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14 November, 2025

The Rise And Fall of Pizzeria Liceo – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

14 November, 2025

/ Kodak Film, Kodak Portra 160, pentax z-20, /

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For decades, it was established in 1963, not only the students of the Liceo Classico on the other side of Via Venezia, but almost all the inhabitants of my hometown, paid a visit to Pizzeria Liceo (aptly named after the aforementioned school). Tru...

Stone igloo

14 November, 2025

A Stone Igloo – My favourite photo of 2025

By Mark Ellerby

14 November, 2025

/ photo of the year 2025, /

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This photo was taken whilst on a hike with my local walking group, the Sheffield 40s/50s ramblers group, with my Rollei 35T that often comes with me on daywalks, because of its compact size and quality Tessar lens, and which I wrote about on this ...

14 November, 2025

Olympus Pen F 40mm G.Zuiko f1.4 and Rollei Retro 400s – My experience with this iconic camera

By Ibraar Hussain

14 November, 2025

/ Half Frame Camera, Olympus Pen F, Olympus SLR, SLR Camera, /

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This post was one of my first few on 35mmc, that’s after lurking for a few years before I plucked up enough courage and audacity to get some of my photos and writing published. I have to thank Hamish for allowing me to express myself here. I...

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18 November, 2022

Limited Edition 24K Gold SX-70 Available Now from Retrospekt

By Molly Kate

If you have $999 in the budget to spend on an instant camera, you can now buy one of fifty limited edition 24K gold plated Polaroid SX-70 cameras. Sold by Retrospekt, based in M...

18 November, 2022

Fujichrome 64T II Slide Film Cross-Processed – by Christian Schroeder

By Christian Schroeder

Long time no post! Well, it’s been a while since my last article appeared here on 35mmc. And in the meantime? One of the rather uncommon things I tried was cross-processing Tung...

17 November, 2022

Unstable Lights: A Unique Analogue Photography Exhibition Planned for December

By Molly Kate

A new kind of photographic exhibition is coming soon to Hamburg, Germany this December. Curated by Fabian and Laura Wolf, who run Wolf Camera Straps and have worked for over 20 ...

17 November, 2022

First Experiments with Classic Lenses and 102-megapixels of Fuji GFX 100 – By Tudor Stanescu

By Tudor Stanescu

I’ve been fortunate enough to own a Fujifilm GFX 100 for almost 2 years. During that time I have not taken full advantage of using this wonderful camera system much. There are m...

16 November, 2022

Jazzing to Dave McKenna (in 5 Blurry Minolta AF-C Frames) – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

In July 2002, Kate and I hooked up with friends, to hear the great American jazz pianist Dave McKenna play the grand piano at East Boston's Cafe Italia. Back then, I never went ...

15 November, 2022

Repairing & Revisiting a Voigtländer Vito CL – Here there be Dragons – By Has Gustafsson

By Hans Gustafsson

"Here there be Dragons" - a text said to be found at the very edge of maps a long time ago when the world was still not explored. Said text, I guess, was to discourage seafaring...

14 November, 2022

Godox Lux Senior and Lux Junior Flashes – In-depth Review and Comparison – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

Back in July, we reported on the release of two new Godox flashes with a distinctive, retro look: the Godox Lux Senior and Lux Junior. Godox kindly sent us one of each to try ou...

13 November, 2022

5 Yashica T4 “Rainy Day” Frames – By Dave Powell

By Dave Powell

The Yashica T4 point-and-shoot needs no introduction. It-- and the T4-Super/T5-- are legendary for the “character” of their photos. Several years ago, I found one marked $1 at a...

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