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21 June, 2026

A Virtual Tour of the Franke & Heidecke Factory in 1938 – on International Stereoscopy Day

By Stereoscopy Blog

Today, 21st June 2026, is the 5th International Stereoscopy Day and this year also marks the 100th anniversary of Franke & Heidecke’s stereoscopic film camera, the Rolleidos...

PolaStax Instax Wide film holder shown with the safety cap stowed and the dark slide closed.

17 June, 2026

How to Shoot Instax in a Polaroid Camera

By Chad Gayle

A Polaroid camera that works with Instax is the holy grail of instant photography. Why? Because today’s instant cameras are designed to be feature poor. Like point-and-shoot dig...

16 June, 2026

The Science Behind the [BOXX] Black & White Reversal Process

By Dave Faulkner

After Hamish’s review of our new [BOXX] camera, there was a lot of interest in the Black and White reversal process we are using. With only a few days to go before the [BOXX] Ki...

13 June, 2026

My approach to exposure and tone control with monochrome film

By Tony Warren

A personal approach to monochrome image creation from film

12 June, 2026

Yashica Electro 35 family

By Terence Lau

I thought it would be nice to introduce you guys to the Yashica Electro 35 family. I’ll be sharing some of my views and user experience of these cameras, and hopefully, this inf...

Lizard Point (Alfie TYCH+, Fuji Reala 100)

3 May, 2026

SuperPanos – a creative photography technique just right for film

By Dave Faulkner

I gave a talk on this subject at The Photography Show 2026 at the NEC and thought readers of 35mmc might enjoy a cut down version of the talk. SuperPanos are a technique I have ...

27 April, 2026

Reasonably Wide and Sensibly Priced – 28mm Compacts Comparison

By Douwe Krooshof

For an analogue photographer, the 28mm focal length is the gold standard for street photography, and it is a great focal length to document daily life. Yet finding a high-qualit...

21 April, 2026

Printable Parts for Olympus OM1-n Shoe 4

By Kevin Saruwatari

As far as I know, the 3D print community hasn’t created printable files for often broken, removable hot shoes on the old Olympus OM series cameras. So I put up some files...

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