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24 November, 2023

Huaxia 822 – Jumping into the Analog Deep End – My First Foray into Film

By Darren Fielding

To kind of half-quote my favourite TV show: You best put seatbelts on your eyes Roy, because I’m about to write a long article. ( If you know which show I’m quoting,...

23 November, 2023

Pentax SF1n, Pentax-A 35-135mm and Kodak Vision 3 250D – My Personal Recipe for Photographic Nirvana

By Alex Gridenko

Whether you suffer from GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) or enjoy it, be aware that reading 35mmc.com will most certainly fuel it! So far, I have bought two cameras based on revi...

21 November, 2023

BERGGER Pancro 400 – Small Scenes Up a Mountain in Seoul

By Graeme Hamilton

The metropolis of Seoul spills through the valleys of the surrounding mountain peaks. The effect is that of a spider-webbing lake of brick, glass and steel punctuated by dark up...

20 November, 2023

Great Wall DF4 / Export – The beauty of simplicity.

By sklba

While the wizardry of modern cameras has reduced a once mighty concept to little more than a phone option variance, there’s something to be said about stepping away from all tha...

17 November, 2023

Mint InstantFlex TL70 Plus Instax Square TLR Review

By Hamish Gill

If you asked me to list my favourite types of cameras from most to least favourite, two types of camera that definitely wouldn’t be near the top would be instant cameras and TLR...

13 November, 2023

Kodak-Anastigmat Ektar 5cm f/3.5 – Retina Lens Mini Review

By Agata Urbaniak

The proliferation of mirrorless cameras paved the way for a rapid increase in vintage lens usage on digital. An average camera nowadays can, without much hassle, support practic...

10 November, 2023

Kodak Star, 60 and S30 – One City, One Film, Three 110 Cameras

By Michael Zwicky-Ross

I was given my first camera when I was seven. My grandfather’s Box Brownie. Ever since then, and I’m seventy now, I’ve collected Kodak cameras. The second one, which I bou...

6 November, 2023

Nikon D700 – a 2023 Review of a Classic Full Frame DSLR

By Hamish Gill

I used to shoot a Nikon D700 professionally as a second camera to a D3, and later a D800. The D3 was the peak of my positive relationship with Nikon, and the D800 was the last N...

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