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14 January, 2026

Pinhole Photography in Northwest New Mexico

By Joe Van Cleave

14 January, 2026

/ DIY Camera, Pinhole Cameras, Pinhole Photography, /

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24 July, 2020

Behind the scenes at the East Lancashire Railway – By Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

I help as a guide in running members’ tours around the East Lancashire Railway, a large heritage railway based in Bury, near Manchester. These monthly tours are well attended. O...

23 July, 2020

5 Frames with the Zenit E – Built in the USSR – By Sacha Cloutier

By Sacha Cloutier

The Zenit-E was such a unique experience for me that I wrote this article in a few different formats. In the end, I found my review too technical - and besides, it has already b...

23 July, 2020

5 (7) Frames with a Leica M6, Zeiss 35mm f/2 and Kodak Ultramax 400 – A Double First – By Benoît Felten

By Ben Felten

I'd heard about Leicas even before I started to get serious about photography let alone film photography. But I'd never held one in my hands, and never shot one until a few mont...

22 July, 2020

Limiting and Reflecting on my Digital Output – by Simon King

By Simon King

Before the widespread use of recorded sound, if you were a music aficionado with a favored piece of baroque music you would be lucky if you heard it more than a handful of times...

22 July, 2020

Tiffen Black Pro Mist Filter (1/8), on Digital & MF film – by Pierre-Alix Favillier

By pierrealx

I always look forward to seeing 35mmc articles popping into my inbox on a daily basis and read most of them avidly. I also listen to podcasts, read about lenses, watch YouTube v...

21 July, 2020

About the value of my (and your?) photography – By Benoît Felten

By Ben Felten

This article has been a long time coming. Ever since I watched the video that Hamish published in late February this year, this topic has been buzzing on and off around my brain...

20 July, 2020

Death in the Camera Store / Learning to See On the Other Side of Fear – By Gerard Exupery

By Gerard Exupery

I am standing with my fingers knitted together, resting on the top of my head. A few feet away, there is a gun pointed at my face, and I'm trying like I've never tried anything ...

20 July, 2020

Pentax MZ-5 Review – Cheap Thrills with an AF SLR Film Camera

By Hamish Gill

Sometimes it feels like the days of cheap film photography thrills are over. Then I find myself in the possession of a camera like the Pentax MZ-5 and am reminded that this real...

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Alexandre Kreisman on Help! I like Dirty Pictures! – By Alex Kreisman
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John Apperson on Fixing an Ailing Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B SLR – By Dave Powell
did you heat it up? my camera fires only when it sit for an hour and the it will fire…
John Apperson on Fixing an Ailing Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super B SLR – By Dave Powell
Hi Dave may I ask how were you able to free up the second lens group, mine is quite stuck.…

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