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4 February, 2026

5 Frames with a Fujifilm X-T5 – Back to Basics Naturally

By Simon Sheldon

I recently bought a new digital camera, a Fujifilm X-T5 and while setting it up on and began to wonder about all the different automatic options. I have never really liked Autof...

26 January, 2026

In Search of Black & White, Appendix 1 – Svema Foto and Derev Pan films from Ukraine

By Scott Ferguson

When I learned about Svema Film on a recent post here on 35mmc, I was intrigued enough to try some out. Svema is a Ukrainian film stock that comes in two lines: Svema Foto and ...

23 January, 2026

My 2025 on Colour Film – 9 rolls, 8 emulsions, 6 cameras

By Sroyon

I predominantly shoot black-and-white film, preferring digital if I want to take colour photos. But in 2025, besides my usual quota of B&W, I also shot nine rolls of 35mm co...

16 January, 2026

You Can’t Blame A Screwdriver For Not Being Capable of Hitting A Nail

By Andrea Monti

A notorious website (which address I won’t mention) recently blamed a new cinema lens (which I also won’t name) for being almost unusable outside the centre of the f...

Infrared panorama over Hong Kong taken from Victoria Peak.

31 December, 2025

My Gateway to Infrared

By Jonathan Murray

My introduction to infrared photography—both the inspiration and the activation—began in Hong Kong several decades ago. Infrared photography is a fascination that has stayed wit...

31 December, 2025

The Technical Side of My Photography – A Reflection on How I Shoot

By Alexandre Kreisman

This post will be a mix of reflections on my technical approach, things I have observed while shooting. Let’s start at the beginning: Me! I tend to be a perfectionist. I s...

30 December, 2025

The Discipline of One Lens

By Ken Davis

Life is too easy for photographers these days! We have wide-ranging, versatile zoom lenses. Those folk using phones also have a choice of focal lengths on many models. Now I usu...

28 December, 2025

A Potted History of the Last Two Years of my Return to Film Photography

By Thomas Eland

During my pre digital life I was mostly a Pentax fan, using their SL, SP, ES, ME, MX, LX, 67 and 645…all long gone. The last three I bought whilst I was in Hong Kong for a...

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