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7 July, 2025

Rectaflex 1000 – A Review of a (very) Early Pentaprism VF SLR

By Jim Palmer

7 July, 2025

/ Rectaflex 1000, Rectaflex SLR, SLR Camera, /

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6 April, 2023

35mmc Website Issues – Update 2

By Sroyon

Better news – the website is nearly back to normal, and we are going to resume publishing articles now! Starting with an article which, appropriately enough, is about repair and...

6 April, 2023

Rolleicord IIe 1949-50 – Lalage Bown’s Camera

By Chris Hooke

I think the very essence within all our obsessions with film cameras is the romance of holding something in your hands that could tell many stories. It’s the unknown history tha...

5 April, 2023

The Film Noir Cake Stand – A One Shot Story

By Peter Roberts

In early December I spent a few hours over the course of a couple of days attempting to take shots inside Greenwich Market. As the result of a comment to my last post asking if ...

5 April, 2023

Horseman Convertible – Discovering a New and Rare Camera – By Art Meripol

By Art Meripol

My 50-year career as a photographer started in the early 1970’s. High School had me photographing our school yearbook with a Yashica TL Electro. Moving to my college newspaper a...

4 April, 2023

35mmc Website Issues (UPDATE)

By jeremystrange

A quick note to say that unfortunately we are still experiencing some serious issues with the website, although we believe we have found the source of the problem and are a good...

4 April, 2023

5 frames in Villargordo del Cabriel, Spain on Adox Scala 160

By Daniel Martínez Barber

When I have shot in film commercials for television and music clips with an Aaton XTR camera and Super 16mm format, I have always used negative film to be able to balance the li...

3 April, 2023

35mmc Website Issues (We Are Working On It)

By Sroyon

A quick note to say that unfortunately we are experiencing some serious issues with the website, which we are working overtime to resolve. If all else fails, we might have to re...

3 April, 2023

Lomography Spinner 360° review – Analogue Panorama Shots on the Cheap

By Bob Janes

Dedicated panoramic cameras tend to be a bit pricey. This Lomography Spinner 360° is refreshingly affordable. It retails new for £89 on the Lomography website. I bought a shop-s...

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Myles on Kentmere and I – Musings on recent film choices
Thanks Paul. Kentmere is my go to in both 120 and 35mm. A perfect low cost choice for me. I've…
David Hume on On Detachment. Or ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’ (cit. Sting)
Hi Andrea — thanks for this piece, which touches on something that’s been close to my own thoughts lately: the…
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