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11 December, 2023

The Short Telephoto – My Preferred Carry-Everywhere Lens

By Hamish Gill

It’s been a little while since I really began to realise just how much more I favour I hold for a short telephoto lens. Over last summer though it went from being a vague prefer...

10 December, 2023

AI, TV, VHS, IC, CD, DVD, EV, ICV and all the rest.

By Tony Warren

Currently isolated with my first bout of covid, to pass the time I have been reading various articles relating to developments in photographic technology (and playing with Affin...

1 December, 2023

410 East 65th Street

By Gerard Exupery

Whatever the reason, my telephone fell off the wall regularly, and I used tape and gum to effect repairs. When the handset gave up, I used my stereo headphones for the receiver....

29 November, 2023

500mm Mirror Lens with Film – by Simon King

By Simon King

I sometimes feel a fear of falling off. It once occurred to me that looking up at the moon was like looking over the edge of a chasm except that while there may be an edge of so...

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,...

14 November, 2023

Confessions of a Failed Camera Flipper

By Kary Schumpert

For the longest time, I owned only one camera. When I bought a new camera, I just donated or gave my old camera away, and I usually hung on to a camera for years. In fact, I was...

9 November, 2023

Camera Manuals, Coffee, and a Big Duh Moment

By Kary Schumpert

I have a confession. I rarely read the camera manual. Yeah, I know. Pretty dumb. That’s why I confessed. Recently, though, I have reformed. I dug out all my camera manuals...

22 October, 2023

Digitisation – a tale of a film scanning options rabbit hole

By MichaelWPlant

This is my first article for 35mmc, so hi to everyone in this community. Recently I got myself a shiny new Leica M-A film camera (more on this in another article). And then I fo...

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