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31 October, 2025

A Haunted House for Halloween!

By Dave Powell

31 October, 2025

/ Found Photos, /

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2 January, 2022

5 frames with the original Olympus Pen – by Graham Spinks

By Graham Spinks

The original Olympus Pen is a design icon. It is small, elegant, lovely to hold and shoot and has a fantastic 28mm lens. It is an early masterpiece from the designer Maitani Y...

31 December, 2021

The Most Read and Commented upon Posts Published on 35mmc in 2021

By Hamish Gill

Here we go again, another year gone! As has now become a tradition, the following is a look back at 2021 in terms of the most popular content on 35mmc. I have once again made tw...

30 December, 2021

Color Photography with the Leica M10 Monochrom – By John Ricard

By John Ricard

I’ve been shooting for decades, but always in color. Converting these images to Black and White has held no interest to me over the years. I actually have a rather illogical lov...

29 December, 2021

The Influence of Other Artists on my Work – By Nik Stanbridge

By Nik Stanbridge

We’re all subject to influences whether we know what they are and/or acknowledge them or not. As visual artists we’re influenced by our environment, other artists and photograph...

28 December, 2021

Trying Concert Photography on Film – By Billy Sanford

By Billy Sanford

I’ve been making photographs for most of my life. The first three decades on film, but it was always the traditional usage – family trips, memories with friends, special occasio...

27 December, 2021

Comparing the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 500 SE Electronic and the 1000 SR – By Nigel Haycock

By NigelH

So, the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 500 SE Electronic and the Zeiss Icon Voigtländer 1000 SR are very similar brothers from an era of iconic mid-century design and innovation. (Ther...

26 December, 2021

Capturing Desert Wildflowers on Kodak Ektar – By Cameron Wheatley

By Cameron Wheatley

I wanted to get as far away from the city as I could, to actually see the stars and feel the sense of awe and curiosity that nature brings with it. And I wanted to capture that ...

24 December, 2021

A Whole Roll of (Mostly Failed) Experiments with a Minolta Autocord TLR – by Sroyon

By Sroyon

There is no such thing as a failed experiment because you can always learn from them. Well that’s what they say on LinkedIn… but I hate failed experiments. Why can&#...

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Geoff Chaplin on Unique Mountain Rescue Training Hall near Munich – and my Ricoh GR III Impressions
I live near 2000m mountains in the north of Japan. Rescue services are called several times a year with deaths…
Tom Warland on Printing Live: What I Learned from Sharing the Darkroom in Real Time
many thanks for the feedback and also the cross referencing work there!
Tom Warland on Printing Live: What I Learned from Sharing the Darkroom in Real Time
Thanks, there were a few new people last night. I'm now looking forward to the next one

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