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6 October, 2025

Papershoot – A “Real” Photographer’s Review

By Hamish Gill

6 October, 2025

/ Compact Digital, digital camera, Papershoot, /

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12 November, 2020

Naniwa; A City Without a Face – By Akiti Dezem

By Akiti Dezem

This five year analogue photo project started in late 2015. The Japanese name "Naniwa" (なにわ) refers to the old name of the city of Osaka (Japan), where the entire project wa...

11 November, 2020

Girls’ Hostel – My Teenage and University Years (2005-2016) – By Sumaiya Tazin

By S Tazin

I spent my teenage and university years in two different girls'/women's dormitories. I have experienced myself and seen the girls around me experience friendship, betrayal, deat...

11 November, 2020

How I Make Three Rolls of Film From One – By Eric Norris

By Eric Norris

One of the perennial problems with film photography is getting through an entire roll of 36 exposures in a reasonable amount of time. Film photography isn't like digital, where ...

10 November, 2020

Minolta Autocord CDS – History & Review – By Dan Cuny

By Dan Cuny

I had purchased my Minolta Autocord CDS cameras about three months ago. The previous owner didn't know if it was working, even after giving them some tips to check. However, I t...

9 November, 2020

Exploring an Ice Factory in Mississippi with Panatomic-X Film in a Hasselblad – by Andrew Morang

By Kodachromeguy

Regular readers of 35mmc know that I like to photograph urban (and rural) decay. Last December (2019), quite by chance, I found a treasure in Jackson, Mississippi. In the southe...

9 November, 2020

Meyer Optik Görlitz f/2.8 100mm Trioplan II (The New Version) Review

By Hamish Gill

The Meyer Optik Görlitz f/2.8 100mm Trioplan II has been brought back to market for the second time in the last few years. It’s a unique lens based on a vintage formula that’s k...

8 November, 2020

My Journey to Infrared Photography – By Markus Hofstätter

By Markus Hofstätter

My name, is Markus Hofstätter, I am a collodion wet plate artist from Austria with my main focus on portraits.I shoot digital too, but the last two years my main business went t...

7 November, 2020

Pentax-A 70-200/4 & K1000 – The Accidental Pentax Kit – By Clive Williams

By Clive Williams

I’ve been a Pentax user since the days before people called themselves ‘shooters’ – since 1984, to be exact. The ME Super I bought then is worth far more to me than to anyone el...

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