Theory & Reflections Archives

1 March, 2023

Diffraction and its Impact on Sharpness – By Tony Warren

By Tony Warren

I recently had some disappointing results while trying out a colour negative film in a Retina IIc. I was shooting the urban art (and some graffiti) that has been created here in...

28 February, 2023

Anecdotes from the Analogue World Ep. 4 – By Nandakumar

By Nandakumar N

Things took a rather grim turn in my last post when I shared this story about mental health and how crippling it can be in preventing humans from pursuing their passion or even ...

23 February, 2023

The Pitfalls of Buying 2nd Hand… When 2nd Hand is all there is – By Chris Hooke

By Chris Hooke

Well, this is quite embarrassing. This, my first post for 35mmc, would tell the glorious tale of a Rolleicord Va, newly acquired from a well know auction site. It would include...

17 February, 2023

Quick Thoughts on Eight of the Nikkor Nifty Fifties – by David Hume

By David Hume

Several months ago I wrote a piece on my newly acquired Nikon Df. The piece was OK, but I’ve thought since then that I didn’t really do the camera justice. My though...

14 February, 2023

The Spoiled Negatives from a Spoiled Petri 7s – By Ana Sousa

By Ana Sousa

I started shooting exclusively in analogue approximately 5 years ago. At the beginning it was like entering a carousel full of expectations and experiences. I wanted to learn ev...

12 February, 2023

The Role of Film Photography in an AI World – By Joseph

By josephtwx

The position of film photography has never been stronger. Against the intangibility of our virtual reality, the medium of photography and its process gives viewers the craved ta...

27 January, 2023

A Year of Projects and Community Events (#TwentyTwentyDo) – by Billy Sanford

By Billy Sanford

It was episode 272 of the Sunny 16 podcast entitled “Blue Magic Tree” that kicked off 2022 and on which Graeme Jago proclaimed the year to be “Twenty Twenty Do”. The spirit of t...

23 January, 2023

Digital Cameras & the Future of Home Scanning – By Arild Edvard Båsmo

By ArilBas

What is the future of scanning at home going to look like? We will explore the future of home scanning thoroughly by looking at the history of film scanning, discussing how scan...

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