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12 November, 2021

LensFayre Snap LF35-M – A Sustainable, Customisable & Reusable Camera

By Hamish Gill

Lensfayre have just announced the release of the a ‘Snap LF35-M’, a new sustainable, customisable and “accessible” 35mm “reusable camera”. I’ve had one to play with for a few we...

9 November, 2021

Chiyoko Super Rokkor 45mm f/2.8 – Early Experiences – By Agata Urbaniak

By Agata Urbaniak

Ebay is a dangerous place. One moment you see a funny-looking lens with an eye-catching chunky focus ring in related searches, the next you’re awaiting a parcel from Japan. Ther...

8 November, 2021

Konica Auto S3 – Small and Perfectly Formed – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

Coinciding with their centenary in the early 70s, Konica fused two of their camera lines together. Since 1968 they had made a compact rangefinder camera called the C35. They had...

4 November, 2021

Olympus Pen EE-3 – Shooting Film in Barcelona – By Jordi Fradera

By Jordi Fradera

This is the latest camera that my neighbor Alvar has lent me and since there are countless articles on the net about it, even on 35mmc, I have decided to take some photos and ma...

1 November, 2021

Canonet Review – 43 Years in Preparation – By Bob Janes

By Bob Janes

In a way, this Canonet review has been 43 years in preparation. I was a teenager when I got into photography. I used to borrow my father’s various rangefinder cameras: fixed len...

31 October, 2021

Analogue Upcycle – by Laura Cogan

By Laura Cogan

Here lies a tale of perseverance and victory. You see I'm a self proclaimed ideas person, it's on my CV and everything so it must be true. The unfortunate thing is I'm not so go...

27 October, 2021

Photography through the Pandemic Book – Kickstarter is Live!

By Holly Gilman

The Kickstarter is live! You can now support 35mmc with it’s first ever book - Photography through the Pandemic!

27 October, 2021

Ensign Selfix 820 with One Roll of Fomapan 100 – by Steve Phillips

By Steve Phillips

A year ago, on holiday in Cornwall, I took a box camera with me on a coastal walk, and published the results here. One year on, and a camera or two later, here we go again. This...

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