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3 December, 2025

Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2

By Scott Ferguson

3 December, 2025

/ Contax T2, Leica M3, Street & Urban Photography, /

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Halloween, 2025 has been on my calendar as a shooting opportunity for a couple of months. In NYC the scale of the revelry is epic, including a giant parade in the West Village and all day fun for all ages. My favorite subject for 2025 has been p...

A square image of A Covered shopping arcade in the evening

3 December, 2025

A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025

By Keith A Yeo

3 December, 2025

/ Architectural Photography, photo of the year 2025, /

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2025 involved me traveling a bit for work and pleasure. On one particular trip, my partner accompanied me to Prague and Vienna for a few days before she flew back and I remained in Prague for a conference. Having left my partner, I found myself un...

3 December, 2025

5 Frames with the Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus Lens

By mark stein

3 December, 2025

/ Pentax K SMC 85mm f/2.2 Soft Focus, Soft focus, /

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What started as an experiment out of curiosity has apparently become serious, or at least a lot more expensive: I’ve bought a “proper” Soft Focus lens, and I have a slight unease about the prospect that it might not be my last. I...

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5 Frames with an Olympus OM-2N – by Shameer Yaqin

By Shameer Yaqin

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14 March, 2018

Forward Motion – On the Road with Saint Etienne – By Mike Monaghan

By Mike Monaghan

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14 March, 2018

5 (6) frames with a Hasselblad in Mississippi – by Andrew Morang

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13 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Vivitar 35ES – By Howard Dale

By Howard Dale

Internet reviews of the Vivitar 35ES seem to agree that it’s a well built camera with a great lens, but which is otherwise uninspired. So why did I get get it?

12 March, 2018

A Few Frames More, with the Hasselblad XPan – by Simon King

By Simon King

The XPan is everything I have ever needed from a film camera. It serves the purpose to me of being fundamentally different from the regular frame shape which most film, digital ...

11 March, 2018

5 Frames with a Nikon F80

By Hamish Gill

My Nikon F75 project came to an end when I recently “upgraded” to the F80. The Nikon F80 felt almost instantaneously like it was a better choice for me. As I talk about in the l...

11 March, 2018

The Leica Rangefinder and the importance of a well calibrated system – By Alan Starkie

By Alan Starkie

The idea of the rangefinder is simple, it’s an optical triangulation device coupled to a cam on a lens. Align the two images in the viewfinder and the camera is in focus. ...

10 March, 2018

Nikon FM3a Review – My desert Island camera – by Anil Mistry

By Anil Mistry

Last year I wrote a short piece for 35mmc as part of the “5 frames with” series. The camera I used was my Nikon Fm3a with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 AIS lens- a combination that I jus...

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Steve Harper on A Covered shopping arcade in the evening – My Favorite Photo of 2025
Those last comments about health and love. It really moves me. Thanks…..I guess.
Art Meripol on Night Shooting on Halloween with a Leica M3 and a Contax T2
Love both the M3 and the T2 shots. Each has its own look and value. In total a great combo…
Alexandre Kreisman on A Guitarist – My photo of the year 2025
Dear Scott, Critique all you like, I love it! (and thank you for your kind words) To answer your question,…

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