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Keks M-Meter

24 December, 2025

Keks M-Meter – A Leica-Dedicated Shoe Mount Meter

By Hamish Gill

24 December, 2025

/ Keks Light Meter, Keks M-Meter, Shoe Mount Light Meter, /

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I’m going to kick off this review by saying that I think the Keks M-Meter is definitely the best shoe mount meter I have used on my Leica M4-P or anything other meter-less Leica M camera for that matter. Donald (the chap that runs Keks) told me ab...

24 December, 2025

Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

By Andrea Monti

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, travel photography, /

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In the heart of Iya Valley, in Tokushima Prefeture, lies Nagoro, the Scarecrow Village. Half a ghost-town, half a still inhabited place, Nagoro’s main population is composed by about 300 scarecrows spread all around the village. When Ayano T...

24 December, 2025

Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025

By John Bennett

24 December, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, Portrait Photography, /

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I don’t know if this is my favorite photo of 2025, but it certainly received the most “likes” on Flickr, which — for me, at least — are harder to come by than those on Instagram. One of the things I appreciate about the Olympus XA2, in addition to...

24 December, 2025

5 Frames From The “Uncanny Valley” Training Town in Gravesend – by Simon King

By Simon King

24 December, 2025

/ Documentary Photography, Ilford FP4 Type 517 Cine, /

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The Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre (MPSTC) in Gravesend is a surreal space. It’s a ghost town built as a backdrop for organised chaos, a stage set for practicing scenarios for protest, riots, and even crowd control at sports events...

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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...

2 April, 2023

Searching for light in the Lister foundry – By Matthew Bigwood

By Matthew Bigwood

Lister Petter, a manufacturer of diesel engines, was based in Dursley, Gloucestershire, on a site more than a mile in length and at its height employing thousands of people. The...

1 April, 2023

Economies of Film

By Simon King

After seeing some online discussions about the price of film rising I thought I'd revisit and follow up on a piece of writing I previously wrote about darkroom prints, and how I...

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