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22 October, 2025

5 Frames with Expired Soviet Svema ISO 25 at Cinevilla, Tukums, Latvia

By Felix Flores Rodriguez

22 October, 2025

/ Expired Film, Svema Film, /

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Father Time waits for no one — and that includes film. I was talking with a friend of mine, one of the last camera repairmen in Riga. More about him later — I plan to write an article about his life during the Soviet Union era. For now, let’s retu...

22 October, 2025

New Film Cameras: The Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX

By Hamish Gill

22 October, 2025

/ Film Camera News, News, /

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Two new film cameras on the horizon, the Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX – it’s not often we get one new film camera coming down the road, so with there being two, I thought I would give a bit of a shout out to them both in ...

22 October, 2025

Minolta a-9 – Raspberry Picking in September with a 24mm f2.8, Red 25 Filter and Rollei Retro 80s

By Ibraar Hussain

22 October, 2025

/ Minolta a-9, Minolta SLR, Rollei Film, Rollei Retro 80 S, SLR Camera, /

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It was a lovely day in early September, a month where I’m often filled with anxiety; dreading the coming Winter and the end of the brief days of fine weather of Spring and Summer, but the Summer still lingered on. The sky was blue, filled wi...

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15 August, 2023

Infrared Impressions of Southern California with a Converted Nikon D700

By Dirk Saeger

Southern California was supposed to be the first serious use of the converted Nikon D700. I name this post infrared impressions because the resulting images are different from w...

15 August, 2023

5 Frames with Holga 120N and Kodak Porta 160

By Iksung Nah

Is this Holga 120N a toy camera? It feels like it because it is all made of plastic including the lens and the construction of it itself is rather flimsy. However, in spite of t...

14 August, 2023

NEWS: Weekly Round-Up Video – August 13, 2023

By Molly Kate

35mmc brings you the latest analogue and alternative photography news. Check out the Youtube video below for this week’s news round-up! The video covers an overview of all...

14 August, 2023

Mamiya 6 Automat Mini-Review – A small, cheap 6×6 with a good lens!

By Simon Foale

The Mamiya 6 Automat, a 1955 folding 6×6 camera has been reviewed most engagingly on Youtube by a bloke called Martin Henson, who has a great accent and a great photographi...

13 August, 2023

NEWS: Down the Road by Jim Grey Updates Annual List of Film Photography Blogs To Follow

By Molly Kate

Blogs are not dead and Jim Grey from Down the Road gives us an idea of how many active ones write about analogue photography. In his recently published annual update of “Film Ph...

13 August, 2023

Olympus 35RC and a Couple Rolls of Kodak Ultramax – The Radical Retro Red Vacation

By John Pemberton

I took two vacations when I was young. I never recall being disappointed about it, but looking back with a lifetime of experience I realize it was the best my single mother cou...

12 August, 2023

5 Frames in West Norwood Cemetery with a Minolta SRT-101b and Rokkor 28mm f3.5

By Peter Roberts

Strange thoughts occur to me sometimes when travelling on trains. I happened to be passing through Nunhead on one earlier this year it struck me that I hadn’t yet visited ...

11 August, 2023

NEWS: NONS Camera Releases Instant Back for Hasselblad using Fujifilm Instax Square Film

By Molly Kate

New from NONS Camera is an Instant Back that fits on Hasselblad 500, 501, and 503 series cameras. The Instant Back takes Fujifilm Instax Square film and allows you to shoot the ...

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Joel Keller on New Film Cameras: The Lomography MC-A and SilverBridges WideluxX
Love the idea of the WideluxX, but can't imagine paying the US$2-3k it will likely cost. Amazing how Lomography can…
Eagle Omomuro on Minolta a-9 – Raspberry Picking in September with a 24mm f2.8, Red 25 Filter and Rollei Retro 80s
Beautiful work as always, IBRAAR. I especially love the tone in your shots. The Alpha 9 has been my most…
Eagle Omomuro on Pretend Geisha – One Shot Story
Thank you, Leon. I really appreciate your words.

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