Andrea. You mention a monochrome sensor will have larger photo sites than colour because the Bayer array…
Hamish Gill on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
I loved my monochrom Leica - https://www.35mmc.com/04/02/2018/leica-monochrom-review/ I couldn't afford to keep it in the end, but did like the…
Gary Smith on Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras
I wonder if the desire for a dedicated monochrome camera is just another form of G.A.S. I have used both…

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