Shooting film is a challenging process for many new photographers, especially those used to the instant feedback of digital cameras. Modern DSLRs are precision instruments that ...
In the last part of this story I was deliberating over the choice of converting the Yashica T4's Tessar vs the Nikon L35's Sonnar to M-mount. Whilst I was dead set on the latter...
The Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim 35mm film camera (sometimes shortened to VUWS or UWS) was made in China and sold for not much money as a truly basic point and shoot with an unus...
10 February, 2016
Three simple, non-invasive things to try to repair dead or erratic Nikon L35AF – Guest post by Eddy
Hamish had a frustrating experience with a Nikon L35-AF. His excellent review spurred me to write a few notes on some simple but sometimes effective things to try if you f...
19 January, 2016
The Road to Making a Pinhole Modified 35mm Compact Canon Camera – by Duncan Waldron
Here's a tale of a modest little camera that eschews almost all of the technology found in modern cameras (even more basic than an LTM...), and it just about fits the ethos of t...
Just a little update to the compact camera lens conversion project. If you haven’t read the first part of the project, you can read it here. As it turns out, the Ricoh ff9...
Quite recently, Hamish published an article about Barnack Leica’s giving 7 reasons to own one. Well, he mentioned all the advantages of these cameras, but he didn’t ...
2 January, 2016
7 Reasons you should own a Thread Mount Leica
7 reasons and a whole load of waffle about why I (and some reader of 35mmc) think all photographers should own, or at least try, a thread mount Leica
